21st Center Community Learning Centers: Executive summary 2010-2011
A summary of an evaluation of Wisconsin 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines program activities and student attendance and academic performance, based on program reporting data
Executive Summary
21st Century Community Learning Centers: A descriptive evaluation for 2011-2012
An evaluation of West Virginia 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines student participation, volunteers and partnerships, professional development and technical assistance, parent and community involvement, substance abuse prevention, and improvement and accountability processes, based on teacher surveys for 3,131 students, director surveys for 28 programs, and state educational administrative data
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21st Century Community Learning Centers: A descriptive evaluation for 2011-2012
A summary of an evaluation of West Virginia 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines student participation, volunteers and partnerships, professional development and technical assistance, parent and community involvement, substance abuse prevention, and improvement and accountability processes, based on teacher surveys for 3,131 students, director surveys for 28 programs, and state educational administrative data
Fact Sheets & Briefs
21st Century Community Learning Centers: A descriptive evaluation for 2011-2012 [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of West Virginia 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines student participation, volunteers and partnerships, professional development and technical assistance, parent and community involvement, substance abuse prevention, and improvement and accountability processes, based on teacher surveys for 3,131 students, director surveys for 28 programs, and state educational administrative data
Executive Summary
21st Century Community Learning Centers: Stakeholder perceptions of program benefits
A study of students', parents', and teachers' perceptions of Tennessee 21st Century Community Learning Center outcomes related to academic performance, social skills, behavior, and safety, based on survey responses from 2,248 students, 1,613 parents, and 2,263 teachers
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21st Century Community Learning Centers: Stakeholder perceptions of program benefits: Executive summary
A summary of a study of students', parents', and teachers' perceptions of Tennessee 21st Century Community Learning Center outcomes related to academic performance, social skills, behavior, and safety, based on survey responses from 2,248 students, 1,613 parents, and 2,263 teachers
Executive Summary
4-H Science Initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study
An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, and technology program offerings, that examines: 4-H Science program characteristics and activities; the science-related attitudes, activities, and skills of participants; and the relationship of participant characteristics to their science-related attitudes, activities, and skills, based on survey responses from 182 4-H Science educators and from 486 children attending 4-H Science programs
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4-H Science Initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, and technology program offerings, that examines: 4-H Science program characteristics and activities; the science-related attitudes, activities, and skills of participants; and the relationship of participant characteristics to their science-related attitudes, activities, and skills, based on survey responses from 182 4-H Science educators and from 486 children attending 4-H Science programs
Executive Summary
The Abecedarian Project: High-quality early child care has long-lasting effects
A summary of a longitudinal study of the effect of an early educational intervention on economic, socioemotional, and educational outcomes at age 30, based on data collected from 101 of the original low-income participants in the Abecedarian Project experiment in North Carolina
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Academic performance of language-minority students and all-day kindergarten: A longitudinal study
A study of the longitudinal mathematics and reading growth patterns of students from linguistically and economically disadvantaged backgrounds from kindergarten entry through fifth grade, an examination of the relationship between participation in of all-day or half-day kindergarten on that growth, and an examination of these relationships for those students from the two lowest socioeconomic (SES) quintiles, based on data from 11,776 students in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten (ECLS-K)
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Access to preprimary education and progression in primary school: Evidence from rural Guatemala
Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale expansion in public preprimary education is limited and mostly circumscribed to high and middle-income countries. This paper estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural communities of Guatemala. Combining administrative and population census data in a difference-in-difference framework, the paper examines a large-scale construction program that increased the number of preprimaries from around 5,300 to 11,500 between 1998 and 2005. The results indicate that the program increased by 2.1 percentage points the fraction of students that progress adequately and attend sixth grade by age 12. These positive effects are heavily concentrated among girls. (author abstract)
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Action research to address the transition from kindergarten to primary school: Children's authentic learning, construction play, and pretend play
An identification of transition issues of concern to both parents and their children who were transitioning from kindergarten to first grade, based on data from 10 parents and their 5 children in a suburban kindergarten in Singapore who had graduated, an action research project on the development of a learning experience to prepare children to purchase food at the primary school cafeteria where they were transitioning to, and an account of an action plan to implement the project that included a field trip to the primary school where they purchased food in the cafeteria, based on data from 14 5- to 6-year-old children and their 11 parents
