The effects of early maternal employment on later cognitive and behavioral outcomes
A longitudinal study controlling for factors such as child care use to determine if the effects on child cognitive development of maternal labor force reentry during the first three years of life persisted through ages seven or eight, using data from the nationally representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
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The effects of experience of early intervention of low birth weight, premature children: The Infant Health and Development Program
A study of the effects of individual children's early intervention experiences, in both home and child development center settings, on child and parental outcomes in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP)
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The effects of the home instruction programs for preschooler youngsters (HIPPY) on children's school performance at the end of the program and one year later
A study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschooler Children, a costless two year family-oriented home-based early childhood intervention administered to low-income children; the study included assessments of the children’s cognitive skills, adaptation to the classroom, and standardized test achievement at the end of the program
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Effects of maternal employment and child-care arrangements on preschoolers' cognitive and behavioral outcomes: Evidence from the children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
A study of the relationships among child social and cognitive development, child characteristics, child care arrangements and maternal labor force variables
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The effects of poverty on children
A review of longitudinal studies on the relationship between family income and children?s developmental outcomes, emphasizing the influence of the timing, depth, and duration of poverty, and other family characteristics
Other
Family support initiatives
An overview of two national family support initiatives: the National Even Start Evaluation, and the National Evaluation of Family Support Programs (NEFSP)
Other
First-year maternal employment and child development in the first 7 years
A study of the relationships between the hours worked by mothers in the first year of their children's lives and the socioemotional and cognitive development of their children at age 3, age 4.5, and in first grade, and a study of differences in these relationships in samples of white and African American children, based on a secondary analysis of data collected from over 1,000 families from 10 areas throughout the United States
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Four new national longitudinal surveys on children
An examination of four nationally representative longitudinal studies focusing on early childhood within several different contexts: child development, child wellbeing, familial composition, socioeconomic status, and other demographic characteristics
Other
Getting the most out of Early Head Start: What has been accomplished and what needs to be done
A discussion of the impacts of Early Head Start on children at 2, 3, and 5 years old
Other
Head Start and urban children's school readiness: A birth cohort study in 18 cities
A longitudinal investigation of the links between Head Start participation and the cognitive and social competencies associated with children's school readiness, based on a subsample of 2,803 children from eighteen cities who participated in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
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Head Start participation and school readiness: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort
A comparison of academic skills and socioemotional well-being at kindergarten entry for populations of children who attended Head Start or other types of child care, based on data from 6,950 children, their parents, schools, and teachers from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, Kindergarten sample, a nationally representative sample of children born in 2001
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Impacts of Early Head Start participation on child and parent outcomes at ages 2, 3, and 5
A study of the impact of Early Head Start on child and family outcomes, including children's socioemotional and cognitive development and families' well-being and home environments, and an examination of the age at which program impacts appear and of mediators of impacts at age 5, based on data for randomly-assigned low income families collected when children were 2, 3, and 5 years old
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Initiatives on children with special needs
A discussion of the implications associated with including special needs children in large scale studies
Other
Initiatives on the transition to school
An evaluation of two studies on school readiness: the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), and the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study
Other
Introducing the issue
An introduction to a journal issue focusing on school readiness that provides an overview of research findings.
Other
The joint influence of mother and father parenting on child cognitive outcomes at age 5
An assessment of the association between both maternal and paternal supportiveness during toddlerhood and young children’s math and language achievement at age 5 in a sample of 200 low-income two-parent homes participating in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
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Latino American Children and School Readiness: The Role of Early Care Arrangements and Caregiver Language
The number of Latino children in the United States is steadily increasing. This demographic transformation presents several challenges for the United States, one of which is meeting the diverse educational needs of Latino children. This challenge is great; evidence from one national sample of kindergarten students estimates that by kindergarten the Latino-White achievement gaps are as large as 0.77 standard in math and 0.52 standard deviations in reading. Previous research indicates that high quality, center-based child care may help reduce these disparities. This dissertation aims to extend on this literature, using a nationally representative sample of Latino American children, to: (1) investigate selection processes into different care arrangements at 2- and 4-years of age; (2) estimate the impact of these different care arrangements on Latino American children's math, literacy and approaches to learning outcomes in the fall of kindergarten; and (3) examine whether these associations differ by the language spoken in the home, the language spoken by the child's care provider, or match between the two. Research questions include: (1) What factors predict Latino American children's enrollment into different care arrangements at 2-years (center-based care, parental care, or other home-based care) and 4-years (Head Start, pre-kindergarten, other center-based care, parental care, or other home-based care)?; (2) What are the associations between these care arrangements and Latino children's math, literacy, and approaches to learning scores in the fall of kindergarten?; and (3) Are there differential treatment effects depending on the language: (a) of the care provider?; (b) of the home?; (c) the match between home and care provider?
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Low-income children's school readiness: Parent contributions over the first five years
A study of the association of both home environment and parental support of play measured at 14 months and school readiness skills measured at kindergarten and a study of the association between parenting changes during the first 5 years of life and school readiness based on data collected as part of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project with a sample of 1,273 child and parent assessments
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Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Executive summary
A summary of findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income families in 17 diverse sites across the US. Findings when children were 36 months of age, showed a pattern of positive, modest impacts across a wide range of child, parent-child and parent outcomes.
Executive Summary
Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start: Vol. I. Final technical report
A report of the findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a
large-scale, random-assignment evaluation of the impact of Early Head Start programs on the development of infants and toddlers, and the parenting and family development of low-income
families across the US
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Maternal employment and child cognitive outcomes in the first three years of life: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
A study of the relationship between maternal employment in the first year of life to child cognitive outcomes and outcomes are mediated by the quality of childcare or home environment experienced by the child during the first three years of life based on longitudinal data collected from the National Institute for Child Health and Development
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Maternal reading and teaching patterns: Associations with school readiness in low-income African-American families
A study of the effects of maternal reading and teaching patterns on children’s school readiness and language scores, based on a sample of 126 low-income, young African-American mothers and their preschool-aged children
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Mother-child bookreading in low-income families: Correlates and outcomes during the first three years of life
An investigation of the impact of mother-child book reading on low income young children's cognitive and language development as well as an examination of book reading in relation to the Early Head Start intervention using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
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Neighborhood-based initiatives
An overview of two studies of the effects of community influences on child and family outcomes: the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), and the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study (LA FANS)
Other
Neighbourhood influences on children's school readiness
A study examining the influences of neighborhood and family characteristics, particularly socioeconomic status, on children's school readiness, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) in Canada
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