2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Children's centres
Charlton, Angela, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW010). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.
A study of characteristics of Sure Start children's centers, which provide integrated child development services including child care, in the United Kingdom, including centers' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of center managers
Reports & Papers
2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Out of school providers
Kinnaird, Robert, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW013). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.
A study of characteristics of organizations providing out-of-school time child care in the United Kingdom, including organizations' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of managers of provider organizations
Reports & Papers
The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Interim report
Frede, Ellen, June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
The interim results through kindergarten of a longitudinal study of the impact of participation in the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, based on classroom observations and direct child assessments
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The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Interim report [Executive summary]
Frede, Ellen, June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
A summary of the interim results through kindergarten of a longitudinal study of the impact of participation in the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, based on classroom observations and direct child assessments
Executive Summary
Access to supplemental education services in central region states
Barley, Zoe, July 2007
(REL 2007–No. 007). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
An exploration of the access of students in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to supplemental education programs as required by the No Child Left Behind Act
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Access to supplemental education services in central region states: Summary
Barley, Zoe, July 2007
(REL 2007–No. 007).Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
A summary of an exploration of the access of students in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to supplemental education programs as required by the No Child Left Behind Act
Executive Summary
Act up, calm down: Mental health consultants for preschools surprise with their success
Waldman, Hillary, 18 June, 2007
Hartford Courant,
An overview of Connecticut’s Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, a measurement of the effect of the child- and classroom-management advice of mental health professionals on the number of classroom behavior problems, and the quality of teacher-child interaction, and teacher beliefs, practices, and job satisfaction
Other
Afterschool: The bridge connecting schools and communities
Afterschool Alliance, November 2007
(Metlife Foundation Afterschool Alert Issue Brief No. 30). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.
An examination of the role that after school progams can play in involving communities and their resources to improve children's outcomes and complement schools' approaches to education
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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
Other
Afterschool for the global age
Asia Society, 2007
New York: Asia Society.
A discussion of after school programs as settings to provide students with a global education and prepare them to compete in an international marketplace
Other
Afterschool for the global age
Levine, Michael H., 2007
In Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities (pp. 43-52). Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc.
A discussion of after school programs as settings to provide students with a global education and prepare them to compete in an international marketplace
Other
The afterschool hours: Examining the relationship between afterschool staff-based social capital and student's engagement in LA's BEST
Huang, Denise, January, 2007
(CSE Technical Report 712). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
A study of the association of strong staff-student relationships with students' academic engagement and future aspirations in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on a survey of staff and participating students
Reports & Papers
The afterschool hours: Examining the relationship between afterschool staff-based social capital and student's engagement in LA's BEST [Executive summary]
Huang, Denise, January, 2007
(CSE Technical Report 712). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
A summary of a study of the association of strong staff-student relationships with students' academic engagement and future aspirations in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on a survey of staff and participating students
Executive Summary
The after school landscape in California: Opportunities of the After School Education and Safety Program Act
California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program, October 2007
Berkeley: California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program.
A discussion of challenges encountered in the implementation of the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program Act, also called Proposition 49, with policy recommendations for the further development of after school and nutrition programs for schools
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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
Other
Afterschool: A powerful path to teacher recruitment and retention
Afterschool Alliance, July 2007
(Afterschool Alert Issue Brief No. 28). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.
A discussion of after school programs as valuable resources for teacher recruitment, teacher retention, and strengthening of the links between school and after school
Fact Sheets & Briefs
After-school program engagement: Links to child competence and program quality and content
Mahoney, Joseph L., March, 2007
Elementary School Journal, 107(4), 385-404
A two-year study of variability in after school program-level engagement, and its association with both the social and academic competence of participants, and the process quality and content of programs, based on data from 141 children in 9 after school programs in a disadvantaged city in the United States
Reports & Papers
Afterschool programs: Keeping kids--and communities--safe
Afterschool Alliance, April, 2007
(Issue Brief No. 27). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.
A discussion of the use of after school programs in decreasing youth violence and other illicit activities in the after school hours from 3 to 6 pm
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Applying a response-to-intervention model for early literacy development in low-income children
Gettinger, Maribeth, Winter 2007
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 27(4), 198-213
A description of the design and implementation and a preliminary evaluation of the Exemplary Model of Early Reading Growth and Excellence (EMERGE) early literacy program in 15 preschool classrooms in low-income areas of Milwaukee
Reports & Papers
The art of democracy/democracy as art: Creative learning in afterschool comic book clubs
Bitz, Michael, Fall 2007
In J. Gallagher (Ed.), (Afterschool Matters Occasional Paper Series No. 7, pp. 1-20) New York: Robert Bowne Foundation.
An examination of the issues of identity, leadership, democracy, and culture arising in after school programs in which children create comic books, and a study of the creation, participation, and associated outcomes of 129 after school comic book clubs nationwide
Reports & Papers
Assessing the role of book reading practices in Indian bilingual children's English language and literacy development
Kalia, Vrinda, October 2007
Early Childhood Education Journal, 35(2), 149-153
An examination of the impact of Indian bilingual parents’ book reading practices on the development of their children’s English oral language, narrative, and literacy skills, testing the skills of 24 bilingual children from two preschools in Bangalore, India
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Assessment and decision-making in early childhood education and intervention
Strand, Paul S., April 2007
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16(2), 209-218
An account of the use of an inductive-experimental teaching assessment model to improve children’s letter recognition scores at a Head Start center
Reports & Papers
Assessment and implementation of positive behavior support in preschools
Benedict, Elizabeth A., Fall 2007
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 27(3), 174-192
An assessment of the implementation of positive behavior support (PBS) models in early childhood education settings, based on a study of 15 classrooms in a United States Pacific Northwest community
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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
Berkule, Samantha B., January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 45-50
An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes
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Behaviour and skills in six-year-old children in a 'high risk' programme
Knivsberg, Ann-Mari, 2007
British Journal of Special Education, 34(1), 10-18
An analysis of the correlation between behavior problems and cognitive, linguistic, and motor skills in a sample of 31 children, with an average age of 6 years and 4 months, enrolled in a special education program for children with problem behavior in Norway
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