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Academic achievement programs and youth development: A synthesis
Redd, Zakia, 2002
Washington, DC: Child Trends.

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
Meisels, Samuel J., 2006
(Occasional Paper No. 6). Chicago: Herr Research Center.

A critical discussion of accountability testing in early childhood education with recommendations for more effective early childhood program evaluation

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Assessing quality in childminding
Owen, Sue, 2000
Children & Society, 14(2), 147-153

A discussion of child care quality assessments for child care centers in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

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Assessment and accountability for programs serving young children with disabilities
Hebbeler, Kathleen, 2008
Exceptionality, 16(1), 48-63

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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Beyond looking backward: Child care and the hypothetical extraction method
Pratt, James Edward, 2004
Paper presented at the Mid-western Regional Science Association, Madison WI

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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Celebrating childhood: Research to inform improvement in provision
Brown, Sally, 2004
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 12(1), 5-14

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
Friedman, Sarah, 1999
In Measuring environment across the life span: Emerging methods and concepts (pp. 127-165). Washington, DC: APA Publishing.

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
Essa, Eva L., 2001
In S. Reifel & M.H. Brown (Eds.), Advances in early education and day care: Vol. 11. Early education and care, and reconceptualizing play (pp. 59-113). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press

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
Kagan, Sharon Lynn, 2003
International Journal of Early Childhood, 35(1/2), 114-120

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
Colorado School Readiness Indicators Task Force, 2004
Denver: Colorado Children's Campaign.

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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Confronting the big lie: The need to reframe expectations of afterschool programs
Halpern, Robert,
New York: Partnership for After School Education.

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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Democratic evaluation
Harvard Family Research Project, 2005
The Evaluation Exchange, 11(3).

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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Developing portfolios to evaluate teacher performance in early childhood education
Gelfer, Jeffery I., 2004
Early Childhood Education Journal, 32(2), 127-132

A discussion of the procedure that teachers can use in developing their own portfolio assessment to help generate data for making decisions about teacher performance

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Documenting progress and demonstrating results: Evaluating local out-of-school time programs
Harvard Family Research Project, 2002
(Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation Brief No. 3). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

A guide informing out-of-school time program stakeholders of considerations in the development of successful program evaluations

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Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

A proposal from the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education for curriculum, child assessment, and facility and service standards for United States child care and education programs

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Early childhood program evaluations: A decision-maker’s guide
National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, December 2007
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Center on the Developing Child.

A presentation of guidelines for the development and assessment of rigorous and comprehensive early childhood program evaluations

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Early childhood programs and evaluation
Harvard Family Research Project, 2004
The Evaluation Exchange, 10(2)

An overview of strategies for the evaluation of early childhood programs

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Early childhood programs: The use of impact evaluations to assess programs effects
United States. General Accounting Office, 2001
(GAO-01-542). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

An examination of current evaluations and evaluation proposals of 11 government sponsored early childhood care and education programs to understand the use and value of using impact evaluations for these programs and to discuss the value of other study types for government sponsored studies.

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Early Head Start MAP: Manualized Assessment of Progress
Dickstein, Susan, 2002
Infant Mental Health Journal, 23(1-2), 231-249

A description of the design and uses of the Manualized Assessment of Progress, a child- and family-focused program evaluation protocol for Early Head Start

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The effects of Head Start: What do we know?
Kresh, Esther, 1997
NHSA Research Quarterly, 1(4), 112-123

An overview of the effects of Head Start programs on children and families, briefly discussing the strategies used to measure outcomes and success rates

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Establishing a research agenda for American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start programs
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation, 2004
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.

An exploration of research on the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native children enrolled in Head Start programs, and background for culturally appropriate program and policy reevaluation for Head Start in the United States

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Ethics of child and youth care professionals: A code developed by the Draft Committee for the International Leadership Coalition for Professional Child and Youth Care
Mattingly, Martha A., 1995
Child & Youth Care Forum, 24(6), 371-377

A description of a code of ethics developed by North American Child and Youth Care to address the psychological, social, cultural, spiritual and biological needs of children and their families

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Evaluating after-school programs: The program evaluator’s multiple challenges
Hipps, Jerome Allen,
Oakland, CA: WestEd.

A discussion of challenges encountered by evaluators of 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) after school programs

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Evaluating child and youth care programs
Harinck, Frita J.H., 1997
Child & Youth Care Forum, 26(5), 369-383

A discussion of the two approaches to evaluating child care programs, the classical approach and a more modern approach, in addition to examples of various types of program evaluation, such as process evaluations, product evaluations, and mixed types of evaluations

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Evaluating early childhood assessments: A differential analysis
Meisels, Samuel J., 2006
In D.A. Phillips & K. McCartney (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of early childhood development. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing

A discussion of the history of and issues involved in testing young children for purposes of identification, instructional improvement, and program evaluation

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