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The 2010-2011 Maryland school readiness report: Children entering school ready to learn A summary of a survey of teacher ratings of the school readiness of Maryland kindergartners during the fall of 2010 |
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Addressing challenging behaviors in Head Start: A closer look at program policies and procedures An examination of Head Start policies and procedures related to child guidance and challenging behaviors, based on interviews with program staff and document analysis from 6 Head Start programs in the Midwest |
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Advancing the measurement of quality for early childhood programs that support early language and literacy development A review of assessment tools for the measurement of the quality of children's language and literacy development in center-based and family child care settings |
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Age at preschool entrance and noncognitive skills before school: An instrumental variable approach A study of the relationship of children's age at preschool entry to behavioral and socioemotional skills in the year prior to starting school in Germany, based on maternal reports collected at age 5 and 6 of children's date of preschool entry and children's assertiveness and ability to form friendships |
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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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The application of the preschool Child Behavior Checklist and the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form to mainland Chinese children: Syndrome structure, gender differences, country effects, and inter-informant agreement A test of the cross-cultural factorial validity of the Child Behavior Checklist and the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form, the applicability of the taxonomy of preschool psychopathology they embody to Mainland Chinese preschoolers, an examination of country effects, gender differences, and cross-informant agreement between teachers and parents, based on data from 876 Chinese preschoolers and the original United States sample upon which the instruments were normed |
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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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Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in K-12 and beyond: FY 2009-10 final evaluation report An evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares third and fifth grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants |
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Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in K-12 and beyond: FY 2009-10 final evaluation report: Executive summary A summary of an evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares third and fifth grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants |
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Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in k-12 and beyond: FY 2010-11 evaluation report: Executive summary A summary of an evaluation of Nevada's publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares longitudinal developmental and parental involvement outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on reports from program directors, program observations, child assessments, and teacher surveys |
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Assessing the development of preschoolers' mathematical patterning A study of the effect of a preschool intervention focused on algebraic patterns on preschoolers' performance on a patterns test both immediately following the intervention and at the end of first grade, based on data collected from the preschoolers of a control classroom and an intervention classroom at two Australian preschools |
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Assessing the mathematical thinking of young children in New Zealand: The initial school years An overview of assessment policy and practice in mathematics in the first 10 years of schooling in New Zealand, with selected findings from the Numeracy Development Projects |
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Assessing preschool dual language learners: Traveling a multiforked road A discussion of linguistic, cultural, and contextual challenges to the accurate assessment of preschool dual language learners, the need for valid and reliable measures for both monolingual and bilingual children, and the need for norming samples representative of the diversity of the early childhood population in the United States |
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Assessing toddler language competence: Agreement of parents' and preschool teachers' assessments An exploration of the difference between parental and teacher assessments of child language skills and the influence of children's gender and parental education, based on assessments of 140 toddlers in preschool in Slovenia |
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Assessing the validity of Minnesota school readiness indicators: Summary report An assessment of the predictive validity of Minnesota school readiness indicators through an examination of the relationship of children's school readiness at kindergarten entry to third grade achievement test scores |
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Assessment for preschool science learning and learning environments An overview of tools for the assessment of science learning in preschools that includes performance-based assessments, direct assessments, and the assessment of science skills and dispositions toward science, preschool classroom quality assessments in relationship to science learning, and the evaluation of preschool curriculum for science content |
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Assessment of the design efficacy of a preschool vocabulary instruction technique A study of the effect of the say-do-tell technique as part of supplemental vocabulary instruction on children's vocabulary scores and a study of the intervention's implementation, based on data from 27 staff and 36 children in 12 full day public preschool classrooms engaged in Year 2 of an Early Reading First (ERF) program and 38 children in a comparison group |
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Association between attendance of day care centres and increased prevalence of eczema in the German birth cohort study LISAplus A comparison of the prevalence and cumulative incidence of eczema in East and West Germany and an identification of risk factors associated with eczema, which includes child care attendance, based on data from Immune System and Allergies in East and West Germany Plus the influence of traffic emissions and genetics (LISAplus) birth cohort study conducted in Germany, that includes 3,097 children up to 6 years of age |
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Attachment relationships as predictors of language skills for at-risk bilingual preschool children A study of the association between both English and Spanish language competence and the type of attachment relationship between preschool children and both their teachers and parents, and an examination of differences by child gender and level of parental acculturation, based on data collected from a sample of 468 Hispanic American children attending 7 urban child care or early childhood centers |
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Attitudes, concerns, and likelihood for action related to young children's overweight among early childhood program staff A survey of child care staff perceptions of the appropriateness and likelihood of discussions about child overweight and obesity issues with parents, based on the questionnaire responses of a purposive national sample of 271 early childhood teachers |
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The availability of neighborhood early care and education resources and the maltreatment of young children A study of the relationship between rates of maltreatment of young children and density of both family and center based licensed child care spaces, supply of licensed child care relative to demand, and preschool/nursery school attendance, with controls for a variety of neighborhood socioeconomic indicators, based on data from children aged birth through 5 in 2,052 United States Census tracts in Los Angeles County |
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Becoming a preschool child: Subjectification in toddlers during their introduction to preschool, from a gender perspective An ethnographic inquiry into the influence of gender on children's transition into preschool, based on information for 19 girls and 4 boys aged 1 year through 18 months old enrolled in preschool in Sweden |
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Behavioral regulation and early academic achievement in Taiwan A confirmation of the relationship between age and scores on the Head-to-Toes Task (HTT), a direct measure of behavioral regulation, and a confirmation of the relationship between HTT scores and vocabulary, early math and teacher-rated classroom behavioral regulation, in a sample of 152 3.5- through 4.5-year-olds in seven preschools in Taiwan |
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