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21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation of projects funded for the 2003-04 school year [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of the impact of children’s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories |
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Age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic patterns in early computer use: A national survey A study of computer use patterns in children 6 months to 6 years of age focusing on the influences of age, gender, ethnicity, income, parental education, and family structure and the relationship between computer screen time and reading skills |
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American Indian and Alaska Native children: Findings from the base year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) Compiled statistics from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) on child care arrangements and characteristics of American Indian and Alaskan Native children in the United States in 2005 |
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Assessment issues in the testing of children at school entry An article discussing potential reasons for performance discrepancies among white and minority students on the assessment tests commonly used to evaluate children's school readiness |
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Attention in preschoolers: Associations with temperament and motivation An overview of findings from a study determining whether characteristics of effortful control and motivation can promote attention skills in low income preschool children |
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The benefits of prekindergarten for middle-income children 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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Boarding of upper middle class toddlers in China 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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Breast-feeding, day-care attendance and the frequency of antibiotic treatments from 1.5 to 5 years: A population-based longitudinal study in Canada An investigation using a nationally representative sample of Canadian children to examine the impact of breast feeding on children's health and its relation to child care attendance during the child's first five years using antibiotic treatments as the general measure of health |
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Can family socioeconomic resources account for racial and ethnic test score gaps? An article proposing that discrepancies among children's school readiness test scores may be more attributable to family socioeconomic resources than race or ethnicity |
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Child care and early education arrangements of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers: 2001 A collection of data on demographic patterns in non-parental care and education arrangements for children under the age of 6 as part of the National Household Education Surveys Program |
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Child care and early education arrangements of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers: 2001 [Executive summary] A summary of a collection of data on demographic patterns in non-parental care and education arrangements for children under the age of 6 as part of the National Household Education Surveys Program |
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Children in Britain: Findings from the 2003 Families and Children Study (FACS) An assessment of the care and characteristics of families with dependent children in Great Britain in 2003 |
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Children starting school in Scotland A study on cognitive development and factors that may influence the cognitive development of kindergarten age children in Scotland, compared with other English speaking countries |
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Children starting school in Scotland [Executive summary] A summary of a study on cognitive development and factors that may influence the cognitive development of kindergarten age children in Scotland, compared with other English speaking countries |
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Closing achievement gaps A brief proposing the gap between white and ethnic minority children's academic achievement would disappear if disadvantaged children were exposed to high quality early childhood education programs |
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''Come and take a walk'': Listening to Early Head Start parents on school-readiness as a matter of child, family, and community health A qualitative interview study of the perspectives and experiences regarding children's school-readiness among low-income, predominantly African American families participating in the Early Head Start Evaluation project |
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Communicative skills in relation to gender, birth order, childcare and socioeconomic status in 18-month-old children A study using stepwise regression analyses to examine the influence of gender, birth order, socioeconomic status, and child care on the communicative skills of 18-month-old children randomly selected from a sample of various Child Health Care centers in a county in Sweden |
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Contextual and non-contextual knowledge in emergent literacy development: A comparison between children from low SES and middle SES communities A study comparing the contextual and non-contextual literacy skills of children from low SES and middle SES communities |
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The cooking teacher: Investigating gender stereotypes in a Korean kindergarten A study of the influence of an anti-bias cooking curriculum on children’s gendered beliefs and behaviors in a Korean kindergarten |
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Cost of child care: Legislative report on cost containment options in the Child Care Assistance Program A study by the Minnesota Department of Human Services investigating child care costs in the state's rural and metropolitan areas and recommending possible cost containment reforms to the Minnesota Legislature |
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Curriculum and assessment considerations for young children from culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse backgrounds A review of research on effective teaching and assessment practices for young children from diverse backgrounds, including recommendations for school personnel in managing cultural and linguistic discrepancies between students and teachers |
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Descriptive-developmental performance of at-risk preschoolers on early literacy tasks A description of findings from the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening: Pre-Kindergarten (PALS-PreK) in Virginia, which evaluated the early literacy achievement of at-risk preschool children |
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Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children's cognitive and social development from birth through third grade 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 |
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Early care and education for Hispanic children A review of an examination of “El Comienzo”, a project of the California Child Care Initiative Project initiated in 1990, California’s community based child care and referral agencies attempting to improve the delivery of child care services for young Latino children, the latest phase addressing the improvement of quality of family child care services for Latinos |
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Early childhood care and education: Effects on ethnic and racial gaps in school readiness An examination of the different early childhood care and education experiences of white, black, and Hispanic children and the role of these experiences in determining children's school readiness |
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