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Academic effects of after-school programs
Shumow, Lee, 2001
(ERIC Digest No. EDO-PS-01-8). Champaign, IL: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education.

A synthesis of findings on the relationship between participation in an after school activities and children’s academic performance

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Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities
Peterson, Terry, 2007
Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc.

A book that argues for the evolution and expansion of after school programs to include more engaging and supportive content for children's learning and development

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Afterschool Alliance backgrounder: Formal evaluations of the academic impact of afterschool programs
Afterschool Alliance, March, 2004
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A summary of data and findings from evaluations of the impacts of various after school programs on academic achievement

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Afterschool Alliance backgrounder: Formal evaluations of the academic impact of afterschool programs
Afterschool Alliance, September, 2004
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A summary of data and findings from evaluations of the impacts of various after school programs on academic achievement

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Afterschool Alliance backgrounder: Formal evaluations of the academic impact of afterschool programs
Afterschool Alliance, July, 2005
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A summary of data and findings from evaluations of the impacts of various after school programs on academic achievement

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Afterschool: Creating pathways to college
Tagle, Richard, 2007
In Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities (pp. 53-64). Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc. (http://www.foundationsinc.org/files/Afterschool_Advantage.pdf)

A proposal for the use of after school programs to encourage students post-secondary academic plans and achievement

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Afterschool innovations in brief: Focusing on middle school age youth
Afterschool Alliance, January 2011
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A collection of briefs on issues related to middle school students and after school programs

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Afterschool must no longer be an afterthought
Lauer, Rhonda H., 2007
In Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities (pp. 62-66). Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc.

A conclusion to a book that argues for the evolution and expansion of after school programs to include more engaging and supportive content for children's learning and development

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Afterschool: An opportunity to develop 21st century skills
Wilson, John I., 2007
In Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities (pp. 5-10). Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc. (http://www.foundationsinc.org/files/Afterschool_Advantage.pdf)

A discussion of the use of after school programs as a platform for the preparation of students to be competitive members of the workforce within the global economy

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After-school programs: An update of the need, the benefits, and public opinion
The After-School Corporation, 2002
New York: The After-School Corporation.

An examination of the need for, benefits of and public opinions about after school programs, including a presentation of findings from research reports on related education, social work, criminal justice, and public opinion issues

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America's children in brief: Key national indicators of well-being, 2004
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (U.S.), 2004
Washington, DC: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

A collection of indicators of child well-being in the United States, including trends in child care participation and early childhood education enrollment

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Assessing the school readiness needs of a state
Schultz, Tom, 2009
In R.C. Pianta & C. Howes (Eds.), The promise of pre-k, (pp. 31-50). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

A description and analysis of 6 states' efforts to assess young children and the programs and settings in which they are prepared for schooling

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Associations between shyness, reluctance to engage, and academic performance
Cameron, Catherine (Catherine Ann), May/June 2009
Infant and Child Development, 18(3), 299-305

A critical commentary on the implications of the research findings presented in the Shyness and Language Special Issue of the journal Infant and Child Development on the long-term impact of shyness on children’s development of language and literacy skills

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Avoiding the summer slide: The importance of summer school to student achievement: Hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on examining the importance of summer school to student achievement and well being, focusing in summer school cutbacks and implications of research policies and practices, June 21, 2002
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 2002
(Senate Hearing 107-532). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

A presentation to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on the benefits to school achievement of reinstatement of allotted funds for summer school

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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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California Afterschool Outcomes Measures Project instrument documentation
University of California, Irvine. Department of Education, August 2010
Irvine: University of California, Irvine, Department of Education

An overview of behavior change and skill development measures for students participating in California After School Education and Safety programs

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Child care Quality Rating and Improvement System: Considerations for development in Washington State
Washington (State). Department of Early Learning, September 2007
Olympia, WA: Washington (State), Department of Early Learning.

A presentation of background information regarding the phasing in of Washington State’s Quality Rating System (QRS) to assess, improve, and communicate the quality of individual child care sites through tiered ranking and reimbursement

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Comment on Marcon (ECRP, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2002): ''Moving up the grades: Relationship between preschool model and later school success
Lonigan, Christopher J., 2003
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 5(1)

An article commenting on the analyses and interpretations of a study that suggested an academically oriented preschool model had negative effects in later school years

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The condition of education 2004
Wirt, John, 2004
(NCES 2004-077). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

An annual statistical report on the status and progress of education in the United States, including prekindergarten programs in public schools and after school child care arrangements

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The condition of education 2012
Aud, Susan L., May, 2012
(NCES 2012-045). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

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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The convergence of equity and efficiency in ECD programs
Alderman, Harold, 2011
In H. Alderman (Ed.), No small matter: The impact of poverty, shocks, and human capital investments in early childhood development (pp. 155-183). Washington, DC: World Bank.

An overview of the influence of early childhood education programs and nutrition on children's school outcomes and of equity in access to these programs

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Critical pathways to school readiness: Implication for First 5 Ventura County strategic planning, funding and evaluation
Thompson, Lisa, March, 2005
Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities.

A description and analysis of the School Readiness Critical Pathways (SRCPs), a conceptual model and proposed set of strategies and outcomes for assessing school readiness in Ventura County, California

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Demographic overview
August, Diane, 2006
In D. August & T. Shanahan (Eds.), Developing literacy in second-language learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth (pp. 43-48). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

A description of the demographic characteristics of language-minority children in the United States and their outcomes, and a demographic profile of teachers of English-language learners

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The early childhood disaster risk index 2007: Vulnerability and emergency preparedness needs of the early childhood sector in eleven states at high risk of hurricanes, earthquakes, or both
Shores, Elizabeth F., 2007
(Mississippi State University Early Childhood Report No. 4). Mississippi State: Mississippi State University, Early Childhood Institute.

Indicators of child care and other early childhood services' vulnerability to and preparedness for risks posed by disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and volcanos and emergency preparedness in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

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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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