[ICPSR Announcements] New Resource Supports FCD's PK-3 Initiative

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New Resource Supports FCD's PK-3 Initiative

ICPSR is pleased to announce a new Web site in support of FCD's PK-3
Initiative

* A PK-3 DATA RESOURCE CENTER: THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF SCHOOLING AND BEYOND
* NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

The PK-3 Data Resource Center (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/PK3/) provides
access to four longitudinal datasets selected for their potential to inform
PK-3 policy and practice. Resource guides assist researchers in creating
extract data files. Links to PK-3 publications provide more information
about PK-3.

The datasets are:

* Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K)
* National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration
Study
* National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), Child Surveys
* Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), Child Development Supplement

Research on how well integrated children's learning experiences are across
the years from PK through Third Grade, and its impact on children's
educational achievement and well-being is needed. PK-3 is the first part of
a P-16 education system--from birth through postsecondary education. A PK-3
approach integrates and coordinates learning experiences across the first
six years of schooling, PK through Third Grade.

The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) (http://www.fcd-us.org/)
announces a small grants program
(http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/PK3/spotlight/rfp.html) to be funded through its
PK-3 Research and Evaluation Forum. A maximum of four awards of up to
$50,000 each will be awarded to researchers proposing to use one or more
datasets from the PK-3 Data Resource Center.

For questions about the RFP contact research at fcd-us.org.

For questions about the PK-3 Data Resource Center pk3 at icpsr.umich.edu.

This Web site is hosted by ICPSR with support from the Foundation for Child
Development.