The affective bond between preschool aged children and mentors
A study on the effects of mentoring relationships on preschool age children’s behavior within the context of Head Start programs
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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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Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten?
An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements
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Assessing capacity: Early childhood education in rural New York State [Draft]
A study of the availability of child care and early education slots for children under five in rural New York State and how the availability of slots in different child care and early education settings in rural counties compares with the availability in non-rural counties, based on data from New York State agencies and on U.S. Census data
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An assessment of preschool education options for rural and small village areas
An examination of the effects of preschool setting on the acquisition of school readiness skills, based on a study of 90 incoming kindergarteners in a rural area in upstate New York
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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes
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Benefits of a comprehensive technology system in an early childhood setting: Results of a three-year study
An study of the effects of a comprehensive system of technology integration and services for children with disabilities on student engagement, fine motor skills, visual motor skills, emergent literacy, and communication and social 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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Caregiver perception and child-caregiver interactions in a newly inclusive infant child care center
A study of child care provider’s perceptions about and behavior toward developmentally disabled infants and toddlers in an inclusive child care setting
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The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families
A study of the child care and early education participation of children of immigrants and barriers to accessing child care and early education services for immigrant families, based on interviews with local leaders, policymakers, child care and early education service providers, and immigrant parents conducted during community site visits
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Child care arrangements for children under five: Variation across states
A study of the primary child care arrangements of children under five whose mothers are employed, as well as of the variations in patterns of child care arrangements by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.
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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 expenses of America's families
A study of the child care expenses of working families with children under age 13, with particular attention to low-income families.
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Child care setting affects salivary cortisol and antibody secretion in young children
A study of the relationship of illness frequency to both cortisol levels and antibody secretions, measured several times throughout each day and both at home and at child care, in a sample of 65 children from upstate New York
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Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence
An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence
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Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten
A study of the relationship between child engagement in public prekindergarten classrooms and school readiness gains, based on data from 2,751 children from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)
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Children's performance in school readiness skills in the Jumpstart Program
Two longitudinal studies of a Head Start national supplemental preschool program in New York City targeting of disadvantaged children and its influence in improving children’s school readiness skills and adaptive behaviors
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Classroom academic and social context: Relationships among emergent literacy, behavioural functioning and teacher curriculum goals in kindergarten
A study of the relationship between both the literacy skills and behavior of kindergarteners and the level of emphasis of each skill in the classroom curricula, based on data from a longitudinal study of 162 former Head Start children attending 54 kindergarten classrooms on Long Island
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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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Community Place 2011-12 after school program: Data summary
A study of changes in the socioemotional competencies of students participating in after school programs in Rochester, New York, during the 2011-2012 school year, based on teacher reports for 180 students
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A comparison of developmental gains for preschool children with disabilities in inclusive and self-contained classrooms
An investigation of the effects of inclusive and self-contained preschool education on young children's developmental outcomes, examining the effects of school day length and type of program on socioemotional development
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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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Concurrent and predictive validity of the Phelps Kindergarten Readiness Scale-II
A study of the concurrent and predictive validity of the Phelps Kindergarten Readiness Scale, Second Edition (PKRS-II) in a sample of 74 kindergarten students as a screening tool for possible learning difficulties
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Cortisol patterns at home and child care: Afternoon differences and evening recovery in children attending very high quality full-day center-based child care
A study of the relationship between measurements of classroom quality and changes in children's cortisol levels at three child care centers in upstate New York which score very highly on a measurement of quality
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Culturally-based after-school arts programming for low-income urban children: Adaptive and preventive effects
An experimental evaluation of the effects of an after school arts program on the behavior of low-income urban children based on parent and child questionnaires
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