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Can family socioeconomic resources account for racial and ethnic test score gaps?
Duncan, Greg, 2005
The Future of Children, 15(1), 35-54

An article proposing that discrepancies among children's school readiness test scores may be more attributable to family socioeconomic resources than race or ethnicity

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Does prekindergarten improve school preparation and performance?
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2004
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 10452). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study of the effects of prekindergarten programs on children's levels of school readiness, skill development, and behavioral growth, using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

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Does prekindergarten improve school preparation and performance?
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2004
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

A study on the effects of prekindergarten on early school achievement and behavior, using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

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Does prekindergarten improve school preparation and performance?
Magnuson, Katherine A., February 2007
Economics of Education Review, 26(1), 33-51

An analysis of children’s academic and behavioral outcomes in the fall of kindergarten as a function of their pre-kindergarten childcare experiences, using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) for a sample of 10,224 children

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Early childhood care and education: Effects on ethnic and racial gaps in school readiness
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2005
The Future of Children, 15(1), 169-196

An examination of the different early childhood care and education experiences of white, black, and Hispanic children and the role of these experiences in determining children's school readiness

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Early education: Progress and promise for children from low-income families
Magnuson, Katherine A., September 2010
Children and Youth Services Review, 32(9), 1186-1198

An overview of the development of compensatory preschool programs such as Head Start and state prekindergarten, means-tested child care assistance, and access to these programs by eligible poor children from 1970 through 2010

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The effect of increases in welfare mothers' education on their young children's academic and behavioral outcomes: Evidence from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies Child Outcomes Study
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2003
(Discussion Paper No. 1274-03). University of Wisconsin--Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty.

A study examining the academic and behavioral outcomes of young children from the increase of maternal education precipitated by welfare-to-work programs, using data from the NEWWS-COS

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The effects of expanded public funding for early education and child care on preschool enrollment in the 1990s
Magnuson, Katherine A.,
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

An examination of the relationship between public funding and child care enrollment levels among low-income children between 1992-2000, based on merging cross sectional data from the October Current Population Survey with data on state-level funding

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From statistical associations to causation: What developmentalists can learn from instrumental variables techniques coupled with experimental data
Gennetian, Lisa A., March 2008
Developmental Psychology, 44(2), 381-393

An employment of the Instrumental Variables Technique in a study of the association between maternal education and children's cognitive development on school entry

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Inequality in children's school readiness and public funding
Magnuson, Katherine A., Fall 2005
Focus, 24(1), 12-18

An analysis of the relationship between the rise in public preschool funding and socioeconomic disparities in preschool enrollment, with considerations of preschool quality and its role in school readiness for disadvantaged children

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Inequality in preschool education and school readiness
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2004
American Educational Research Journal, 41(1), 115-157

A comparison of the effects of preschool education on the school readiness of advantaged and disadvantaged children, utilizing data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ELS-K)

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Inequality in pre-school education and school readiness
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2003
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

A study examining links between center or school-based preschool attendance and factors that contribute to school readiness and success, including reading and math skills, and suggests that school success gaps between children from high to middle and middle to low income families may be narrowed or eliminated by sending all children to preschool using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study- Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)

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Long-run economic effects of early childhood programs on adult earnings
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, February 20, 2009
(Issue Paper No. 12). Washington, DC: Partnership for America's Economic Success.

A study of a methodology for relating improvements in outcomes frequently targeted by early childhood programs, including child health, academic achievement, and behavior and parenting, to later adult earnings

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Long-run economic effects of early childhood programs on adult earnings: Executive summary
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, February 20, 2009
(Issue Paper No. 12). Washington, DC: Partnership for America's Economic Success.

A summary of a study of a methodology for relating improvements in outcomes frequently targeted by early childhood programs, including child health, academic achievement, and behavior and parenting, to later adult earnings

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Patterns of child care subsidy receipt and the stability of child care
Ha, Yoonsook, September, 2012
Children and Youth Services Review, 34(9), 1834-1844

An examination of patterns of the receipt of child care subsidies and subsidized care arrangements from birth through age 5, an estimation of the extent to which the patterns of subsidy use are associated with the stability of subsidized child care arrangements, and an examination of factors related to variation in the degree of instability in the receipt of child care subsidies and subsidized care arrangements, based on data from a cohort of young children in Wisconsin followed from birth through 5 years

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The persistence of preschool effects: Do subsequent classroom experiences matter?
Magnuson, Katherine A., Q1 2007
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(1), 18-38

An examination of the lasting effects of preschool experience on third grade students' academic achievements using the average amount of reading instruction and class size as measures of classroom quality

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PK-3 education: Programs and practices that work in children's first decade
Reynolds, Arthur J., January, 2006
(FCD Working Paper: Advancing PK-3 No. 6). New York: Foundation for Child Development.

A review of the effectiveness and cost benefit of child care programs for children from birth to 10 years

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Preschool and school readiness of children of immigrants
Magnuson, Katherine A., December 2006
Social Science Quarterly, 87(5), 1241-1262

An examination of the relation between being born to immigrant parents and preschool attendance as well as the impact of preschool attendance on the school readiness of young children who were born to immigrant parents

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Preschool child care and parents' use of physical discipline
Magnuson, Katherine A., 2005
Infant and Child Development, 14(2), 177-198

A study of the association between child care use and parents' use of physical discipline, based on data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)

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Preschool-to-third grade programs and practices: A review of research
Reynolds, Arthur J., August 2010
Children and Youth Services Review, 32(8), 1121-1131

A review of literature on the effectiveness of preschool-to-third grade intervention programs and practices, including extended early childhood interventions, preschool programs, full-day kindergarten, reduced class sizes in the early grades, parent involvement, instructional practices, school transitions, and mobility, for young children making the transition to school

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Public funding and enrollment in formal child care in the 1990s
Magnuson, Katherine A., March 2007
Social Service Review, 81(1), 47-83

An analysis of the relation between public funding of child care and young children's child care attendance through the 1990s, using data from the 1999 October Current Population Survey

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Reducing poverty through preschool interventions
Duncan, Greg, Fall 2007
The Future of Children, 17(2), 143-160

An estimation and discussion of the benefits and costs of a hypothetical high-quality preschool education program targeting children from low-income families

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School readiness and later achievement
Duncan, Greg, November 2007
Developmental Psychology, 43(6), 1428-1446

An analysis of findings from six longitudinal studies on the relation between children's academic, attention, and socioemotional skills on school entry and later academic achievement

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Wisconsin early childhood system assessment report
Magnuson, Katherine A., July, 2010
Madison: Wisconsin, Governor's Early Childhood Advisory Council.

An assessment of the components of the early childhood system in Wisconsin, including early care and education, mental health and socioemotional development, parenting education, family support, and safe and healthy families, based on a review of 111 reports and documents

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