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 [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 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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The Early Childhood Cluster Initiative of Palm Beach County, Florida: Early implementation study and evaluability assessment: Executive summary
A summary of an implementation evaluation and recommendations for ongoing evaluation efforts of the Early Childhood Cluster Initiative, a comprehensive, high-quality preschool education program for children in low-income communities in Palm Beach County, Florida, based on interviews with key stakeholders, teacher surveys, program observations, and a review of documents
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Establishing a research agenda for American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start programs [Executive summary]
A summary 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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Evaluating Head Start: A recommended framework for studying the impact of the Head Start program [Executive summary]
A summary of the framework used to evaluate Head Start's effectiveness in terms of low income children's school readiness as well as examining the circumstances and children with which the program works best
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Family change 1999 to 2001 [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the stability and changes in family welfare, living standards and the outcomes for children in the United Kingdom
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Florida State Board of Education Universal Prekindergarten Advisory Council: Report and recommendations to the Florida State Board of Education [Executive summary]
A summary of a study on the authorization and implementation of universal prekindergarten on a voluntary basis for children four years of age in Florida
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A framework for evaluating systems initiatives [Executive summary]
A summary of a presentation of a framework for the development of tools and instruments to evaluate systems initiatives
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Improving early education programs through data-based decision making [Executive summary]
A discussion of five methods to evaluate the effectiveness of state-funded preschool programs
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Integrating self-assessment into statutory inspection procedures: The impact on the quality of group day care provision [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the impact of self-assessment procedures on child care facility evaluation and process quality in London, England
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Minnesota's school readiness: 1999-2000 evaluation: Immediate outcomes demonstrated by children participating in school readiness [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of the School Readiness program for assessing students' progress before transitioning to kindergarten in Minnesota
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Report of the findings from the Early Childhood Study: 2001-02 [Executive Summary]
A summary of a study of the development of young children attending private and state-funded preschool programs under Georgia's prekindergarten initiative
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Rush to assessment: The role private early childhood service providers play in assessing child and program outcomes [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of large, private non-profit and for-profit early childhood service providers' child and program quality assessment efforts, as well as of programs' use of assessment data for management purposes and their experiences of state and national accountability initiatives, based on interviews with senior program executives
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Second error rate pilot report [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of a methodology for measuring improper payments in states' administration of the Child Care and Development Fund
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Synthesis of local and state Even Start evaluations [Executive summary]
A description of various methods implemented at the local and state levels to evaluate Even Start programs
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Valuing benefits in benefit-cost studies of social programs [Executive summary]
A summary of an assessment of methodologies used to measure benefits in benefit-cost analyses of social programs, including early childhood intervention programs
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