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Pre-Kindergarten
Significance of Pre-Kindergarten Standards
A growing body of research has focused on the
importance of learning in the early years.
Publications such as Eager to Learn, Preventing
ReadingDifficulties in Young Children, and From
Neurons to Neighborhoods have detailed research that
supports the importance of the early years in future
student achievement. The No Child Left Behind
legislation focuses on the need for accountability
in supporting student achievement for all children.
The standards movement in the U.S. has articulated
key benchmarks for student achievement at each grade
level K-12 in academic content areas. These
standards have impacted the quality of educational
programs and have improved student achievement
across the country. Although there has been a focus
on the importance of early learning, the standards
movement had not included early education until now.
Over the past few years organizations such the
National Association for the Education of Young
Children, the International Reading Association, and
The National Council for the Teachers of
Mathematics, have provided forums and policy
statements concerning the development of standards
for Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) learning. Many states
have developed standards, or are in the process of
development. Through the No Child Left Behind
legislation and the Good Start, Grow Smart
Initiative, programs supported through the Child
Care and Development Fund and the Department of
Education will be linked through the development of
standards to be used in preschool programs supported
and operated through the Nevada Department of
Education as well as child care programs supported
through the Child Care and Development Fund.
The attached
standards are a joint effort supported by both the
Nevada Department of Education's Office of Special
Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and
School Improvement Programs, aligning with the
Nevada K-12 Content Standards, as well as the State
of Nevada, Department of Human Resources, Welfare
Division; Child Care Assistance Department and the
Child Care and Development Fund. Both of these state
agencies have been challenged by the Good Start,
Grow Smart initiative to work together to develop
standards to be used by all early childhood
education programs in Nevada as a guide for child
outcomes for preschool. Future federal funding will
be contingent on the completion and implementation
of the Pre-K Content Standards.
The Nevada Pre-K
standards describe appropriate outcomes for children
at the end of their preschool experience and
entering kindergarten. Therefore, when reading the
standards one should think in terms of the child's
final learning outcome before entering kindergarten.
The standards are guidelines to be used with all
children in any early education setting such as
childcare centers, family childcare homes, Head
Start, preschools and school district Pre-K
programs.
Pre-K Standards
Follow this link to
view the standards in HTML format:
Follow these links to
download the Standards in Word or PDF format.
Pre-K
Guidebooks
Follow these links to
download the guidebooks for the Pre-K Standards.
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Teacher
Language and Literacy
Guidebook (word)
(pdf)
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Families
Language and Literacy
Guidebook (word)
(pdf)
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Teacher Mathematics
Guidebook (pdf)
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Families Mathematics
Guidebook (pdf)
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Teacher Social Studies
Guidebook (pdf)
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Families Social Studies
Guidebook (pdf)
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Teacher Music & Movement
Guidebook (pdf)
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Families Music & Movement
Guidebook (pdf)
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