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Peer Reviewed JournalCurrent Filters: Pub Year:2001 [remove]; Classification:Parent, School, & Community School Readiness/Child School Success & Performance [remove];
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A 21st Century Community Learning Center: A case study of collaboration and partnerships A case study examining the amount of collaboration between a 21st Century Community Learning Center after school program and the cooperating stakeholders, investigating the effect of collaboration on the community outside of the school and on the children participating in the program |
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Academic effects of after-school programs A synthesis of findings on the relationship between participation in an after school activities and children’s academic performance |
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After preschool inclusion: Children's educational pathways over the early school years A longitudinal interview-based study of factors influencing families' decisions to place young children with disabilities in inclusion programs |
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Afterschool: Generating excitement about math and science An issue brief detailing how the extended learning time and individual attention offered to students who attend afterschool programs improves their performance in the subjects of math and science. |
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Attrition from after school programs: Characteristics of students who drop out A study comparing the at-risk status of elementary and middle school children who remained in afterschool programs with those who withdrew based on student questionnaires |
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Brazil early child development: A focus on the impact of preschools An overview of the delivery of early education and child care services in Brazil, and a discussion of the role of preschool attendance on children’s later educational outcomes |
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Brazil early child development: A focus on the impact of preschools [Executive summary] A summary of an overview of the delivery of early education and child care services in Brazil, and a discussion of the role of preschool attendance on children’s later educational outcomes |
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A broader view: The national evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program: Design report: Vol. I The first volume of a report on the national evaluation of the Twenty-first Century Community Learning Centers program implementation and impact study designs |
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A broader view: The national evaluation of the 21st-Century Community Learning Centers program: Design report: Vol. I [Executive summary] The executive summary of a report on the national evaluation of the Twenty-first Century Community Learning Centers program implementation and impact study designs |
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Building statewide partnership capacity to assess school readiness for Florida Head Start children and families An overview of the process of assessing school readiness in Florida children and its implications for Head Start programs, using data from the Florida Partnership for School Readiness (Readiness Partnership) |
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume II. Technical report appendixes A compendium of studies on the influence of participation in an Early Head Start program on children’s outcomes |
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume I. Technical report An evaluation of the effectiveness of Early Head Start programs in improving children's outcomes, based on a national assessment of 3,000 children at 17 sites |
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Co-constructing expertise: The development of parents' and teachers' ideas about literacy practices and the transition to school A discussion of parents' and teachers' views of literacy practices and how they factor into effective school transitions for young children using previous research on school transitions |
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Co-constructing expertise: The development of parents' and teachers' ideas about literacy practices and the transition to school A discussion of school transitions for urban children, focusing on parents’ and teachers’ ideas about teaching and learning literacy |
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Collaboration in building partnerships between families and schools: The National Center for Early Development and Learning's Kindergarten Transition Intervention A report on the results of the National Center for Early Development and Learning's Kindergarten Transition Intervention in terms of parent-teacher relationships and parent, teacher, and preschool staff perceptions of transition practices |
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Community Variations in Child Care for Working Poor Families: Contributions to Child Development and Parental Employment Opportunities A description and comparison of the "child care landscapes" in four communities with diverse subsidy policies, employing an integrated design and using existing data, qualitative data, and quantitative data to identify the community-level variables that are most strongly associated with quality of care and child and family outcomes, and to determine the linkages between child care characteristics and parental work outcomes. The first phase includes 500 parent surveys, 30 community informant interviews, 15 parent focus groups and an analysis of existing community data. The second phase includes assessments of 300 children (30 infants/toddlers and 30 preschoolers in each of 5 communities), their parents, and their child care providers, using measures of child care structural quality, process quality, child development, and parent employment. |
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Current Population Survey, October 2000: School Enrollment A monthly nationally representative survey of demographic and labor force characteristics of civilian noninstitutionalized individuals living in the United States containing questions on preschool enrollment. |
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Early to rise: Improving the school readiness of Philadelphia's young children A study on Philadelphia’s Improving School Readiness Project, based on interviews with 1,000 families and a survey of quality at over 200 child care centers |
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Early to rise: Improving the school readiness of Philadelphia's young children [Executive summary] A summary of a study on Philadelphia’s Improving School Readiness Project, based on interviews with 1,000 families and a survey of quality at over 200 child care centers |
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The effects of social programs on education and employment outcomes An analysis of the effects of social programs (Head Start, Aid to Family with Dependent Children, the European Union's unemployment benefits program) on individuals' educational achievements and labor market behaviors |
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Efforts by public K-8 schools to involve parents in children's education: Do school and parent reports agree? [Executive summary] An overview of strategies used by schools to encourage parents’ involvement in children’s education, based on data from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Survey on Family and School Partnerships in Public Schools, K-8 and from the Parent and Family Involvement in Education/Civic Involvement Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program |
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Emergent literacy skills, early instruction, and individual differences as determinants of difficulties in learning to read: The case for early intervention An examination of emergent literacy skills, early literacy instruction, and individual differences in reading-related cognitive abilities as determinants of early reading achievement |
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Evaluation of the Starting Points Preschool Program: A follow-up study (children of program years 1997-98 through 1999-2000) A follow-up study evaluating the effects of Louisiana's Starting Points Preschool Program on children who were enrolled during the 1997-98, 1998-99, and 1999-2000 program years |
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The evolution of transition policy for young children with special needs and their families A discussion of development and implementation of early childhood transition policies for children with special needs. |
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Examining school readiness of Head Start graduates: A case study A case study of the effectiveness of Head Start in preparing children to start kindergarten |
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