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			4-H Science Initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study Mielke, Monica, April, 2012 Chevy Chase, MD: National 4-H Council. 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	Reports & Papers
			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 Lerner, Richard M., 2008 Medford, MA: Tufts University, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development. 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	Reports & Papers
			Building resilience: A study of the academic achievement, school attendance, and self-concept of students in grades 3-5 who participated in a 21st Century Community Learning Center's after-school program Chappel, Linda J., 2004 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill An investigation of the effects of different rates of participation in an after school program on children's perceived competence and social acceptance, reading and mathematics achievements, and school attendance	Reports & Papers
			A day in third grade: A large scale study of classroom quality and teacher and student behavior NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 Elementary School Journal, 105(3), 305-323 A study evaluating the quality of 780 third grade classrooms observed as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD)	Reports & Papers
			Early child care and children's development in the primary grades: Follow-up results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 American Educational Research Journal, 42(3), 537-570 A follow-up investigation into the effects of the quality, quantity, and type of child care on children�s development through primary school, using longitudinal data collected on child care settings and children's cognitive and social functioning	Reports & Papers
			Early childhood education: Young adult outcomes from the Abecedarian Project Campbell, Frances A., 2002 Applied Developmental Science, 6(1), 42-57 An article presenting the effects at age 21 of the Abecedarian Project, an early intervention for at-risk children, on cognitive, educational, and social outcomes	Reports & Papers
			Evaluation report: North Carolina Support Our Students: 2001-2002 Johnson, Janet L., 2002 Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR. The evaluation of a state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students	Reports & Papers
			Family socioeconomic status and consistent environmental stimulation in early childhood Crosnoe, Robert, May/June 2010 Child Development, 81(3), 972-987 A study of the relationship between both math and reading achievement and growth and both family socioeconomic status and environmental stimulation at home, in preschool, in child care, and in 1st-grade classrooms, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 children	Reports & Papers
			Incomes and outcomes in early childhood Taylor, Beck A., 2004 Journal of Human Resources, 39(4), 980-1007 An examination of the relationship between household income and developmental outcomes in early childhood, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC)	Reports & Papers
			An investigation of the impact of child care quality on child outcomes using structural equation modeling Cutler, Jared C., 2004 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Utah State University, Logan An evaluation of the relations among child care quality, family and child characteristics, and child outcomes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC)	Reports & Papers
			Kindergartners' skills in Smart Start counties in 1995: A baseline from which to measure change Smart Start Evaluation Team, 1997 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. An evaluation of the impact of Smart Start on children�s skills in kindergarten, based on teacher ratings from forty-three Smart Start participating counties	Reports & Papers
			Long-term effects of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program: Children's reading and math skills at third grade Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., October 2010 Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute. A longitudinal follow-up in their third-grade year of two cohorts of participants (starting the program in 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, respectively) in the North Carolina More at Four prekindergarten program, a state-funded initiative to provide high-quality educational experiences to at-risk four-year-olds, that evaluated classroom quality and participant outcomes, based on classroom observations and child assessments	Reports & Papers
			North Carolina's Support Our Students: Evaluation report for school year 1999-2000 Johnson, Janet L., 2000 Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR. The evaluation of one year of a state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students	Reports & Papers
			North Carolina's Support Our Students: Evaluation report for school year 2000-2001 EDSTAR, 2001 Raleigh, NC: EDSTAR. The evaluation of a state program designed to encourage quality after school programs for middle school students	Reports & Papers
			Poverty, early childhood education and academic competence: The Abecedarian experiment Ramey, Craig T., 1992 In A.C. Huston (Ed.), Children in Poverty: Child development and public policy (pp. 190-221). New York: Cambridge University Press An examination of the effectiveness of early childhood interventions in improving the intellectual competence and academic achievement of low-income children, based on a sample of 111 children from 109 families who participated in the Carolina Abecedarian Project	Reports & Papers
			Preschool predictors of narrative writing skills in elementary school children Hooper, Stephen, March 2010 School Psychology Quarterly, 25(1), 1-12 A study of the relationships between preschool phonological processing, core language abilities, pre-reading skills, and early writing concepts, and writing in kindergarten and grades 3 through 5 and writing growth of 65 typically-developing African American children from nine child care centers in North Carolina	Reports & Papers
			School readiness: A multifaceted, developmental approach Williams, Shannon, 2007 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Davis A study of patterns of children's school readiness, the relationship of children's early child care experiences to their school readiness and success, the relationship of children's school readiness to their school success, and the role of family risk factors in children's school readiness, based on analysis of data for 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development	Reports & Papers
			School readiness: Preparing children for kindergarten Buchanan, Daphonnie, December 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN A study of the relationship between kindergarten math, reading, and writing achievement and universal prekindergarten environments, interactions with teachers and peers, family background, and school readiness, from school readiness screening scores, three kindergarten achievement assessment administrations, parent and teacher questionnaires, progress reports, disciplinary write-ups, and report card data collected from 25 children over a 27-week period	Reports & Papers
			The state of preschool: 2005 state preschool yearbook Barnett, W. Steven, 2005 New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research. An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2003-2004 program year	Reports & Papers
			Teacher-child relationships and children's success in the first years of school Pianta, Robert C., 2004 School Psychology Review, 33(3), 444-458 An examination of teacher-child relationships in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, investigating the association between the relationships and children's socioemotional development and academic achievements in school	Reports & Papers
			Teacher-rated family involvement and children's social and academic outcomes in kindergarten Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E., 2003 Early Education and Development, 14(2), 179-198 An observational study using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between teacher-reported family involvement in school and their kindergarten children's academic and social competencies	Reports & Papers

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