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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: 2008-09 [Executive summary] A summary of 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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4-H Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study: Executive summary A summary of a study of the science-, engineering-, and technology-related attitudes, activities, and skills of children participating in 4-H Science, Engineering, and Technology (4-H SET), an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, and technology program offerings, based on survey responses from 1,060 children attending 4-H SET programs |
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Achieving, connecting, thriving: The ACT Results Framework for Boston youth: Project background, methodology and recommended next steps An examination of efforts in Boston, Massachusetts, to establish a citywide framework for out-of-school time program outcomes in the domains of achieving, connecting, and thriving (ACT), based on interviews and focus groups with local and national stakeholders, a review of other outcomes frameworks, stakeholder feedback on draft frameworks, and a survey of out-of-school time providers |
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Annual evaluation report: 2009-2010 school year An evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers in Nebraska that examines program characteristics and quality, as well as participant characteristics and academic performance, based on administrative data, program observations, and surveys from teachers, students, parents, and collaborative partners |
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The Camp Program Quality Assessment (Camp PQA): Development and pilot study Findings from an exploration of the development, validity, and reliability of the Camp Program Quality Assessment (Camp PQA), an assessment of day and residential camp setting quality, based on data collected at 20 camps |
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Early Steps to School Success: Annual evaluation report An evaluation from August 2009 through June 2010 of Early Steps to School Success, a language and literacy development program for children from birth to age 5 and their families, that examines enrollment, retention, participant characteristics, community risk context, services delivered, and both child vocabulary and home literacy outcomes, based on data collected through the program's web-based system for tracking services, child characteristics, and outcomes indicators |
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Early Steps to School Success: Annual evaluation report [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation from August 2009 through June 2010 of Early Steps to School Success, a language and literacy development program for children from birth to age 5 and their families, that examines enrollment, retention, participant characteristics, community risk context, services delivered, and both child vocabulary and home literacy outcomes, based on data collected through the program's web-based system for tracking services, child characteristics, and outcomes indicators |
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Educare: Re-envisioning education beginning at birth A description of Educare, a full-day, full-year high-quality early care and education program for at risk children from birth to age 5 |
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Effective early childhood education programmes: A best-evidence synthesis A review of research on the relationships of preschool curricula to children's language, literacy, mathematics, and cognitive outcomes, based on 40 randomized or matched control group studies of 29 curricula |
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Effective early childhood education programmes: Case studies A discussion of policy and practice implications for England from a research review of 40 studies that examines the relationships of 29 preschool curricula to children's academic outcomes, and descriptions of six curricula with strong evidence of positive relationships to those outcomes |
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The effect of a narrative intervention on story retelling and personal story generation skills of preschoolers with risk factors and narrative language delays An account of the outcomes of a storytelling intervention intended to enhance the ability of at risk preschoolers to retell and generate oral narratives, based on data from 5 children at a Head Start center |
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Engaging young children in collective curriculum design A description of 5-year-old children in Brazil and their kindergarten teachers collectively designing a science curriculum, based on data from an on-campus unit of early childhood education of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
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Evaluating the 4-H Science initiative: The 2010 Youth, Engagement, Attitudes and Knowledge survey results A summary of a study of the science-related attitudes, activities, and skills of children participating in 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, technology, and applied math program offerings, based on survey responses from 1,060 children attending 4-H Science programs |
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Evaluating the 4-H Science initiative: Early findings and recommendations A summary of an evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, technology, and applied math program offerings, that examines program implementation in the areas of partnerships, staffing and professional development, curriculum, evaluation, marketing and communications, and funding, based on survey responses from state program leaders who oversee 4-H programs |
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Evaluation of the 4-H Science Initiative: Year 2 implementation study An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, that examines state-level implementation of 4-H Science and characteristics of successful 4-H Science programs, based on interviews with state and county 4-H leaders |
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First Things First External Evaluation research brief: Arizona Kindergarten Readiness Study Findings on the relationship of preschool attendance to early math and literacy skills from a study of the school readiness and development of Arizona kindergarteners, based on direct assessments, parent questionnaires, and teacher questionnaires for a representative sample of 1,145 kindergarteners in 2009 |
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Fort Worth After School 2009-10 evaluation report An evaluation of Fort Worth After School, a publicly-funded program in Fort Worth, Texas, that examines program characteristics, activities, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction, as well as participant academic outcomes, based on student attendance and assessment data, program observations, and student, parent, teacher, principal, and program staff surveys |
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Fort Worth After School 2009-10 evaluation report [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of Fort Worth After School, a publicly-funded program in Fort Worth, Texas, that examines program characteristics, activities, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction, as well as participant academic outcomes, based on student attendance and assessment data, program observations, and student, parent, teacher, principal, and program staff surveys |
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Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2009-2010 An evaluation of Gearing Up for Kindergarten, a preschool learning and parenting education program in North Dakota, that examines changes in parenting practices and children's readiness for school, based on pre- and post-program surveys from parents and teachers |
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Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2009-2010 [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of Gearing Up for Kindergarten, a preschool learning and parenting education program in North Dakota, that examines changes in parenting practices and children's readiness for school, based on pre- and post-program surveys from parents and teachers |
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The influence of project-based curricula on six-year-old preschoolers' conceptual development A study of the effects of a project-based curricula on children's conceptual development and school readiness, based on data from 28 6-year-old children in preprimary classrooms in Ankara, Turkey |
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Learning letter names and sounds: Effects of instruction, letter type, and phonological processing skill A study of the effects of instruction in either letter names and sounds or letter sounds only on children's learning of both letter names and sounds, and a study of the potential role of phonological processing skill in that relationship, based on data from 58 English-speaking 3- and 4-year-olds in 4 private child care centers located in a mid-sized city in the southeastern United States |
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Oklahoma Head Start State Collaboration Office needs assessment An assessment of Oklahoma Head Start program needs and strengths in the coordination, collaboration, alignment of services, and alignment of both curricula and assessments in designated priority areas, based on survey responses from 38 Head Start grantees |
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Partnerships in Early Childhood program: Final evaluation report A process and outcomes evaluation of Partnerships in Early Childhood, a program in New South Wales, Australia, to support children's socioemotional development by placing child and family workers in child care centers, that examines program implementation, parent and staff views of the program, changes in children's attachment relationships and socioemotional development, and changes in parenting and community connectedness, based on longitudinal data collected through parent and staff interviews and questionnaires |
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