Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press
A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Child Development, 72(5), 1478-1500
A study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157(2), 196-200
A study of the relationship between experience in child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months
Reports & Papers
Child care and common communicable illnesses: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 481-488
An examination of the relationship between experiences in child care and communicable illnesses (gastrointestinal tract illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and ear infections or otitis media) through a child's first 3 years of life, and an investigation of the relationship between the increased frequency of these illnesses and language development, school readiness, and behavior problems
Reports & Papers
Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1999
Developmental Psychology, 35(6), 1399-1413
An analysis of the effects of child care on maternal sensitivity and child engagement during the first three years of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Child care in the first year of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 340-360
An analysis of the hours, type, and stability of child care used in infants' first year of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Disproportionate representation in placements of preschoolers with disabilities in five southern states
Morrier, Michael J., May, 2011
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 31(1), 48-57
A comparison of racial representation in special education placements of preschool children with disabilities in five Southern states, and a comparison of the use of full inclusion, partial inclusion, or unknown inclusion type environments, based on data from 69,000 ethnically diverse preschoolers with disabilities
Reports & Papers
Diversity, child care quality, and developmental outcomes
Burchinal, Margaret, 2003
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(4), 401-426
A study investigating the relationship between children's ethnicities and the validity of standardized child care quality measures, using data from the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes Study and the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten?
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Child Development, 74(4), 976-1005
A study of the links between children's socioemotional development and both the cumulative amount of time spent in nonmaternal care from birth to the preschool years, and the quality, type, and other characteristics of child care
Reports & Papers
Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten? [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 297-317). New York: Guilford Press
An abridged reprint of a study of how children's socioemotional development is affected by the cumulative amount of time spent in nonmaternal care from birth to the preschool years, and the quality, type and other characteristics of child care, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children's cognitive and social development from birth through third grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
Child Development, 76(4), 795-810
A study of the relationship between duration and developmental timing of poverty and children’s development from birth to age 9, using comparisons of children from families who were never poor, poor only during their children’s infancy, poor only after their children's infancy, or chronically poor
Reports & Papers
Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Infant Behavior & Development, 26(3), 345-370
A study of the relationship between early child care experiences in a child's first 3 years of life and mother-child interaction through the child's transition to school
Reports & Papers
Early childhood programs: Parent education and income best predict participation
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1994
(GAO/HEHS-95-47). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.
A report on the demographic factors of children that best predict preschool participation
Reports & Papers
Early intervention in low birth weight premature infants: Results at 18 years of age for the Infant Health and Development Program
McCormick, Marie C., 2006
Pediatrics, 117(3), 771-780
Findings from a follow-up study on the persistence of cognitive and behavioral benefits from early childhood program participation in 18-year-olds who were born with low birth weight and participated in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP)
Reports & Papers
Economic deprivation and early childhood development
Duncan, Greg, 1994
Child Development, 65(2), 296-318
A study of the impact of poverty and poverty correlates such as ethnicity, maternal education, neighborhood conditions and single parenthood on child cognitive and behavioral development, using longitudinal data from the Infant Health and Development program
Reports & Papers
Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59(2), 389-408
An analysis of the familial, social, economic, and psychological factors associated with child care type and quality for infants, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Head Start programs: Participant characteristics, services, and funding
United States. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1998
(GAO/HEHS-98-65). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.
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
Reports & Papers
Preschool predictors of the need for early remedial and special education services
Mann, Emily A., January 2007
Elementary School Journal, 107(3), 273-285
An examination of child related predictors (sociodemographic factors, cognitive development, child behavior) in terms of their relation to teacher recommendations for early placement in special education classes
Reports & Papers
Racial disparities in preschool special education eligibility for five southern states
Morrier, Michael J., November, 2012
The Journal of Special Education, 46(3), 152-169
An examination of the proportion of 3- through 5-year-olds with disabilities from ethnically diverse backgrounds across five states, of that proportion by special education eligibility category, and of the relationship between state of residence and both the ethnicity of the child and the proportion of 3- through 5-year-olds with disabilities within specific special education eligibility categories, based on data from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee
Reports & Papers
The relation of child care to cognitive and language development
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000
Child Development, 71(4), 960-980
An examination of the relationship between early child care experiences and cognitive and language development among 1,364 children, from 10 sites in the United States, enrolled at birth and followed until age 3 to examine cognitive development, language production, and language comprehension as a function of quality and amount of child care
Reports & Papers
The relation of kindergarten classroom environment to teacher, family, and school characteristics and child outcomes
Pianta, Robert C., January 2002
Elementary School Journal, 102(3), 225-238
An examination of the relationship between global classroom quality and teacher, school, classroom, and family characteristics and target child outcomes in 223 largely suburban or rural public school kindergarten classrooms
Reports & Papers
Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care?
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1998
Developmental Psychology, 34(5), 1119-1128
An analysis of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers
Variations in child care by grandparents during the first three years
Vandell, Deborah L., 2003
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65(2), 375-381
An investigation into the varying frequencies of grandparent child care and its relation to maternal employment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Early Development Study of Early Child Care
Reports & Papers