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Adult outcomes as a function of an early childhood educational program: An Abecedarian Project follow-up
A longitudinal study of the effect of an early educational intervention on economic, socioemotional, and educational outcomes at age 30, based on data collected from 101 of the original low-income participants in the Abecedarian Project experiment in North Carolina
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Annual evaluation report: 2011-2012 school year
An evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers in Nebraska that examines program characteristics and quality, participant characteristics and academic performance, parental engagement, and collaboration between programs and schools, based on administrative data, program observations, and surveys from teachers, students, parents, and collaborative partners
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ASES and 21st CCLC policy brief: What have we learned from the California statewide evaluation
A summary of findings from a four-year longitudinal evaluation of two publicly-funded California after school programs, After School Education and Safety (ASES) and 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), that examine program characteristics and implementation, local program partnerships, the relationship of program participation to student behavior and academic outcomes, and stakeholder satisfaction with the programs, based on analyses of four separate study samples that variously comprise longitudinal administrative data, program observations, student surveys and focus groups, and program staff surveys, interviews, and focus groups
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The benefit of after school programs
Findings from research on the relationship of after school programs to educational performance, health and public safety, and economic and societal outcomes
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Beyond the preschool years: Children's perceptions about starting kindergarten
An investigation of preschool children's perceptions about transitions to kindergarten, based on data from focus group discussions with 33 3- and 4-year-old children in Canada
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California Afterschool Outcome Measures Project field test findings
A summary of findings from a field test of the California Afterschool Outcome Measures Project Online Toolbox, an online survey of student behavior change and skill development for use in after school programs, that examines teacher and student survey administration experiences, student reports of after school program experiences, changes in student skill and behavior outcomes, and associations of student program experiences to their skill and behavior outcomes, based on data collected from students and teachers at 28 after school programs in fall 2010 and spring 2011
Fact Sheets & Briefs
California Afterschool Outcome Measures Project field test of the Online Toolbox
Findings from a field test of the California Afterschool Outcome Measures Project Online Toolbox, an online survey of student behavior change and skill development for use in after school programs, that examines teacher and student survey administration experiences, student reports of after school program experiences, changes in student skill and behavior outcomes, and associations of student program experiences to their skill and behavior outcomes, based on data collected from students and teachers at 28 after school programs in fall 2010 and spring 2011
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Can't buy mommy's love?: Universal childcare and children's long-term cognitive development
A comparison of the language and math performance at age 15 of children who were 3 years old either before or after the implementation of universal child care for 3-year-old children in their respective region of Spain, based on data for Spain from the 2003, 2006, and 2009 waves of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a cross-national assessment of skills and knowledge
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Care or cash?: The effect of child care subsidies on student performance
A study of the influence on children's junior high school academic performance of variations in household child care expenses produced by income-based eligibility cutoffs for municipal child care subsidies, based on a national longitudinal administrative data set from Norway
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Care or cash?: The effect of child care subsidies on student performance
A study of the influence on children's junior high school academic performance of variations in household child care expenses produced by income-based eligibility cutoffs for municipal child care subsidies, based on a national longitudinal administrative data set from Norway
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Child care and school performance in Denmark and the United States
A cross-national comparison of studies of the relationships between child care type and elementary school academic achievement, based on analyses of data from large samples of children in Denmark and the United States
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The condition of education 2012
An annual statistical overview of the status and progress of education in the United States, including the early education and child care arrangements of young children
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Delivering quality early learning in low-resource settings: Progress and challenges in Ethiopia
A study of Ethiopian children's educational experiences during their preschool years and their transitions to primary school, based on longitudinal survey data from cohorts of approximately 1,000 older and 2,000 younger children and on qualitative data for a subsample of 40 children
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