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21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation of projects funded for the 2003-04 school year
Texas Education Agency, January, 2005
Austin, TX: Texas Education Agency.

An examination of the impact of children’s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories

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Acculturation, weight status, and eating habits among Chinese-American preschool children and their primary caregivers: A pilot study
Demory-Luce, Debby K., 2005
Nutrition Research, 25(3), 213-224

An examination of the association between acculturation and health outcomes of Chinese-American students and their primary caregivers, based on a sample of 53 children and their caregivers selected from two child care centers in Houston, Texas

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Fifth year evaluation: Fort Worth After School
Witt, Peter A., 2005
College Station: Texas A & M University, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences.

An evaluative study of the effectiveness of the Fort Worth After School Program in improving students’ academic and social skills

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Language of instruction and literacy talk in bilingual and English immersion prekindergarten classrooms: Contributions to the early literacy development of Spanish-speaking children
Freedson, Margaret J., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

An investigation of the impact of preschool teachers' differing patterns of language use in bilingual and English immersion classrooms on Spanish-speaking preschool children's emergent literacy skills

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Leveling the playing field: Fostering literacy after-school
Armendariz, Patricia G., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at El Paso

An evaluation of the development and implementation of an after school reading program designed to improve the literacy skills of low income, bilingual elementary school students

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Native Spanish-speaking children reading in English: Toward a model of comprehension
Proctor, C. Patrick, 2005
Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(2), 246-256

Findings from a test of a research-based structural equation model of second-language English reading comprehension on a sample of 135 fourth-grade bilingual Latino readers whose first language was Spanish

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Pre-kindergarten in eleven states: NCEDL's Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP): Preliminary descriptive report
Early, Diane Marie, 2005
Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development & Learning.

An outline of key descriptive findings about the characteristics of prekindergarten children and their families, teachers and their classes, classroom quality, and academic assessments, from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the Study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP)

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State and jurisdictional eligibility definitions for infants and toddlers with disabilities under IDEA
Shackelford, Jo, 2005
(NECTAC Notes Issue No. 18). Chapel Hill, NC: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center.

A discussion of how the 50 states and 6 jurisdictions that participate in the Part C program of IDEA define developmental delays and, as applicable, at risk in their definition of eligibility for services

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