The Abbott preschool program: Fifth year report on enrollment and budget: A report of the Abbott Indicators Project
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
After-school programs for low-income children: Promise and challenges
A study of after school programs for low-income children in terms of demand and supply, program activities, sponsoring and supporting organizations, and funding, based on information from the ongoing evaluation of the after school program initiative Making the Most of Out-of-School Time (MOST)
Other
Age and schooling effects on emergent literacy and early reading skills
A longitudinal study examining age and schooling on emergent literacy and early reading skills, based on a sample of 337 children from low-income backgrounds
Reports & Papers
America's early childhood literacy gap
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
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Are children worse off?: Evaluating child well-being using a new (and improved) measure of poverty
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
Reports & Papers
Assisted housing and the educational attainment of children
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)
Reports & Papers
Associations among family environment, sustained attention, and school readiness for low-income children
A study of sustained attention as a mediator of the relationship between family environment and school readiness, based on data from 1,046 low income children, with family environment data collected at 3-years-old and both attention and school readiness data collected at 5-years of age
Reports & Papers
Associations between center-based care accreditation status and the early educational outcomes of children in the child welfare system
A study of the relationship between child care center accreditation and the developmental and early academic outcomes of children in the child welfare system receiving child care subsidies, based on data from two groups of 82 low income three- and four-year old children, one group in the child welfare system and one not, enrolled in community-based early care and education centers in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Reports & Papers
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
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Becoming literate in the city: The Baltimore Early Childhood Projects
A longitudinal study examining the literacy development of African American and European American children with low-income and middle-income backgrounds between prekindergarten and third grade
Reports & Papers
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
Other
Beyond metaphor: The efficacy of early childhood education
A review of what impacts quality model programs and Head Start can have on poor children’s intellectual and social competence and school performance
Reports & Papers
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
Other
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
Reports & Papers
Characteristics of Sure Start local programme areas: Rounds 1 to 4: Profiles of Rounds 1 to 4 Sure Start local programme areas and a sample of Round 5, to-be-Sure Start local programme areas [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the changes in the Sure Start local programs for disadvantaged children under five years of age in the United Kingdom
Executive Summary
Characterizing early childhood education programs for poor and middle-class children
A study of the association between instructional practices and social climate of preschool and kindergarten programs serving poor and middle class children
Reports & Papers
Child care
A discussion of Georgia policies regarding quality child care for disadvantaged children who are at risk for academic and social problems
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care and children of color
A discussion of the United States Family Support Act of 1988 and the developmental impact of poverty and child care regulations on children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families
Other
Child care arrangements for children under five: Variation across states
A study of the primary child care arrangements of children under five whose mothers are employed, as well as of the variations in patterns of child care arrangements by state, by the child's age, and by the income status of the child's family.
Reports & Papers
Child Care Choices of Low-Income Families with Vulnerabilities
This project explores the ways in which low-income, vulnerable families choose child care. The goal is to identify the family characteristics and contextual factors that expand or limit child care choices. The three-year project takes place in several low-income, urban communities participating in the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Making Connections initiative. The sites are Oakland, Providence, Seattle, and Denver. The focus is on vulnerable families, including families who have children with special needs, parents who are English language learners or immigrants, parents receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and children at risk of maltreatment. The research includes a family study and a community study. The family study includes two rounds of field-based, semi-structured interviews with parents regarding their decision-making processes related to child care. The community study, which takes place between the two rounds of family interviews, includes interviews with key community members regarding the community and policy contexts that affect child care choices. The following research questions are addressed: (1) What factors influence choice of care among low-income working families in a diverse set of urban neighborhoods? How do different families with particular vulnerabilities make child care choices?; (2) How do child care choice processes of parents overall, and particularly families who have special vulnerabilities, interact with several key contextual factors (e.g., job options, local policies and programs)?; and (3) What family characteristics or contextual factors seem to particularly expand or constrain the child care choices of low-income families overall, and the lives of vulnerable families in particular? Which of these seem amenable to policy strategies to support choices for low-income working families, and what should these strategies be?
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Child care essential ingredient for sustained, full-time work for welfare recipients
A brief emphasizing the need for child care among low income families departing welfare-to-work programs, based upon findings from the Alameda County CalWORKs Needs Assessment and Outcomes Study.
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child care experiences in low-income communities: Developmental quality and maternal views
A study of child care quality in low-income urban communities, including types of child care used and degree to which settings met children’s and mothers’ needs, based on data from a longitudinal welfare study: Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study
Reports & Papers
Child care for children in poverty: Opportunity or inequality?
A study of child care quality in child care centers serving children from low-income families, its relationship to type of center-based programming, and its comparability to child care quality in centers serving upper- and middle-income families, based on data from the nationally representative Profile of Child Care Settings study and the National Child Care Staffing Study, which collected observational data on child care quality in 227 child care centers in five cities
Reports & Papers
Child care through the eyes of parents, children and child care providers: Children's perceptions of child care
Findings from a study of child care experiences and perceptions of over 40 children of low- and middle-income families in Minnesota, based on structured conversations in which children described their out-of-home care activities
Reports & Papers
Children cared for by relatives: What do we know about their well-being?
A discussion of the role of relative child care on child behavioral and cognitive development using data from the 1997 and 1999 Survey of American's Families
Reports & Papers
