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2011 District of Columbia early childhood risk and reach assessment
Moodie, Shannon,
Washington, DC: District of Columbia, Office of Early Childhood Education.

An examination of the geographic distribution in the District of Columbia of family risk indicators, children's reading and math proficiency, and early childhood programs

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Access, participation, and supports: A framework for improving inclusive early education opportunities for children with disabilities
Buysse, Virginia, 2012
In R.C. Pianta (Ed.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 480-506). New York: Guilford Press

A summary of research literature and information from the joint Division for Early Childhood/National Association for the Education of Young Children (DEC/NAEYC; 2009) position statement identifying specific educational practices that promote access, participation, and supports for young children with disabilities and their families

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Childcare, children and capability
Wright, Hazel R., September, 2012
Cambridge Journal of Education, 42(3), 409-424

An account of a recasting of a theoretical model of integrated lives from a model of collective capability--a theoretical model rooted in Amartya Sen's Capability Approach, in order to make sense of the way that adult early childhood education students in an English further education college accrue knowledge and expertise, but delay change until their children are older

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Conclusions and implications
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, February, 2013
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 78(1), 130-143

A summary and discussion of implications from a special issue of the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development focusing on the impacts of Early Head Start on child and family outcomes, including children's socioemotional and cognitive development and families' well-being and home environments, based on data for 3,001 randomly-assigned low income families

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Early childhood needs assessment: Deliverable 1: A baseline on Iowa's young children: Capturing the 'demand' for early-childhood services
Child & Family Policy Center (Iowa), 31 August, 2012
Des Moines, IA: Child and Family Policy Center.

An examination of recent trends in the size, demographic characteristics, and risk factors of the population of children under 6 years old in Iowa, and with projections through 2020

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Family-provider relationship quality: Review of conceptual and empirical literature of family-provider relationships
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, November, 2012
(OPRE Report No. 2012-46). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A review of literature that conceptualizes relationships between families and early care and education providers and that identifies factors associated with high-quality family-provider relationships

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Language, culture, and early education in the United States
Garcia, Eugene E., 2012
In R.C. Pianta (Ed.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 137-157). New York: Guilford Press

An overview of programs and best practices that have been shown to enhance overall development and early academic achievement of dual language cultural learner (DLCL) children and families in the United States who reside in a family culture in which a language other than English serves as the major mode of communication, including issues related to instruction, programs, teachers, and family engagement

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Maryland early childhood risk and reach assessment
Daily, Sarah, 30 September, 2012
(Publication No. 2012-41). Washington, DC: Child Trends.

An examination of the geographic distribution in Maryland of family risk indicators and early childhood program capacity

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Performance: A strategy for professional development in early childhood teacher preparation
Maude, Susan P., October, 2011
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 32(4), 355-366

A description of the advantages and disadvantages of performance ethnography (PE) as an approach to professional development in early childhood teacher preparation, and an account of the development and application of PE at a conference as a way for early childhood educators to develop greater family-centered competencies when serving diverse families and children

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Quality matters in early childhood education and care: United Kingdom (England) 2012
Taguma, Miho, 2012
Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

A profile of policies in England related to family and community engagement in early childhood education and care, and a comparison of English policies to those in New Zealand, the Nordic countries, and the United States

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Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership 2010-2011 fourteenth annual report: Statistical supplement
Taylor, Crystal, January, 2012
(No. T12-002). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

Results for measures used in an annual assessment of classroom quality, parent involvement, and child developmental outcomes in early childhood programs in Rochester, New York

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The role of out-of-school factors in the literacy problem
Waldfogel, Jane, Fall 2012
The Future of Children, 22(2), 39-54

A discussion of the relationships between literacy levels as measured in school and select non-school characteristics of children's early lives, including race, socioeconomic status, parental immigrant status, and enrollment in early education, and a presentation of policy and practice recommendations for the reduction of reading-level disparities between different categories of children

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What makes a difference?: Early Head Start evaluation findings in a developmental context [Special issue]
Love, John M., February, 2013
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 78(1)

A special issue of the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development focusing on the impacts of Early Head Start on child and family outcomes, including children's socioemotional and cognitive development and families' well-being and home environments, based on data for 3,001 randomly-assigned low income families

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Why non-maternal childcare can be good for children and families: Research and policy implications
Vernon-Feagans, Lynne, 2012
In S. Suggate, & E. Reese (Eds.), Contemporary debates in childhood education and development (pp. 27-37). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge

An overview of the history of non-maternal care concerns in the United States (U.S.) and elsewhere about mothers working outside the home, reasons why maternal employment and non-maternal care for young children became controversial, reactions to those concerns by the research and scholarly community, select results of research regarding high quality non-parental care benefits and possible policy approaches to insure that non-maternal care is a positive force in children's development

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