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			An African American youth mentoring program: A pilot study Johnson, Martin K., 2005 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA An investigation of the effectiveness of a youth mentoring program in terms of character, skills, and attitude development in order to help prepare African American young people for school and life success	Reports & Papers
			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
			Birthday effects and preschool attendance Huang, Francis L., Q1 2013 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28(1), 11-23 A comparison of young-for-grade students to old-for-grade students on both early literacy upon kindergarten entry and their probabilities of being retained in kindergarten, and an examination of the relationship between early education attendance and those comparative differences, based on data from 1,474 economically disadvantaged first-time kindergarteners who attended 468 public schools in Virginia in the fall of 2007	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
			Descriptive-developmental performance of at-risk preschoolers on early literacy tasks Justice, Laura M., 2005 Reading Psychology, 26(1), 1-25 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	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
			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
			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
			The selection of friends by preschool children Romero, Sandy L., October 2009 NHSA Dialog, 12(4), 293-306 An exploration of the influence of ethnicity, gender, and behavior in children�s selection of friends, based on a sample of 59 children who attend a Head Start program in Alexandria, Virginia	Reports & Papers
			The Syphax child care center Harper, Frederick D., 1985 The Journal of Negro Education, 54(3), 438-450 Findings from a descriptive case study of the Syphax Child Care Center, a private preschool serving African American and other minority children in Virginia	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

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