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Academic achievement programs and youth development: A synthesis A study evaluating the impact of after-school, community-based academic oriented youth programs as it relates to improving child development and educational outcomes |
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Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers A critical discussion of accountability testing in early childhood education with recommendations for more effective early childhood program evaluation |
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Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers [Executive summary] A summary of a critical discussion of accountability testing in early childhood education, with recommendations for more effective early childhood program evaluation |
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Afterschool evaluation practices in California: Site-level perspectives An exploration of evaluation practices used by after school programs and a discussion of the evaluation needs of programs to improve service delivery, based on a survey of program coordinators of 271 after school programs funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program and the After School Education and Safety (ASES) initiative in California |
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Afterschool evaluation practices in California: Site-level perspectives [Executive summary] A summary of an exploration of evaluation practices used by after school programs and a discussion of the evaluation needs of programs to improve service delivery, based on a survey of program coordinators of 271 after school programs funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program and the After School Education and Safety (ASES) initiative in California |
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Assessing costs and benefits of early childhood intervention programs: Overview and applications to the Starting Early Starting Smart program A discussion of issues for policymakers to consider in assessing the direct, monetary costs and benefits to early childhood intervention programs, based on information from the assessment of Starting Early Starting Smart (SESS) |
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Assessing costs and benefits of early childhood intervention programs: Overview and application to the Starting Early Starting Smart program: Executive summary A report summarizing the methodological issues in developing a cost benefit analysis for early childhood programs and their implications for the Starting Early Starting Smart intervention. |
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Assessing quality in childminding A discussion of child care quality assessments for child care centers in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
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Assessing the role of Head Start family service workers An exploration of the role of family service workers in Head Start programs, with a proposal of methods to evaluate Head Start’s social service components, based on focus group interviews with 66 family service workers from three urban and rural Head Start programs in the Southeastern United States |
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Assessment and accountability for programs serving young children with disabilities A discussion of national and state accountability and outcome demands for Part C and Part B preschool programs for children with disabilities, and a discussion of the assessment methods used to measure these outcomes |
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Attachment behavior of day-care children: Naturalistic and laboratory observations A study of the relationships between child care and attachment behavior through naturalistic and laboratory observations |
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Beyond the head count: Evaluating family involvement in out-of-school time A brief on methods used in the evaluation of family involvement in out-of-school-time programs |
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Beyond looking backward: Child care and the hypothetical extraction method Eight case studies examining the linkages from staff development, to teacher use of instructional strategies, to the performance of K-3 students in early literacy skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension |
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Building better child care: An evaluation of the Pennsylvania Child Care Challenge Grant Program An evaluation of the Pennsylvania Child Care Challenge Grant Program, a program to increase child care capacity in high-demand areas of Pennsylvania through physical expansion and renovation of child care premises, based on a survey of and interviews with grantees |
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Celebrating childhood: Research to inform improvement in provision A description of an investigation of the differing perspectives of positive child outcomes held by child care center evaluators and workers in Scotland |
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The child-care environment: Conceptualizations, assessments, and issues A discussion of child care environment measures and their use in evaluations for licensing, accreditation, and research purposes |
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Child care quality: A model for examining relevant variables A presentation of the Child Care Quality Model for understanding literature and studies on the quality of child care |
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Children's readiness for school: Issues in assessment A discussion of the purpose, content, and process of assessing children's readiness for school |
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Colorado's school readiness indicators: Making progress for young children A study of a set of indicators to measure the school readiness of the children from birth to eight years of age and their families in the communities in which they live in Colorado |
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Comprehensive evidence-based social-emotional curricula for young children: An analysis of efficacious adoption potential A literature review describing the efficacy of eight comprehensive social–emotional curricula for children under 6 years of age |
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Confirmatory program evaluation: Applications to early childhood interventions A discussion of confirmatory program evaluation as a method for conducting theory driven evaluations, and its role in identifying causal mechanisms of change in early childhood interventions, with examples from the Chicago Longitudinal Study and studies of the Chicago Child-Parent Centers |
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Confronting the big lie: The need to reframe expectations of afterschool programs Arguments for the need to view after school programs as child development institutions with functions other than to aid in children’s academic success in public school |
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Considerations for evaluation 'good care' in Aboriginal early childhood settings A discussion of the various evaluation methods in indigenous Canadian early childhood settings |
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Defining and assessing quality in early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families: Challenges and unresolved issues A discussion of the use of methods to determine program quality of intervention services for children with disabilities and their families |
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Democratic evaluation A description of a theoretical, democratic approach to evaluating child care programs in an attempt to address social equity and inclusion |
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