10 years post-Neurons to Neighborhoods: What's at stake and what matters in child care?
A discussion of the relationship between the quality of child care environments and child stress, health, and developmental outcomes, and a call for an increase in compensation and training for child care workers
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2008-09 kindergarten screening results and voluntary prekindergarten (VPK) education program: 2009-10 fact sheet
A presentation of results from an assessment of children’s school readiness, with a focus on children’s emergent literacy skills, based on data on children who attended, voluntary prekindergarten, non-voluntary prekindergarten, or did not attend prekindergarten
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2009-10 evaluation report: Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP)
Highlights of findings from an evaluation of the fourth year of the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP), South Carolina's early childhood education program to improve the school readiness of children in poverty
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2009-2010 implementation & expansion of the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP): Evaluation report
Findings from an evaluation of the fourth 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 2009-2010 program year
Reports & Papers
2010 comprehensive community assessment: Head Start programs: Whom do we serve?
A summary of an examination of the characteristics of children and families served by Head Start in Denver, Colorado
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2010 comprehensive community assessment: Overview of children, families, and language groups: The Denver community context
A summary of an examination of the characteristics of children and families in Denver, Colorado
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2010 comprehensive community assessment: Reaching out to the low income families and children in the neighborhoods: Early Head Start and Head Start eligible populations
A summary of an examination of the characteristics of the Head Start-eligible population in Denver, Colorado
Fact Sheets & Briefs
2010 Maine Children’s Growth Council report: School readiness
A profile of families, communities, early childhood education and care programs, and schools in Maine and their influence on children’s school readiness
Reports & Papers
Access to educational and community activities for young children with disabilities: Selected findings from the Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS)
A study of the kindergarten experiences and extracurricular and family recreation activities of children with disabilities ages 5 through 7, based on data from the nationally representative Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS)
Reports & Papers
Access to educational and community activities for young children with disabilities: Selected findings from the Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS) [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the kindergarten experiences and extracurricular and family recreation activities of children with disabilities ages 5 through 7, based on data from the nationally representative Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS)
Executive Summary
ACF/OPRE report: Data tables for FACES 2006 Head Start children go to kindergarten report
Data tables from a profile of the development, families, and home and school environments of kindergarten children who had entered Head Start in the fall of 2006, based on data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)
Other
ACF/OPRE report: Data tables for FACES 2006 A second year in Head Start report
Data tables from a profile of the development, families, and home environments of children participating in their second year of Head Start who had entered the program at age 3 in the fall of 2006, based on spring 2008 data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)
Other
ACF-OPRE report: Data tables for FACES 2006 A year in Head Start report
Data tables from a profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments from fall 2006 through spring 2007, 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
Other
ACF/OPRE report: Head Start children go to kindergarten
A profile of the development, families, and home and school environments of kindergarten children who had entered Head Start in the fall of 2006, based on data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)
Reports & Papers
ACF-OPRE report: A second year in Head Start: Characteristics and outcomes of children who entered the program at age three
A profile of the development, families, and home environments of children participating in their second year of Head Start who had entered the program at age 3 in the fall of 2006, based on spring 2008 data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)
Reports & Papers
ACF-OPRE report: A year in Head Start: Children, families and programs
A profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments from fall 2006 through spring 2007, 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
Achievement of children in the early years foundation stage profile
Findings from an annual assessment of students achievement at the end of their participation in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), based on data for all children who attended the program from 2007 through 2009
Reports & Papers
Adults' imagination and young children's experiences of quality in early years education [Special issue]
A special issue of the International Journal of Early Years Education, focusing on the adult use of imagination to create social spaces for young children
Other
Advancing early literacy learning for all children: Implications of the NELP report for dual-language learners
A discussion of the implications of the findings of National Early Literacy Panel for the early education of children who are dual language learners
Other
Advancing the language skills of young Latino children: Fresh evidence: What works
An overview of research on the relationship of preschool education to the English language development of Latino children
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Advantages of gardening as a form of physical activity in an after-school program
A study of the relationship between participation in a Cooperative Extension Service after school gardening program and the self-reported physical activity levels of children, based on data from 31 children in third through fifth grade in Oklahoma
Reports & Papers
Alberta Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities: Longitudinal study pilot phase
A pilot longitudinal evaluation study in one Alberta Head Start (AHS) site to assess outcomes for participants compared to age-matched non-AHS peers on literacy, achievement in school, prosocial skills and receptive vocabulary, the feasibility of the longitudinal method used, and its applicability to future longitudinal evaluative studies of AHS programs in Alberta, based on data from 48 children at one school in a small rural off-reserve aboriginal community northwest of Edmonton, Alberta
Reports & Papers
Aligning research and policy on social-emotional and academic competence for young children
A commentary on the ability of both historical and contemporary educational policies to promote an holistic approach to the development of social, emotional, and academic competencies in young children
Other
Alphabet and phonological awareness: Can it be enhanced in the early childhood setting?
A proposal to use professional development to increase teachers' understandings of both the alphabet principle and phonological awareness and to implement them both within a holistic curriculum and within the context of children’s play, based on literacy research conducted in New Zealand
Other
America After 3PM: From big cities to small towns
A study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students by urbanicity during the 2008-2009 school year, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households
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