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Educational transitions in early childhood, middle childhood, and early adolescence: Head Start vs. public school pre-kindergarten graduates
Marcon, Rebecca, 2000
Paper presented at the annual National Head Start Research Conference, Washington, DC.

A longitudinal study comparing academic performance of Head Start and public prekindergarten graduates at four educational transitions including kindergarten, first grade, third grade, and fourth and sixth grades

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The effects of parent program involvement and mathematics enrichment on preschooler's mathematics readiness skills
Waller, Rhonda R., 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Howard University, Washington, DC

An investigation of how preschool children's mathematics readiness skills are affected by parent involvement in prekindergarten programs and a mathematics enrichment intervention

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An exploratory study of how children with disabilities' early literacy and language development is supported in their Head Start classrooms
Kavulic, Christy L., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington, DC

An examination of the types of literacy environments, accommodations, and adaptations available to children with disabilities in Head Start classrooms in Washington, D.C.

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Head Start graduates: Making the transition from the early to the later childhood grades
Marcon, Rebecca, 1996
Paper presented at the Biennial Conference on Human Development, Birmingham, AL.

A longitudinal study of the long-term effects of the Head Start program by comparing a sample of urban, poor, African-American Head Start graduates to a comparable sample of prekindergarten graduates in the District of Columbia, based on 227 children’s third-grade report cards, standardized Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills achievement scores, and assessments from the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale

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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.

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