Challenging common myths about young English language learners
A discussion of research findings that dispel common myths about dual language development and educational approaches to dual language learning for children ages three to eight
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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)
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
Reports & Papers
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) [Executive summary]
A summary of 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
Executive Summary
The Chicago Program Evaluation Project: A picture of early childhood programs, teachers, and preschool-age children in Chicago: Final external report
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 and Development Block Grant participation in 2006
An overview of the characteristics of children and families who received child care assistance through the Child Care and Development Block Grant in 2006
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care arrangements in urban and rural areas
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
Reports & Papers
The childcare environment and children's physical activity
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
Reports & Papers
Child care problems and employment among families with preschool-aged children with autism in the United States
A study of the association between child care problems and parental employment decisions among a sample of 82 families with autistic young children
Reports & Papers
Child care subsidies and child development
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
Reports & Papers
Child care subsidies and child development
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
Reports & Papers
Children entering school ready to learn: 2008-2009 Maryland model for school readiness
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
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
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
Reports & Papers
Children's cortisol and the quality of teacher-child relationships in child care
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
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
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
Reports & Papers
Children with autistic spectrum disorder in early childhood education programs: A social constructivist perspective on inclusion
An investigation of the social competence, nature of play interactions, and degree of social acceptance of young children with autism in Australian inclusive early childhood programs
Reports & Papers
Chinese preschool children's literacy development: From emergent to conventional writing
A longitudinal case study of the development of the Chinese script-writing abilities of a Hong Kong preschooler
Reports & Papers
Classroom age composition and developmental change in 70 urban preschool classrooms
An examination of age composition in 70 urban preschool classrooms in relation to child development as measured by the Child Observation Record’s cognitive, motor, and social subscales
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Classroom community and peer culture in kindergarten
A case study of the peer culture of kindergarteners as observed during their first five months in a public kindergarten classroom in the Midwest
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Cognitive and non-cognitive peer effects in early education
A study of the relationship of children's social and cognitive outcomes in kindergarten and the early elementary grades to their peers' enrollment in preschool, based on kindergarten, first grade, and third grade data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999 (ECLS-K)
Reports & Papers
Cognitive development and home environment of rural Paraguayan infants and toddlers participating in Pastoral del Nino, an early child development program
An examination of the development and the home environments of participants and non-participants in a child development program for rural aboriginal children, based on a sample of 106 infants and toddlers from the southern portion of Paraguay
Reports & Papers
Collateral benefits of the Family Check-Up on early childhood school readiness: Indirect effects of parents’ positive behavior suppor
A 2-year longitudinal study of the effect of the Family Check-Up home visiting program on child self-regulation, child language development, and parental positive behavior support
Reports & Papers
The condition of education 2008
An annual statistical report on the status and progress of education in the United States, including early education and child care arrangements of young children
Other
Conflict Resolution [Special issue]
A special issue of the journal Early Education & Development, focusing on conflict resolution at the preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary levels
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