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			The Abbott preschool program: Fifth year report on enrollment and budget: A report of the Abbott Indicators Project Applewhite, Erain, October, 2003 Newark, NJ: Education Law Center. A study of the Abbott preschool program?s overall enrollment, overall budget, and its placement of children with disabilities, and a study of Head Start enrollment in the low income Abbott districts of New Jersey	Reports & Papers
			At what age should children enter kindergarten?: A question for policy makers and parents Stipek, Deborah J., 2003 Social Policy Report, 16(2) A review of findings of research on the effects of school entrance age on academic achievement	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Child and program characteristics of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program: Year 1 (January-June 2002) Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 2003 Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute. An evaluation of the statewide North Carolina More at Four program, a state-funded initiative to provide high-quality educational experiences to at-risk four-year-olds, that addresses characteristics of local programs and participants, based on program surveys	Reports & Papers
			Child and program characteristics of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program: Year 1 (January-June 2002): Executive summary Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 2003 Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute. A summary of an evaluation of the statewide North Carolina More at Four program, a state-funded initiative to provide high-quality educational experiences to at-risk four-year-olds, that addresses characteristics of local programs and participants, based on program surveys	Executive Summary
			Children at play: The role of peers in understanding the effects of child care Fabes, Richard, 2003 Child Development, 74(4), 1039-1043 A commentary on studies that identify the potential of child care to shape children�s adjustment, emphasizing the role of peers, specifically peers' same-sex preferences and patterns of behavior	Other
			Discriminant validity of a community-level measure of children's readiness for school Murphey, David A., 2003 Early Childhood Research & Practice, 5(2) A study assessing the school readiness of 3,370 kindergarten-age students in relation to group care experience, identified learning-related disabilities, and a community-level measure of poverty in Vermont	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
			Duration of breastfeeding, daycare, and physician visits among infants 6 months and younger Pettigrew, Melinda M., July 2003 Annals of Epidemiology, 13(6), 431-435 A study of the association between duration of breastfeeding and child illness, and a study of the influence of family size and child care attendance on the benefits of breastfeeding, in a population of 674 mothers and infants from two metropolitan areas	Reports & Papers
			Early school competence: The roles of sex-segregated play and effortful control Fabes, Richard, 2003 Developmental Psychology, 39(5), 848-858 A journal article examining the relationship of same-sex peer play interactions to early school competence, as moderated by effortful control, a type of voluntary self-regulation	Reports & Papers
			The effect of early childhood intervention and subsequent special education services: Findings from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers Conyers, Liza M., 2003 Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 25(1), 75-95 An examination of the impact of participating in the Chicago Child-Parent Centers on the likelihood of urban, low income, African American children receiving special education services in elementary school	Reports & Papers
			The effect of gender on children's social behavior in a limited resource situation: An observational study Green, Vanessa A., 2003 Social Development, 12(4), 586-604 An examination of the effect of gender, gender group composition, and social competence on children�s competition over limited resources, with unfamiliar peers, at individual and group levels in Australia	Reports & Papers
			Exploring patterns in time children spend in a variety of child care activities: Associations with environmental quality, ethnicity, and gender Tonyan, Holli, 2003 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(1), 121-142 A study of the relationship between infants', toddlers', and preschoolers' classroom activities and gender, ethnicity, child care quality, and teacher interactions	Reports & Papers
			The impact of changes in kindergarten entrance age policies on children's academic achievement and child care needs of families Datar, Ashlesha, 2003 Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. A two-part study consisting of: (1) an analysis of the link between delayed kindergarten entrance and children's academic achievement, using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K); and (2) a model of parents' kindergarten entrance age decisions	Reports & Papers
			The impact of a prejudice-prevention television program on young children's ideas about race Persson, Anna, 2003 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(4), 530-546 An evaluation of young White children's racial attitudes after they viewed anti-prejudice television programs	Reports & Papers
			Indicator 38: Care arrangements for children after school National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 In The condition of education 2003 (NCES 2003-67, pp. 71-72, 76, 165-166, 243). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. An overview of child care arrangements for students enrolled in after-school programs	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Inequality in pre-school education and school readiness Magnuson, Katherine A., 2003 New York: Russell Sage Foundation. A study examining links between center or school-based preschool attendance and factors that contribute to school readiness and success, including reading and math skills, and suggests that school success gaps between children from high to middle and middle to low income families may be narrowed or eliminated by sending all children to preschool using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study- Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)	Reports & Papers
			Leaving too many children behind: A demographer's view on the neglect of America's youngest children Hodgkinson, Harold L., 2003 Washington, DC: Institute for Educational Leadership. An analysis of the economic, educational, health, and family status of children born in 2000, based on census data	Other
			A model of mastery motivation for at-risk preschoolers Turner, Lisa A., 2003 Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(3), 495-505 A study exploring the family factors that influence the development of mastery motivation and its impact on achievement among at risk African-American preschool children	Reports & Papers
			Parent-school involvement and school performance: Mediated pathways among socioeconomically comparable African American and Euro-American families Hill, Nancy E., 2003 Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(1), 74-83 A journal article on the effects of parent involvement, as mediated by social and academic competence, on the academic achievement of socioeconomically comparable African-American and European-American kindergartners	Reports & Papers
			Prekindergarten in U.S. public schools: 2000-2001: Statistical analysis report Smith, Timothy, 2003 (NCES 2003-019). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. A report on the characteristics of prekindergarten in public schools in 2000-2001	Reports & Papers
			Prepared statement of Windy M. Hill Hilll, Windy M., 2003 In Reauthorization of the Head Start program: Hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate. 108th Cong., 1st Sess. A discussion of the impact of Head Start programs on American Indian and Alaska Native children and their families	Other
			Promoting school readiness in Oklahoma: An evaluation of Tulsa's pre-k program Gormley, Jr., William T., 2003 (CROCUS Working Paper No. 1). Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States. A study comparing the Early Childhood Skills Inventory (ECSI) test outcomes of children entering pre-kindergarten to those entering kindergarten who had attended an Oklahoma universal pre-kindergarten program the previous year, to assess the short-term effects of early childhood education	Reports & Papers
			Reading: Young children's achievement and classroom experiences: Findings from the Condition of Education 2003 Denton, Kristin L., 2003 (NCES 2003-070). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. A summary of findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99(ECLS-K) relating to the development of children's early reading skills across kindergarten and first grade, with examinations of factors that relate to kindergartners' reading skills, differences in instructional practices, and the relationship between early reading skills and achievement and attendance in full-time or part-time kindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			Relations between the everyday activities of preschoolers and their teachers' perceptions of their competence in the first years of school Tudge, Jonathan R.H., 2003 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(1), 42-64 An analysis of the relationship between the everyday activities of preschool children from two socioeconomic backgrounds and their teachers� perceptions of their competence in the first years of school, based on a sample of 20 children	Reports & Papers

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