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Child care in infancy: A transactional perspective
Hungerford, Anne, 2000
In C. H. Zeanah (Ed.), Handbook of infant mental health (2nd ed., pp. 519-532). New York: Guilford Press

A compendium of issues surrounding child care for infants under 12 months old

Reports & Papers


Current Population Survey, October 1999: School Enrollment
United States. Bureau of the Census, 2000
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Current Population Survey, October 1999: School Enrollment [Computer file]. ICPSR03047-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000-12-14. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03047

Data on labor force activity for the week prior to the survey are supplied in this collection. Information is available on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 15 years old and over. Demographic variables such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran status, household relationship, educational background, and Hispanic origin are included. In addition to providing these core data, the October survey also contains a special supplement on school enrollment for all persons surveyed aged 3 years and older. This supplement includes the following items: current grade attending at public or private school, whether attending college full- or part-time at a two- or four-year institution, year last attended a regular school, and year graduated from high school.

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Data for community planning: 1998 Oregon population estimates & survey findings
Oregon Childhood Care and Education Data Project, 2000
Albany, OR: Linn-Benton Community College, Family Resources and Education Division.

A presentation of statistical data for policy makers from the Community Planning Oregon Childhood Care and Education Data Project

Reports & Papers


Fear in the ghetto and its ramifications for parents
Kling, Jeffrey R., 2000
JCPR Policy Briefs, 3(10).

A policy brief of findings from in-depth interviews of families with quantitative data drawn from the evaluation of the Moving To Opportunity project, a program offering vouchers to families living in public housing to move to elsewhere

Fact Sheets & Briefs


Hand in hand: Improving the links between ECE and school in OECD countries
Neuman, Michelle J., 2000
New York: Columbia University, Institute for Child and Family Policy.

A discussion of ways to improve children’s transition from early childhood programs into school, based on a comparison of early childhood education and care policies in twelve member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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Head Start children's entry into public school: A report on the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study: Executive summary
Ramey, Sharon L., 2000
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Civitan International Research Center

Highlights of the Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Project, based on a study of 7,515 former Head Start children and their families from 31 local Transition Demonstration Programs nationwide

Executive Summary


High quality child care has long-term educational benefits for poor children
Campbell, Frances A., 2000
Paper presented at the fifth annual Head Start Research Conference, Washington, DC

An inquiry into the long-term influence of an early childhood education program on children’s outcomes, based on a sample of 105 participants from the Abecedarian Project

Reports & Papers


The impact of prekindergarten participation on first-grade student achievement
Garrett, Lisa Williams, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia, Athens

An inquiry into the correlation between participation in a public prekindergarten program and achievement in the first grade, based on a sample of 1,489 first grade students in the Bibb County Public Schools, assessed using the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)

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Innovation in early intervention for children in families with low incomes: Lessons from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
Reynolds, Arthur J., 2000
Young Children, 55(2), 84-88

An overview of the Chicago Child-Parent Center model, with arguments for high-quality early childhood intervention programs

Reports & Papers


An investment in children and families: Years 9 & 10 longitudinal study report
Washington (State). Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program., 2000
Olympia: Washington State, Office of Community Development.

Findings from Year 9 and Year 10 of the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) longitudinal study, based on a sample of 868 children in grades 5 through 7 who participated in an early childhood program and received public assistance

Reports & Papers


Longer term effects of Head Start
Garces-Tolon, Eliana, December, 2000
(Labor and Population Program Working Paper Series 00-20, DRU-2439-NICHD/NSF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the relationship of Head Start program participation to high school completion, college attendance, job earnings, and reported criminal records, based on data from the nationally representative, longitudinal Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Reports & Papers


The long term effects of Project Head Start: A national-scale longitudinal study
Fukahori, Satoko, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, New York

A longitudinal study determining the long-term effects of Head Start on its participants, using data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS: 88)

Reports & Papers


National Survey of America's Families, 1999
Urban Institute, 2000
Urban Institute, and Child Trends. NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMERICA'S FAMILIES (NSAF), 1999 [Computer file]. ICPSR03927-v1. Washington, DC: Westat [producer], 1999. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-10-03.

A cross-sectional survey of the economic, health, and social characteristics of families in the United States covering such topics as child health care, child well being, child behavior problems, child care use, child education and cognitive development, and child social and emotional development.

Data Sets


North Carolina's Support Our Students: Evaluation report for school year 1999-2000
Johnson, Janet L., 2000
Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR.

The evaluation of one year of a state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students

Reports & Papers


Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, 1997
Hofferth, Sandra L., 2000
In Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, 1997. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

A supplement to a longitudinal survey started in 1968 with information on topics such as school progress, academic achievement and cognitive ability, social well-being, emotional well-being, and health.

Data Sets


Resiliency enhancement: A comparison of after-school child care programs for selected elementary school students
Martin, James F., 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

A study of the impact of an after-school resiliency enhancement program on at-risk 3rd and 4th grade children’s academics and behavior

Reports & Papers


Success in early intervention: The Chicago Child-Parent Centers
Reynolds, Arthur J., 2000
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

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Teachers' reported transition practices for children transitioning into kindergarten and first grade
La Paro, Karen M., 2000
Exceptional Children, 67(1), 7-20

A national survey of kindergarten and first grade teachers' reported use of transitional practices for young children with special needs with respect to specific children and general classroom population

Reports & Papers


Transition to school
Brostrom, Stig, 2000
Paper presented at a meeting of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association, London

A survey of teachers’ attitudes toward activities to promote school readiness in the transition of students into kindergarten, based on a questionnaire of 240 early education teachers in Denmark

Reports & Papers


Variations in Child Care and School Success: Longitudinal Follow-up of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 2000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A longitudinal follow-up of the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes Study through fifth grade, examining variations in child care quality and school performance.

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