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Afterschool Alliance backgrounder: Formal evaluations of afterschool programs' impact on behavior, safety and family life
Afterschool Alliance, August, 2005
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A review of evaluations of the impact of after school programs on student safety, behavior, and discipline, and on parents' concerns about their children's safety

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At a loss for words: How America is failing our children and what we can do about it
Bardige, Betty, 2005
Philadelphia: Temple University Press

An argument for the importance of raising awareness, among parents, policy makers, and child care providers, of the role of early literacy skills in reducing the achievement gap

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The benefits of prekindergarten for middle-income children
Schulman, Karen, 2005
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A policy report discussing the need for more research on middle income children's risk of being denied quality child care due to eligibility ceilings and if this risk affects their potential for school readiness

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Birth to three matters: A framework to support children in their earliest years
Abbott, Lesley, 2005
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 13(1), 129-143

An account of the creation and publication of framework of valued development-related characteristics and competencies of infants and toddlers

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Boarding of upper middle class toddlers in China
Brassard, Marla R., 2005
Psychology in the Schools, 42(3), 297-304

A discussion of the recent trend of Chinese, upper middle class families boarding toddlers, based on anecdotal observations of three Chinese boarding schools

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Building a peaceful and just world--Beginning with the children
Miller, Suzanne, Fall 2005
Childhood Education, 82(1), 14-18

A description of ways early childhood teachers can support the six pledges contained in Manifesto 2000, which promotes the creation of a culture of peace and nonviolence in schools and classrooms

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Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
New York: The Guilford Press

A compilation of key results from the 15-year longitudinal Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

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Children's reading comprehension and assessment
Paris, Scott G., 2005
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

An examination of critical issues and cutting-edge research in assessing children's reading comprehension

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Children's rights and early childhood policy: A New Zealand story
Te One, Sarah Jane, 2005
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 13(2), 25-39

A discussion of the rights and roles of children in New Zealand's culture and policy, based on an examination of some of the key early childhood education documents since the 1984 reforms

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Compilation of projects addressing the early childhood provisions of IDEA
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (U.S.), 2005
Chapel Hill, NC: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (U.S.)

An indexed directory of over 300 discretionary research projects and contracts supported by the Office of Special Education Programs for fiscal year 2004, in response to the 1997 Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, with a presentation of projects by chronology, and funding and program categories

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Complementary learning
Harvard Family Research Project, 2005
The Evaluation Exchange, 11(1)

An exploration of a framework of complementary learning, with a description of a support system for children’s learning across various settings

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The condition of education 2005
Wirt, John, 2005
(NCES 2005-094). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

An annual statistical report on the status and progress of education in the United States, including the early development of children

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Connecticut's guidelines for the development of early learning for infants and toddlers: Draft
Figueroa, Anna, 2005
Hartford: Connecticut Department of Social Services.

An informative guide for child care providers, parental and professional, describing infants' development stages from birth to three years of age and outlining a framework for developmentally appropriate activities

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Connecticut's New Comprehensive and Universal Early Childhood Health Assessment Form
Crowley, Angela A., October, 2005
Journal of School Health, 75(8), 281-285

A description of the development and revision of a comprehensive early childhood health assessment form for all children in early care and education programs

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Connections and commitments: Reflecting Latino values in early childhood programs
Eggers-Pierola, Costanza, 2005
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Publishers

A review of a textbook for early education teachers outlining cultural values held by Latino families and ways for teachers to incorporate them into the classroom

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Critical pathways to school readiness: Implication for First 5 Ventura County strategic planning, funding and evaluation
Thompson, Lisa, March, 2005
Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities.

A description and analysis of the School Readiness Critical Pathways (SRCPs), a conceptual model and proposed set of strategies and outcomes for assessing school readiness in Ventura County, California

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Cultural literacy in the world of Pueblo children
Romero, Mary E., 2005
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada

A presentation on the early childhood education of Pueblo children that is focused on cultural traditions, values, and how to communicate within the Pueblo community

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Developing successful readers: Building early comprehension skills through television viewing and listening
Kendeou, Panayiota, 2005
Early Childhood Education Journal, 33(2), 91-98

A review of research on how young children develop comprehension skills as well as an examination into the relation between early narrative comprehension in different media and later reading comprehension

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Diversity in early education programs: Honoring differences
Gonzalez-Mena, Janet, 2005
(4th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

A text exploring multiculturalism in early childhood education and early childhood special education programs; emphasis is on working with issues stemming from diversity and communicating across cultures.

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Early childhood education of Hispanics in the United States [Working draft]
Garcia, Eugene E., October 2005
Tempe, AZ: National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics.

An overview of the enrollment of Hispanic children in early childhood education programs in the United States, with recommendations for expanding and improving early childhood education for Hispanic children

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K): Fifth-grade methodology report
Tourangeau, Karen, 2005
(NCES 2006-37). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

An account of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 providing descriptive data on children’s status at school entry, school transition, and progress into high school; the study’s methodological practices are described, plus insights for early childhood development researchers into simplifying the isolation of conflated variables

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K): Third grade methodology report
Tourangeau, Karen, 2005
(NCES 2005-018). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A presentation of data on the methodology used to design and collect information in the fifth stage of data collection in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

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Early Learning Standards
Arizona. Department of Education, September, 2005
Phoenix, AZ: Arizona, Department of Education.

A comprehensive set of developmental and early learning standards for Arizona children between the ages of three and five

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Effective and ethical and interviewing of young children in pedagogical context
Dunphy, Elizabeth, 2005
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 13(2), 79-95

An account of the use of experience-based flexible focused interviewing as a data collection method in a study of the numeracy skills of 14 4- and 5-year-old children from suburban Dublin, Ireland

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Effects of preschool on educational achievement
Laosa, Luis M., 2005
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A proposal that high-quality universal preschool is a promising strategy for closing the academic achievement gap that exists between low-income, minority children and higher-income, non-minority children

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