2010-2011 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
Findings from an examination of the quality of preschool classrooms and the characteristics of teaching staff in the Great Start Readiness Program, Michigan's publicly-funded preschool program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on data for 1,127 classrooms and more than 1,000 teachers
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Annual evaluation report: 2010-2011 school year
An evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers in Nebraska that examines program characteristics and quality, as well as participant characteristics and academic performance, based on administrative data, program observations, and surveys from teachers, students, parents, and collaborative partners
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Annual evaluation report: Clayton Educare: 2009-10 school year
A study of classroom quality, parenting experiences, and children's cognitive, language, and socioemotional development in Clayton Educare, a program in Denver, Colorado, offering center-based and home visiting services to children and families from pregnancy to age 5, based on classroom observations, direct child assessments, and parent and teacher surveys
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Assessment of early childcare programs in Jordan
A comparison of parental and caregiver perceptions of and satisfaction with infant and toddler care quality in Jordan, based on a survey of 45 child caregivers and 120 parents
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Attachment relationships as predictors of language skills for at-risk bilingual preschool children
A study of the association between both English and Spanish language competence and the type of attachment relationship between preschool children and both their teachers and parents, and an examination of differences by child gender and level of parental acculturation, based on data collected from a sample of 468 Hispanic American children attending 7 urban child care or early childhood centers
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Building an infrastructure for quality: An inventory of early childhood education and out-of-school time facilities in Massachusetts
A study of the quality of the physical learning environments of licensed, community- and center-based, nonprofit early childhood education and out-of-school time programs in low-income communities across Massachusetts and in Boston, based on observations conducted using a set of quality standards for facilities in a random sample of 130 programs across Massachusetts and a sample of 97 programs in Boston
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Camp Fire USA Quality Improvement Field Test report
An evaluation of a pilot quality improvement system for Camp Fire USA summer programs
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Caregivers' playfulness and infants' emotional stress during transitional time
An inquiry into the relationship between teachers' playful demeanor and infants' emotional stress while transitioning between activities, based on a case study of two infant caregivers in a university-based child care center
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Chemung County School Readiness Project: Prekindergarten assessment community report: 2010-2011 ELLCO results
An assessment of the classroom quality of prekindergarten programs in Chemung County, New York, based on observations of 50 classrooms
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Child care and mothers' mental health: Is high-quality care associated with fewer depressive symptoms?
A study of relationship between maternal depression and the use high quality care settings as either perceived by mothers or measured by observers, based on data from the mothers of 1,216 children
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Children's attendance rates and quality of teacher-child interactions in at-risk preschool classrooms: Contribution to children's expressive language growth
An examination of the relationship between children's gains in expressive language and daily preschool attendance rates, classroom process quality, and socioeconomic background, with an emphasis on the interaction among variables, based on two independent samples of 129 children in 14 classrooms and 160 children in 46 classrooms
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Children's cortisol patterns and the quality of the learning environment
An examination of the association between child care program quality and children's cortisol levels, based on a sample of 146 children from 3 child care centers in middle-class areas on Helsinki, Finland
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Classroom dimensions predict early peer interaction when children are diverse in ethnicity, race, and home language
A study of the relationship between children's behaviors with peers and dimensions of the classroom as well as teacher-child relationship quality, based on data from children from diverse race, ethnic, and home language backgrounds that are part of the National Evaluation of Early Head Start
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Clyde-Savannah Central School District: Prekindergarten and kindergarten classroom assessment: 2010-2011 ECERS-R results
An assessment of classroom quality in prekindergarten and kindergarten programs in Clyde-Savannah Central School District, New York, based on observations of 3 classrooms
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Community resilience, quality childcare, and preschoolers' mental health: A three-city comparison
A study of the association between child care center quality and rates of mental health problems in the populations of children at 24 child care centers in Kamloops, Vernon, and Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
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A comparative analysis of subsidized and non-subsidized relative child care homes in Kansas
A comparison of the quality of care provided by family, friend, and neighbor caregivers in Kansas who do or do not receive child care subsidies, based on observations of and interviews with 22 caregivers and on focus groups with 5 caregivers
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Confirming chanclas: What early childhood teacher educators can learn from immigrant preschool teachers
An examination of immigrant children's teachers' perspectives on the use of children's home languages at preschool, based on 11 focus group interviews with 45 teachers that participated in the Children Crossing Borders study
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The day-to-day reality of teacher turnover in preschool classrooms: An analysis of classroom context and teacher, director, and parent perspectives
A study of the relationship between teacher turnover and classroom quality, based on a survey of 34 teachers, directors, parents, and children from 9 centers in North Carolina
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Denver Preschool Program: Report on child outcomes: 2010-11 school year
A study of the academic and socioemotional development and the kindergarten readiness of children participating in the Denver Preschool Program (DPP), an initiative to provide preschool tuition credits to parents and quality improvement grants to preschools; a comparison of the elementary school reading proficiency of DPP participants and nonparticipants; and an examination of the relationship of preschool program quality to children's kindergarten readiness, all based on administrative data, direct child assessments, parent and teacher surveys, and classroom observations
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Double Jeopardy: Poorer social-emotional outcomes for children in the NICHD SECCYD experiencing home and child-care environments that confer risk
A study of the relationships between both home and child care quality and the socioemotional adjustment of groups of children in five different environments at ages 24, 36, and 54 months, based on a secondary analysis of data from 771 children
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Early care and education for children in immigrant families
An analysis of the extent to which children in immigrant families participate in early care and education settings, the quality of those experiences, the potential benefits from program participation, and barriers to participation, based on a review of the literature and analyses of national data
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Early childhood teachers' curriculum beliefs: Are they consistent with observed classroom practices?
A study of the relationship between early childhood teachers' curriculum beliefs and their actual interactions with children in classrooms, and of the influence of teacher education, professional training and support, work experience, and teacher-child ratio on that relationship, based on a survey of 58 preschool teachers and classroom observations in two counties in a Midwestern state
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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report 2010-11
An examination of the school readiness skills and gains of children who attend early care and learning centers that participate in Guiding Stars of Duval, an initiative to improve the quality of early learning and care services in Jacksonville, Florida, based on pre- and posttest assessments of participants and public school kindergarten readiness administrative data
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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report 2011-12
An examination of the school readiness skills and gains of children who attend early care and learning centers that participate in Guiding Stars of Duval, an initiative to improve the quality of early learning and care services in Jacksonville, Florida, based on pre- and posttest assessments of participants and on public school kindergarten readiness administrative data
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The effectiveness of two universal behavioral supports for children with externalizing behavior in Head Start classrooms
A study of changes in teacher-child interaction following a regimen of teacher in-service training designed to increase teacher use of precorrective statements and behavior-specific praise, based on observations of the interactions of 3 student-teacher pairs in Head Start classrooms
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