100 children turn 10: A longitudinal study of literacy development from the year prior to school to the first four years of school
A longitudinal study into the development of children’s literacy skills from the year prior to school entry through fourth grade, based on a sample of 100 children followed for five years from four sites across Australia
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21st Century Community Learning Centers 2009-10 Profile and Performance Information Collection System (PPICS) report
An evaluation of Colorado 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines program characteristics and activities, as well as participant academic outcomes, based on analyses of annual performance data submitted by 18 Colorado grantees
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21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and program monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC performance data: 2008-09
An examination of: 21st Century Community Learning Center program characteristics, including activities, staffing, and participants; programs with participants who meet academic and behavior performance targets; and the relationship of program characteristics to the achievement of performance targets, all based on secondary analyses of program reporting data
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21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and program monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC performance data: 2009-10
An examination of: 21st Century Community Learning Center program characteristics, including activities, staffing, and participants; programs with participants who meet academic and behavior performance targets; and the relationship of program characteristics to the achievement of performance targets, all based on secondary analyses of program reporting data
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21st Century Community Learning Centers: Annual report 2009
An evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) programs in Wyoming, based on data for 10,225 children served 72 centers during the 2008-2009 school year
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21st Century Community Learning Centers: A descriptive evaluation for 2009-2010
An evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers in West Virginia that examines student referrals and academic outcomes related to the program and program activities, successes, and challenges, based on surveys from 4,795 teachers at schools participating in the program and 22 program directors
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21st Century Community Learning Centers: A descriptive evaluation for 2010-2011
An evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers in West Virginia that examines student referrals and academic outcomes related to the program and program activities, successes, and challenges, based on surveys from 4,279 teachers at schools participating in the program and 23 program directors
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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: Evaluation of projects funded for the 2003-04 school year
An examination of the impact of children’s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories
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The 21st Century Community Learning Centers program in Florida: Program report of the 2009-2010 academic year
An evaluation of Florida 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines student and parent satisfaction and teacher assessments of student academic behavior, based on survey responses from 16,834 students, 9,664 parents, and 19,831 teachers
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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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4C4K 21st century community learning center: The second year evaluation report
Findings from the second year evaluation of the Four Counties for Kids (4C4K) 21st Century Community Learning Center program, a comprehensive after school/community project located in four rural counties in western Illinois, with a focus on the areas of youth development, academic performance, and the program’s impact on parents
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4 counties for kids: The implementation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program: Final evaluation report
An evaluation of 4 Counties for Kids' after school programs surveyed participating children, parents, and teachers to examine the programs' impacts on children's academic achievements and development regarding homework, class participation, and feelings about school
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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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The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006
A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight
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Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study: Fifth grade follow-up
A study of the relationship of participation in New Jersey's Abbott Preschool, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, to educational achievement and school success in fourth and fifth grades, based on a comparison of state assessment test data for 553 Abbott Preschool participants and 201 matched nonparticipants who attended the same kindergarten classrooms
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Academic enrichment in high-functioning homework afterschool programs
An examination of the commonalities and strategies of 7 after school homework programs from across the country that are associated with improved student academic achievement for students mainly from low income backgrounds
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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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Achievement in the first 2 years of school: Patterns and processes
A study of the influence of home and school factors on adaptation to school, using data from the Beginning School Study conducted in Baltimore in 1982
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Achieving academic success after school: A randomized evaluation of the Higher Achievement program
An evaluation of the impact of Higher Achievement, a high-quality, comprehensive, and time-intensive after school and summer supplemental education program for middle school students in Washington, DC, on participants' academic attitudes and achievement, peer and adult support, and behavior, based on data collected from 951 randomly assigned students at baseline, at one and two years, and before and after summer vacation
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Achieving high school graduation: Citizen Schools' youth outcomes in Boston
Findings from an evaluation of the seventh year of a longitudinal investigation into the influence of participation in Citizen Schools' 8th Grade Academy on students' later academic achievement, based on data for 448 participants from Boston, Massachusetts followed from high school selection to high school graduation
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An action plan: Assessing school readiness in Ventura County
A series of recommendations for establishing a school readiness assessment measure in Ventura County, California, and a survey of school administrators and teachers to determine existing school readiness assessment practices and future preferences for the selection of a measurement
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Afterschool learning: A study of academically focused afterschool programs in New Hampshire
A presentation of findings from a study of the impact of academically-focused afterschool programs on students’ school success, based on data from 29 afterschool programs
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After-school program attendance and the social development of rural Latino children of immigrant families
A study of the influence of attendance on the social outcomes of Latino elementary school children who participated in an academically-oriented after school program, based on attendance records and teacher, parent, and child questionnaires
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