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Building quality improvement systems: Lessons from three emerging efforts in the youth-serving sector
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia, March, 2007
Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

Three case studies of quality-improvement efforts in programs providing out-of-school time services

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A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers
Schulman, Karen, November 2007
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors

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An effectiveness-based evaluation of five state pre-kindergarten programs using regression-discontinuity
Wong, Vivian C., June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A study of the impact of state prekindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia on children's vocabulary, math, and print awareness skills by comparing children who had completed a year of prekindergarten with nonparticipants who had missed the enrollment age cut-off and were about to start prekindergarten

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Effects of five state prekindergarten programs on early learning
Barnett, W. Steven, October 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A study of the impact of state prekindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia on children's vocabulary, math, and print awareness skills by comparing children who had completed a year of prekindergarten with nonparticipants who had missed the enrollment age cut-off and were about to start prekindergarten

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The effects of welfare and employment programs on children's participation in Head Start
Chang, Young Eun, February 2007
Economics of Education Review, 26(1), 17-32

An analysis of the effects of 10 welfare and employment programs on the employment, income, and use of Head Start by single mothers of children aged 3-5, using data from the New Hope, New Chance, National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies, and Minnesota Family Investment Program studies

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Incorporating character education into the Early Childhood Degree Program: The need, and one department’s response
Priest, Cheryl, April 2007
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 28(2), 153-161

A call for the need for young children’s character education, helping children work with others, care for others, verbalize feelings, support friends, show kindness, and exhibit other character skills and traits, and a description of Central Michigan University's experience including character education in the early childhood education curriculum

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Infant/toddler early learning guidelines
National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative (U.S.), 2007
Washington, DC: National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative.

An overview of the Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs) published by 17 states and 3 territories

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Links between behavioral regulation and preschoolers' literacy, vocabulary, and math skills
McClelland, Megan, July, 2007
Developmental Psychology, 43(4), 947-959

A longitudinal study of the effect of preschool students' behavioral regulation skills, including paying attention, following instructions, and inhibiting inappropriate action, on their emergent literacy, math skills, and vocabulary, based on a sample of 310 preschool children

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Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol. II. Site profiles
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 05, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Interim findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits. This volume is based on data from the first source

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The state of preschool 2007: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state-funded preschool programs for children ages three and four, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2006-2007 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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