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2010-2011 LA 4 prekindergarten annual report: Final An examination of participant characteristics and of changes in participant test scores during the 2010-2011 program year of LA 4, a publicly-funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on pre- and posttest assessments from 12,685 children |
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2011 District of Columbia early childhood risk and reach assessment An examination of the geographic distribution in the District of Columbia of family risk indicators, children's reading and math proficiency, and early childhood programs |
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The 2012-2013 Maryland school readiness report: Children entering school ready to learn A summary of a presentation of findings from teacher assessments of the school readiness of Maryland kindergarteners during the fall of 2012 |
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2012 preschool education: Australia An examination of preschool program enrollment, attendance, and fees in Australia in 2012, based on an analysis of administrative data |
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Academic performance of language-minority students and all-day kindergarten: A longitudinal study A study of the longitudinal mathematics and reading growth patterns of students from linguistically and economically disadvantaged backgrounds from kindergarten entry through fifth grade, an examination of the relationship between participation in of all-day or half-day kindergarten on that growth, and an examination of these relationships for those students from the two lowest socioeconomic (SES) quintiles, based on data from 11,776 students in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten (ECLS-K) |
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Accelerating the early numeracy development of kindergartners with limited working memory skills through remedial education A comparison of the impact of a remedial numeracy education program on the early numeracy development of two groups of kindergarteners with either limited or typical working memory skills, based on data from 933 children in the Netherlands followed over a period of 1.5 years |
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Accelerometer measured level of physical activity indoors and outdoors during preschool time in Sweden and the United States A comparison of young children's physical activity and sedentary behavior during indoor and outdoor time for both boys and girls in Swedish and United States settings, based on data from 50 children with an average age of 52 months, at two sites in Malmo, Sweden and two sites in Raleigh, North Carolina |
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Access, participation, and supports: A framework for improving inclusive early education opportunities for children with disabilities A summary of research literature and information from the joint Division for Early Childhood/National Association for the Education of Young Children (DEC/NAEYC; 2009) position statement identifying specific educational practices that promote access, participation, and supports for young children with disabilities and their families |
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Access to preschool education in the year before full-time school An examination of variations in child care arrangements in Australia by child sociodemographic characteristics, based on data for 5,872 4- and 5-year-old children from two cohorts of the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children |
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The added value of the School of the 21st Century when combined with a statewide preschool program A comparison of child developmental outcomes and classroom quality in school-based early care and education centers that offered either Arkansas Better Chance program (ABC) services alone or a combination of ABC and School of the 21st Century services, based on data from 8,745 4-year-olds in ABC classrooms in Arkansas |
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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 |
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African American preschool children's physical activity levels in Head Start A description of the physical activity levels of children attending Head Start programs, and a determination of the extent to which the children's physical activity varied by age of child, gender, morning or afternoon class time, and Head Start site location, based on data from 158 4- and 5-year-old children at 6 Head Start program sites in a Midwestern metropolitan area in the United States |
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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 |
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Alphabet knowledge in preschool: A Rasch model analysis An examination of the dimensions of the alphabet knowledge construct and the relative difficulty of different alphabet knowledge tasks--uppercase letter recognition, names, and sounds, and lowercase letter names--within a sample of 335 children recruited from 15 child care and preschool facilities in Fort Wayne, Memphis, and New York City |
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Anchoring in 4- to 6-year-old children relates to predictors of reading Two studies of anchoring--a process that allows individuals to implicitly benefit from contextual information embedded in sequences of stimuli--one that examines the relationship between anchoring and rapid naming and phonological short-term memory in children prior to the onset of formal reading instruction, and a second study that examines the unique contribution that anchoring makes to performance in two early predictors of reading--letter knowledge and phonological awareness--with the first study based on data from 55 children attending municipal preschools in and around Haifa, Israel, and the second study based on data from 69 native Hebrew-speaking children attending municipal preschools in Northern Israel |
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Annual evaluation report: Clayton Educare: 2009-10 school year A study of classroom quality, parenting experiences, and children's cognitive, language, and socioemotional development in Clayton Educare, a program in Denver, Colorado, offering center-based and home visiting services to children and families from pregnancy to age 5, based on classroom observations, direct child assessments, and parent and teacher surveys |
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Annual evaluation report: Clayton Educare: 2009-10 school year [Executive summary] A summary of a study of classroom quality, parenting experiences, and children's cognitive, language, and socioemotional development in Clayton Educare, a program in Denver, Colorado, offering center-based and home visiting services to children and families from pregnancy to age 5, based on classroom observations, direct child assessments, and parent and teacher surveys |
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Appendix I: Literature review: Literature review of the participation of disadvantaged children and families in ECEC services in Europe A review of research in European Union member states on barriers to and promising practices regarding disadvantaged children's and families' access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) and on the relationship of ECEC participation to children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes |
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Approaches to assessing the language and literacy skills of young dual language learners: A review of the research A summary of a review of the procedures used to assess the language and literacy development of young dual language learners, based on 80 studies from Canada and the United States |
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Are Florida's children developing appropriately and receiving quality early education and childcare? An overview of the developmental status, prekindergarten enrollment, and kindergarten readiness of children in Florida |
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Are minority children disproportionately represented in early intervention and early childhood special education? An examination of the extent to which racial-ethnic minority children are proportionately represented in early intervention and/or early childhood special education, based on data from approximately 7,950 48-month-old children participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, a nationally representative data set of children born in the United States in 2001 |
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Are two years better than one year?: A propensity score analysis of the impact of Head Start program duration on children's school performance in kindergarten A comparison of academic and social outcomes by the end of kindergarten between children who attended Head Start for two years and the ones who attended for one year, based on data from 1,778 Head Start children from the Family and Child Experience Survey (FACES) |
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Arizona Kindergarten Readiness Study: First Things First External Evaluation A study of the physical health and well-being, socioemotional development, approaches to learning, language and literacy development, cognition, and general knowledge of Arizona kindergarteners, based on direct assessments, parent and guardian questionnaires, and teacher questionnaires for a representative sample of 1,145 first-time kindergarteners in 2009 |
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Arizona Kindergarten Readiness Study: First Things First External Evaluation [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the physical health and well-being, socioemotional development, approaches to learning, language and literacy development, cognition, and general knowledge of Arizona kindergarteners, based on direct assessments, parent and guardian questionnaires, and teacher questionnaires for a representative sample of 1,145 first-time kindergarteners in 2009 |
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Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) helps students start kindergarten ready A comparison of the school readiness skills of Arkansas children who participated in Arkansas Better Chance, the state's publicly-funded prekindergarten program, and children who did not participate in any preschool program, based on teacher assessments of children's development |
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