Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the scene

Defining transition

To be or not to be (a school child) -- from national to global discourses about the child in the school start age

What is meant by a successful or effective transition to school program?

Paderborner qualitasstern (PQ3) : self evaluation of transition to school programs for educators and teachers

Evaluation of transition to school programs--an introduction

Support for children and families at risk of experiencing vulnerability in early years transitions

Planning an evaluation of transition to school programs

Putting it into practices : planning and implementing an evaluation

Generating and analysis data for the evaluation of transition to school programs -- perspectives of children

Listening to the voices of Jamaican children about their transitional experiences

Generating and analysing data for the evaluation of transition to school programs -- perspectives of adults

Professional relationships and spaces as children start school

Development and use of a rubric framework for the evaluation of transition to school programs

Mo sceal (my story) : evaluation of the transition to school initiative in Ireland

Using evaluation to plan future transition to school programs

Challenges of and strategies within interprofessional cooperation between ECEC institutions and primary schools

Looking forward