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Age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic patterns in early computer use: A national survey
Calvert, Sandra L., 2005
American Behavioral Scientist, 48(5), 590-607

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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Ahakoa he iti: Early childhood pedagogies affirming of Maori children's rights to their culture
Rau, Cheryl, September, 2011
Early Education and Development, 22(5), 795-817

A discussion of the ways in which the features and history of Maori culture are realized in New Zealand's early education environments in light of the rights afforded to native education systems by the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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All children thriving: Pre-Birth Through Age Three initiative
W. K. Kellogg Foundation,
Battle Creek, MI: W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

A discussion of the implementation of the Pre-Birth Through Age Three (PB3) Initiative to improve children’s outcomes in rural counties in Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio

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Alterable predictors of child well-being in the Chicago Longitudinal Study
Reynolds, Arthur J., 2004
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(1), 1-14

An overview of the major findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, including summaries of child well-being indicators and estimated effects of participation in preschool programs

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America After 3PM: From big cities to small towns
Afterschool Alliance, October 2010
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students by urbanicity during the 2008-2009 school year, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households

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America After 3PM: From big cities to small towns: Key findings
Afterschool Alliance, October 2010
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A summary of a study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students by urbanicity during the 2008-2009 school year, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households

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America after 3pm: Key Findings
Afterschool Alliance,
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

Highlights of findings from an inquiry into children's participation rates in after school programs, based on a nationwide survey of more than 30,000 households across the United States

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America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 1997
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (U.S.), 1997
Washington, DC: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

Results from the federal government’s Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics 1997 annual report which consists of twenty-five key indicators that measure critical aspects of children’s lives and well-being, specifically relating to their economic security, health, behavior, social environment, and education

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America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 1998
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (U.S.), 1998
Washington, DC: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

Results from the federal government’s Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics 1998 annual report which consists of twenty-three key indicators that measure critical aspects of children’s lives and well-being, specifically relating to their economic security, health, behavior, social environment, and education

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America's early childhood literacy gap
Jumpstart (Organization), September, 2009
Boston: Jumpstart.

An overview of children's early literacy development, the early literacy skills gap between children from low-income and middle-income families, and the role of early interventions in reducing the gap

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America's schoolchildren: Past, present, and future
Elise, Cappella, 1999
The Future of Children, 9(2), 21-29

An examination of changes in demographics and characteristics of school-age children may have on public attitudes toward children and youths and on support for government funding for programs

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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)
Flanagan, Kristin Denton, 2005
(E.D. TAB, NCES 2005-116). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

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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American Indian and Alaska Native young children: Findings from the ECLS-K and ECLS-B baseline data
Mississippi State University. National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives, 2005
(Rural Early Childhood Brief No. 4). Mississippi State: Mississippi State University, National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives.

A summary focusing on the school readiness of American Indian and Alaska Native children in rural and non-rural areas

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An annotated bibliography on policy levers to promote social inclusion and respect for diversity in early childhood
Romero, Mariajose, July 2010
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

An annotated bibliography of research on and discussion about the use of policy to infuse social inclusion and respect for diversity perspectives into early childhood education

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Approaches to learning in kindergarten: Associations with child and family background variables
Bundy, Maria Pelzer, 2006
Unpublished master's thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

An analysis of the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics of kindergarteners, such as race, ethnicity, poverty status, maternal education and child care experience, and the way young children approach learning, using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten class of 1998-99

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Are children worse off?: Evaluating child well-being using a new (and improved) measure of poverty
Iceland, John, 1999
(Poverty Measurement Working Papers). Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

A report analyzing data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) to determine whether low-income children are at more of a disadvantage than low-income adults

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Are Head Start effects sustained?: A longitudinal follow-up comparison of disadvantaged children attending Head Start, no preschool, and other preschool programs
Lee, Valerie E., 1990
Child Development, 61(2), 495-507

A study of the sustained effects in kindergarten and first grade of Project Head Start for disadvantaged black children between 1969 and 1970 in two American cities

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Are minority children disproportionately represented in early intervention and early childhood special education?
Morgan, Paul L., December, 2012
Educational Researcher, 41(9), 339-351

An examination of the extent to which racial-ethnic minority children are proportionately represented in early intervention and/or early childhood special education, based on data from approximately 7,950 48-month-old children participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, a nationally representative data set of children born in the United States in 2001

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Are two years better than one year?: A propensity score analysis of the impact of Head Start program duration on children's school performance in kindergarten
Wen, Xiaoli, Q4 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(4), 684-694

A comparison of academic and social outcomes by the end of kindergarten between children who attended Head Start for two years and the ones who attended for one year, based on data from 1,778 Head Start children from the Family and Child Experience Survey (FACES)

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Arts enrichment and school readiness for children at risk
Brown, Eleanor D., Q1 2010
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25(1), 112-124

A study of the growth of children's school readiness skills among low income and at risk children of different levels of development at a preschool using the Kaleidoscope arts enrichment curriculum, and a comparison of the vocabulary scores of children in this program with those of children in a nearby traditional preschool

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Assessing all children
Van Hemel, Susan B., 2008
In C.E. Snow & S. B. Van Hemel (Eds.), Early childhood assessment: Why, what, and how? (pp. 134-140). Washington, DC: National Academies Press

An overview of research on select appropriateness and bias issues surrounding the use of national assessments with young children from racial or language minority groups or who have special needs

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Assessing capacity: Early childhood education in rural New York State [Draft]
Sipple, John W., December 2007
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Community and Rural Development Institute.

A study of the availability of child care and early education slots for children under five in rural New York State and how the availability of slots in different child care and early education settings in rural counties compares with the availability in non-rural counties, based on data from New York State agencies and on U.S. Census data

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Assessment issues in the testing of children at school entry
Rock, Donald A., 2005
The Future of Children, 15(1), 15-34

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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Assisted housing and the educational attainment of children
Newman, Sandra, 2000
Journal of Housing Economics, 9(1-2), 40-63

A study on the effects of housing assistance on the educational attainment of children, based on the longitudinal following of all participants in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

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The association between type of preschool experience and student achievement of economically disadvantaged students in four northeast Tennessee schools
McClellan, Robin Wade, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

An examination of the impact of preschool experience on low income third grade students' academic achievements as measured by the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP)

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