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The Be A Star community-based after-school program: Developing resiliency factors in high-risk preadolescent youth A description of the Be a Star community-based after-school program and an evaluation of its effectiveness in helping children develop decision making skills, feelings of personal competence, cultural awareness, and refusal skills |
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families An interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, analyzing child and family outcomes through the first two years of children's lives. |
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The child care arrangements of preschool-age children in immigrant families in the United States A comparison of the use of child care arrangements among immigrant families to non-immigrant families |
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Child care for children with and without disabilities: The provider, observer, and parent perspectives A study combining survey of providers and parents and program observations to explore the characteristics of providers in inclusive and non-inclusive center-based classrooms and family child care homes, the observed quality of care, and families' perceptions of quality and satisfaction with child care services in four Midwestern states |
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Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs |
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Conceptualizations of readiness and the content of early learning standards: The intersection of policy and research? An analysis of 46 state-level early education standards documents to investigate the specific areas of development addressed in order to determine how different states conceptualize school readiness |
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Early childhood programs: Parent education and income best predict participation A report on the demographic factors of children that best predict preschool participation |
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The Early Communication Indicator for infants and toddlers: Early Head Start growth norms from two states A study of the relationship between patterns of growth in communication and gender, Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP) status, and home language environment and a second study of patterns of growth in gestures, vocalizations, and single- and multiple-word utterances and IFSP status, based on data from 27 Early Head Start programs and 5,882 children in the Midwest |
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Effect of early childhood education on school readiness An examination of the relationship between early education program participation and school readiness and differences between male and female school readiness screening scores upon students' entrance into kindergarten for 321 students in a rural school district in Missouri from 1995-1996 through 2008-2009 |
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The effects of a kindergarten program designed to minimize the differences in language and vocabulary development among children entering first grade A study of the effects of an intervention kindergarten program on children’s language and vocabulary development entering the first grade, emphasizing one-to-one reading, cultural and travel experiences, and computer-aided instruction, and a study on the effect of preschool participation on the language and vocabulary development of children entering kindergarten |
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Effects of preschool curriculum programs on school readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative The final report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative, which conducted multi-site experimental evaluations of 14 preschool curricula's impacts on child outcomes (including behavior and early language, literacy, and math skills) at the end of preschool and in kindergarten, and on preschool classroom outcomes (including classroom quality, teacher-child interactions, and instructional practices) |
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The effects of targeted positive behavior support strategies on preschoolers externalizing behavior An investigation of the impact of a behavior intervention implemented by Head Start teachers on preschool children's behavioral problems |
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Effects of viewing the television program Between the Lions on the emergent literacy skills of young children An examination of the impact of an educational television series featuring literacy instruction on the literacy skills of kindergarten and first-grade children |
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The efficacy of HeadsUp! Reading in Missouri on teachers' knowledge of emergent literacy: A satellite-based literacy development training course An examination of changes on teachers' knowledge of emergent literacy, teaching practices related to emergent literacy and overall classroom quality while enrolled in a satellite-based literacy development training course among a population of 525 year one and 342 year two early childhood professionals across 52 sites in Missouri |
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Enhanced Early Head Start with employment services: 42-month impacts from the Kansas and Missouri sites of the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project A study of the impact of a program model that incorporates parental employment and educational services into Early Head Start on service receipt, child care and early education experiences, employment, earnings, household income, parenting practices, parental psychological well-being, and child outcomes, based on data collected from 610 families randomly assigned to treatment or control groups at two pilot sites in Kansas and Missouri |
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Fathering attitudes and practices: Influences on children's development An investigation into the influence of fathers' parenting beliefs and level of modernity on their children's development, based on a sample of 525 biological fathers and stepfathers participating in the Early Head Start Research and Demonstration Project |
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Formative evaluation of Bark Park Place: Group school study report An examination of the educational influence and appeal of Bark Park Place to young children, based on a sample of 67 children in preschool through second grade from 3 child care centers in Trenton, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Kansas City, Missouri |
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Formative evaluation of Bark Park Place: Home visit report An inquiry into the influence of exposure to Bark Park Place on parents? reading practices with children, based on home visits with 13 families from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Kansas City, Missouri |
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Formative evaluation of Bark Park Place: Usability analysis An evaluation of children?s understanding and ease of use of the Bark Park Place computer program, based on self-assessments of a subsample of 63 children from a larger study on the Bark Park Place television series |
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Head Start children's entry into public school: A report on the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study An overview of the impact, on children, families, schools, and communities, of 31 local demonstration programs, conducted as part of the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study, in 30 states and the Navajo Nation from the 1991-92 school year through the 1997-98 school year, and implementing major initiatives related to: parent involvement; educational enhancement; family social support services; and health and nutrition |
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Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding A study of several factors of the Head Start program, including the number of participants, participants' characteristics, services provided, service delivery methods, federal and non-federal dollars received and spent, and other programs providing similar early childhood services |
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The impact of early childhood programs on student achievement A study of the relationship between participation in Parents As Teachers (PAT) or prekindergarten (Pre-k) programs, and language and reading scores from prekindergarten through third grade standardized tests and a second study of the perceptions of kindergarten teachers of the influence of these early childhood programs on 288 student's academic success, from a secondary analysis of Dial-3, PAT district, and reading test data of students and a survey of 60 kindergarten teachers in a rural public elementary school district |
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Inside the content: The breadth and depth of early learning standards A study of the content and development of state-level early learning standards for kindergarten through twelfth grade in 2004 |
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Linking child care and support services with the school: Pilot evaluation of the School of the 21st Century Results from two pilot studies on the social and academic effects on families of Schools of the 21st Century, comprehensive school-based programs with social support for families and children birth to age 12 |
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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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