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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
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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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Does the amount of participation in afterschool programs relate to developmental outcomes?: A review of the literature
Roth, Jodie L., June 2010
American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(3-4), 310-324

A review of literature on the relationship between participation in after school programs and academic, behavioral, or socioemotional outcomes, based on 35 studies

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Do you believe in magic?: What can we expect from early childhood intervention programs
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, 2003
Social Policy Report, 17(1)

A brief on the development of vulnerable children and the efficacy of early intervention program for altering their development

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Early childhood education: The likelihood of sustained effects
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, 2011
In E.F. Zigler, W.S. Gilliam, & W.S. Barnett (Eds.), The pre-k debates: Current controversies and issues (pp. 200-205). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

An overview of research on the effects of several early education programs on the cognitive, socioemotional, and academic skills of children in the elementary school years

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Early intervention in low birth weight premature infants: Results at 18 years of age for the Infant Health and Development Program
McCormick, Marie C., 2006
Pediatrics, 117(3), 771-780

Findings from a follow-up study on the persistence of cognitive and behavioral benefits from early childhood program participation in 18-year-olds who were born with low birth weight and participated in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP)

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Low-income fathers' involvement in their toddlers' lives: Biological fathers from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study
Cabrera, Natasha J., 2004
Fathering, 2(1), 5-30

An investigation into the influence of fathers’ involvement on children’s outcomes, based on a sample of 1,550 mothers from the Early Head Start (EHS) Research and Evaluation Project, and 597 fathers from the Father Involvement with Toddlers Study (FITS)

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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.

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Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, 2002
Hofferth, Sandra L., 2006
Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, 2002. 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.

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Racial and ethnic gaps in school readiness
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, 2007
In Pianta, R. C., Cox M. J., & Snow K. L. (2007). School readiness and the transition to kindergarten in the era of accountability (pp. 283-306). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

A discussion of underlying factors causing the racial and ethnic achievement gaps between White and non-White students, with recommendations of strategies and social programs for narrowing the achievement gap

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