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Peer Reviewed JournalCurrent Filters: Resource Type:Executive Summary [remove]; Pub Year:2004 [remove]; Classification:Parent, School, & Community School Readiness/Child School Success & Performance [remove];
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Building quality, scale, and effectiveness in after-school programs [Executive summary] A longitudinal evaluation of The After-School Corporation's (TASC) programs examining program quality, program effects on participating students, and which program practices were associated with student success |
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Citizen Schools: Evidence from two student cohorts on the use of community resources to promote youth development: Phase II report of the Citizen Schools evaluation [Executive summary] A summary of findings from the second phase of an evaluation of the impact of Citizen Schools program participation on the improvement of the academic outcomes and life trajectories of at risk middle-school students in Massachusetts, with a focus on student participants' selection of college preparatory high school and on schedule advancement into tenth grade |
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The effects of full day versus half day kindergarten: Review and analysis of national and Indiana data [Executive summary] A summary of an inquiry into the relationship of kindergarten attendance to school performance, based on a literature review of studies comparing children’s outcomes of participation in half-day and full-day programs, and an analysis of scheduled activities of half-day and full-day kindergarten classrooms in Indiana |
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Final evaluation report: 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Pathways to Progress, Saint Paul Public Schools executive summary A summary of an evaluation of a grant-funded after school and summer program designed to provide educational and social benefits to at-risk youth in Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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From kindergarten through third grade: Children's beginning school experiences [Executive summary] A data analysis of a longitudinal study examining children's reading and mathematics skills; children are compared in terms of gender, ethnicity, and number of family risk factors |
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Full-day and half-day kindergarten in the United States: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 [Executive summary] A comparison of the differences between full- and half-day kindergarten programs across the United States, based upon data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K) |
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The productivity argument for investing in young children [Executive summary] An executive summary of a report examining the benefits of early intervention and preschool programs for at risk children from low income families |
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Readiness: School, family, & community connections: Annual synthesis 2004: Executive summary The summary of a review on school readiness, focusing on the contextual factors related to differences in children's skills and performance at kindergarten entry, early interventions involving family or community components, and transition into kindergarten. |
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Readiness to learn: 2004 kindergarten survey report [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of children's readiness for kindergarten in terms of six factors--physical development, language skills, socioemotional development, cognitive development, approach to learning, and motor skills, based on teacher assessments of 27,427 children who entered public kindergarten in Oregon in 2004 |
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Road map to universal school readiness in the District of Columbia [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the development of the public-private-funded Road Map to Universal School Readiness initiative in the District of Columbia |
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Starting early: Kindergarten entry assessments and addressing the achievement gap in Des Moines public schools [Executive summary] A summary of a comparative examination of children's achievement in kindergarten as a predictor for their academic achievement later in life, based on assessments of children in kindergarten, third, eighth, and eleventh grades from Des Moines, Iowa, with a focus on children who qualify for free or reduced price lunch (FRPL), speak English as a second language (ESL), are in special education, or who live in a disadvantaged neighborhood |
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The status and nature of full-day kindergarten in Delaware: Phase II: The impact of full-day kindergarten on kindergarten work sampling and grades 2 & 3 DSTP scores [Executive summary] A summary of an investigation of the impact of full-day versus half-day kindergarten programs on children who attend public school in Delaware, based on the second- and third-grade assessments of students who attended kindergarten in the 1999-2000 school year |
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Welfare reform and children: A synthesis of impacts in five states: The Project on State-Level Child Outcomes [Executive summary] The executive summary of a report evaluating the impact of pilot welfare reform programs on children and families in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota. |
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What is the penny buying for South Carolina?: Child development programs for four-year-olds: Longitudinal studies of later academic achievement, 1995-96 through 1999-2000 and 2000-01 through 2001-02 [Executive summary] A summary of a longitudinal study through grade five of the effects on academic achievement of a South Carolina half-day child development program for at risk four-year-old children, based on assessment score comparisons with nonparticipants |
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When schools stay open late: The national evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program: New findings [Executive summary] A longitudinal study regarding the Twenty-first Century Community Learning Centers program effects on elementary and middle school children's feelings of safety after school, their academic performance, and developmental outcomes |
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