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Access to early childhood programs for children at risk
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1994
(NCES 93-372). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

An investigation into the degree of access at-risk children have to programs providing early childhood education and care services and the quality of those programs, using data from the National Household Education Survey

Other

Access to early childhood programs for children at risk [Executive summary]
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1994
(NCES 93-372). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A summary of an investigation into the degree of access at-risk children have to programs providing early childhood education and care services and the quality of those programs, using data from the National Household Education Survey

Executive Summary

America's kindergartners
West, Jerry, 2000
(NCES 2000-070). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A compilation of descriptive statistics and findings on first-time kindergarten students from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten (ECLS-K).

Reports & Papers

America's kindergartners [Executive summary]
West, Jerry, 2000
(NCES 2000-070). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A summary of findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten class of 1998-99, an assessment of the cognitive skills, social skills, health, and well being of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children

Executive Summary

Approaching kindergarten: A look at preschoolers in the United States
Zill, Nicholas, 1995
(NCES 95-280). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A profile of children in the United States aged three- to five-years old who have not yet started kindergarten, based on a sample of 2,000 children who had participated in the National Household Education Survey

Reports & Papers

Beginning Head Start: Children, families and programs in fall 2006: FACES 2006 baseline report
Tarullo, Louisa B., December 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A profile of the characteristics of newly enrolled Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments in fall 2006, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula and activities, based on data collected from a sample of 60 Head Start programs, 135 centers, 410 classrooms, 365 teachers, and 3,315 children and their parents

Reports & Papers

Characteristics of children's early care and education programs: Data from the 1995 National Household Education Survey
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1998
(NCES 98-128). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A comprehensive study of the early nonparental child care and education that children receive before entering school, with particular attention to: the type and amount of child care that children received; child care quality; the way in which child and family characteristics influenced child care selection; the way in which information about child care arrangements, particularly child care costs, indicated child care quality; and the way in which child care experiences influenced school failure.

Reports & Papers

Characteristics of children's early care and education programs: Data from the 1995 National Household Education Survey [Executive summary]
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1998
(NCES 98-128). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A summary of an inquiry into the child care characteristics necessary to adequately facilitate children’s development, based on the 1995 National Household Education Survey

Executive Summary

Child care and early education arrangements of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers: 2001
Mulligan, Gail M., 2005
(NCES 2006-039). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A collection of data on demographic patterns in non-parental care and education arrangements for children under the age of 6 as part of the National Household Education Surveys Program

Reports & Papers

Child care and early education arrangements of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers: 2001 [Executive summary]
Mulligan, Gail M., 2005
(NCES 2006-039). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A summary of a collection of data on demographic patterns in non-parental care and education arrangements for children under the age of 6 as part of the National Household Education Surveys Program

Executive Summary

Child care and early education program participation of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
West, Jerry, 1996
(NCES 95-824). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A study of the influence of child characteristics (e.g., age and race) and parent background (e.g., family income, mother's education and employment status) on the child care and early educational experiences of infants, toddlers and preschool children.

Reports & Papers

Child care factors and kindergarten outcomes: Findings from a national study of children
Innes, Fiona K., 2001
In Papers from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies program presented at the 2001 AERA and SRCD Meetings (Working Paper No. 2001-06, pp. 97-125).

A longitudinal assessment of the cognitive development of children upon entering kindergarten, based on a sample of 18,097 children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K)

Reports & Papers

Children born in 2001: First results from the base year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
National Center for Education Statistics, November 2004
(E.D. TAB, NCES 2005-036). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Selected findings from the first year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), including descriptive information about child and family characteristics, children’s skills and first experiences in child care, and children's fathers

Reports & Papers

Children's reading and mathematics achievement in kindergarten and first grade
Denton, Kristin L., 2002
(NCES 2002-125). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A report presenting a picture of the children participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998û99 (ECLS-K) as first-graders

Reports & Papers

Children's reading and mathematics achievement in kindergarten and first grade [Executive summary]
Denton, Kristin L., 2002
(NCES 2002-125). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A third report in a series on young children's experiences with school, based on data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), which focuses on children's knowledge and skills in the first grade.

Executive Summary

Children who enter kindergarten late or repeat kindergarten: Their characteristics and later school performance
West, Jerry, 2000
(NCES 2000-039). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A statistical brief describing characteristics of late Kindergarten enterers or Kindergarten repeaters and later school performance based on nationally representative data

Fact Sheets & Briefs

The condition of education 2000
Wirt, John, 2000
(NCES 2000-062). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

An annual statistical report on the status and progress of education in the United States, including preprimary education enrollment, kindergarten reading and mathematics performance, and before and after school child care participation

Reports & Papers

Developmental Accomplishments Scale
Zill, Nicholas, 1995
In Approaching kindergarten: A look at preschoolers in the United States (NCES 95-280). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics

Instruments

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B): Methodology report for the 9-month data collection (2001-02): Vol. 2. Sampling
Bethel, James, 2005
(NCES 2005-147). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A methodology report focusing on the sample design, response rate calculations, development of weight sets, and nonresponse bias analyses of the nine-month data collection of the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)

Reports & Papers

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B): Methodology report for the nine-month data collection (2001-02): Vol. 1. Psychometric characteristics
Andreassen, Carol, 2005
(NCES 2005-100). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

An overview of assessment methods and purposes for data collection on the developmental status of children in the study

Reports & Papers

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Birth Cohort: Project summary
West, Jerry, 2001
Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort as a measurement of children’s school readiness upon entering Children

Reports & Papers

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class 1998-1999: Project summary
West, Jerry, [n.d.]
Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A summary of the first findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten class of 1998-99, an assessment of the cognitive skills, social skills, health, and well being of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children

Other

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), psychometric report for kindergarten through first grade
Rock, Donald A., 2002
(Working Paper No. 2002-05). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A report describing the design, development, and psychometric characteristics of the assessment instruments used in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)

Reports & Papers

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K): Psychometric report for the third grade
Pollack, Robert A., 2005
(NCES 2005-062). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the assessments given in the fifth stage of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to measure cognitive and social development of children in the third grade

Other

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K): Third grade methodology report
Tourangeau, Karen, 2005
(NCES 2005-018). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A presentation of data on the methodology used to design and collect information in the fifth stage of data collection in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

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