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2007-08 evaluation report: Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP): Summary report
South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, 01 January, 2008
Columbia: South Carolina Education Oversight Committee.

An examination of the implementation and expansion of the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP), South Carolina's early childhood initiative to improve the school readiness of students in poverty, during the 2007-2008 program year

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2007-2008 implementation & expansion of the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP): Evaluation report
South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, 01 January, 2008
Columbia: South Carolina Education Oversight Committee.

Findings from an evaluation of the second year of the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP), South Carolina's early childhood education program to improve the school readiness of students in poverty, during the 2007-2008 program year

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2008-2009 Maryland school readiness report: Children entering school ready to learn
Maryland. State Department of Education, 2008
Baltimore: Maryland, State Department of Education.

A survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2008

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Access to the general education curriculum for preschoolers with disabilities: Children’s school success
Lieber, Joan, 2008
Exceptionality, 16(1), 18-32

A study of the academic and social skill gains of 58 children with disabilities during their preschool year in classrooms using the Children’s School Success (CSS) curriculum

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Added value of dialogic parent-child book readings: A meta-analysis
Mol, Suzanne E., January 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(1), 7-26

An analysis of data from multiple studies on of the effects of dialogic parent-child book reading on the vocabulary skills of young children

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The afterschool experience in Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Evaluation 2007-2008
Huang, Denise, December 2008
(CRESST Report 747). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A process and outcomes evaluation of Salsa, Sabor y Salud (SSS), a child-centered adaptation of a healthy lifestyles program for Latino families, that examined the effect of program participation on elementary school students' and program instructors' knowledge and healthy behaviors, based on survey, interview, and observational data collected in after school programs implementing SSS and matched control programs in Los Angeles and on case studies of programs in Chicago

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Analysis of two early childhood education settings: Classroom variables and peer verbal interaction
Hojnoski, Robin L., Winter 2008
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 23(2), 193-209

An observational study of peer verbal interactions, types of activities, social configurations, and teacher behaviors at both a Montessori and a traditional preschool in an urban area

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Assessing language, literacy, and mathematics skills with Work Sampling for Head Start
Meisels, Samuel J., November, 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(6), 963-981

A study of the validity and reliability of the Work Sampling for Head Start instrument, a modified version of the Work Sampling System for the assessment of early reading, language, and math, in a sample of 112 children enrolled in Saint Paul Public Schools CHOICE program

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Assessing the validity of the Qualistar Early Learning quality rating and improvement system as a tool for improving child-care quality
Zellman, Gail L., 2008
(MG-650-QEL). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

An evaluation of the Colorado Qualistar Early Learning quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), including: an assessment of system components and the relationships between them; a comparison of Qualistar measures to other established quality measures; and an examination of the association between quality improvements as measured by Qualistar components and children's socioemotional and cognitive outcomes.

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Associations of warmth and control of Filipina domestic helpers and mothers to Hong Kong kindergarten children’s social competence
Ip, Hoi Man, March 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(2), 284-301

A study of the relationship between children’s social development in kindergarten and the warm or controlling caregiving styles of mothers and hired domestic caregivers, based on a sample of 63 triads of children and mothers from Hong Kong and hired domestic caregivers from the Philippines

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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

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A case study of preschool children’s musical interests at home and school
Denac, Olga, April 2008
Early Childhood Education Journal, 35(5), 439-444

A survey of preschool children’s interest in different types of music and music-related activities and preschool teachers’ interest in planning different types of music-related activities, from samples of 131 preschool teachers, 176 children and 176 parents in Slovenia

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Changes in the characteristics, services, and performance of preschoolers with disabilities from 2003-04 to 2004-05: Wave 2 overview report from the Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS)
Carlson, Elaine, 2008
(NCSER 2008-3011). Washington, DC: National Center for Special Education Research.

Findings from the Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS), a nationally representative longitudinal study of three-, four-, and five-year-old children with disabilities, the services they receive, and their transition to and performance in school, from the study's first and second waves during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years

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The Chicago Program Evaluation Project: A picture of early childhood programs, teachers, and preschool-age children in Chicago: Final external report
Ross, Christine, December, 2008
Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

A study of four-year-old children and their experiences in early childhood education programs in Chicago in the 2006-2007 school year, including children's characteristics and developmental levels, characteristics of early childhood program teachers and classrooms, and children's development over the course of the school year and its relationship to family and classroom characteristics, based on child assessments, teacher interviews, and classroom observations in a representative sample of children and classes

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Child care arrangements in urban and rural areas
Swenson, Kendall, 2008
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

A study comparing features of child care arrangements of children in urban and rural areas, including: type of arrangement, weekly hours in child care, auspice or sponsorship of center-based child care programs, child-adult ratio, and parent child care expenses, based on data from the nationally representative National Household Education Survey, 2005

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The childcare environment and children's physical activity
Bower, Julie K., January 2008
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(1)

A study of the relationship between child care environment and children's physical activities from direct observations in 20 child care centers over 2 days

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Child care problems and employment among families with preschool-aged children with autism in the United States
Montes, Guillermo, July 2008
Pediatrics, 122(1), e202-e208

A study of the association between child care problems and parental employment decisions among a sample of 82 families with autistic young children

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Child care subsidies and child development
Herbst, Chris M., November 2008
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 14474). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study of the relationship of child care subsidy receipt to child development, including reading and math skills, behavior, and motor skills, at the beginning and end of kindergarten, based on data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999

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Child care subsidies and child development
Herbst, Chris M., November 2008
(Discussion Paper No. 3836). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

A study of the relationship of child care subsidy receipt to child development, including reading and math skills, behavior, and motor skills, at the beginning and end of kindergarten, based on data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999

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Children entering school ready to learn: 2008-2009 Maryland model for school readiness
Maryland. State Department of Education, 2008
Baltimore: Maryland, State Department of Education.

A survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2008

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Children entering school ready to learn: Maryland school readiness information: 2007-2008
Maryland. State Department of Education, 2008
Baltimore: Maryland, State Department of Education.

A survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2007

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Children's attachment relationships with day care caregivers: Associations with positive caregiving and the child's temperament
De Schipper, J. Clasien, August 2008
Social Development, 17(3), 454-470

A study of the association between positive caregiving at child care centers and secure child-caregiver attachment relationships in children with irritable and non-irritable temperaments, based on observations of 48 middle class young children at 41 centers

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Children's cortisol and the quality of teacher-child relationships in child care
Lisonbee, Jared A., November/December 2008
Child Development, 79(6), 1818-1832

A study of the correlation between the quality of teacher-child relationships and individual levels of the cortisol stress hormone in a population of 191 preschoolers at 12 child care centers in two Southeastern communities

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Children's early numeracy in England, Finland, and People's Republic of China
Aunio, Pirjo, September 2008
International Journal of Early Years Education, 16(3), 203-221

A comparison of the early numeracy scores of samples of 5-year-old children in three countries

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Children's prelitercy skills: Influence of mothers' education and beliefs about shared-reading interactions
Curenton, Stephanie M., March 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(2), 261-283

A study of the association of children's preliteracy skills with maternal education and home literacy activities, and an examination of the mediating variable of maternal beliefs about literacy activities, among 45 mothers and their preschoolers from a small Appalachian community

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