Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care
Mezey, Jennifer, 2003
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs
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Does prekindergarten experience influence children's subsequent educational development?: A study of kindergarten teachers' perceptions and students' performances
DeSiato, Donna J., 2003
Syracuse, NY: Phi Delta Kappa.
A brief exploration of the correlation between children?s prekindergarten experiences and their educational readiness to attend kindergarten, based on a survey of 55 kindergarten teachers and an assessment of 346 kindergarteners in a high-risk, urban school district in Upstate New York
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Effects of a shared-reading intervention on the inclusion of evaluative devices in narratives of children from low-income families
Zevenbergen, Andrea A., 2003
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24(1), 1-15
A journal article on the effects of an interactive reading and phonemic awareness program on the narrative skills of Head Start children
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Impact of a brief literacy intervention on urban preschoolers
Sharif, Iman, 2003
Early Childhood Education Journal, 30(3), 177-180
An examination of how urban preschool children's receptive vocabularies were impacted as a result of a literacy intervention consisting of workshops where parents learned about reading to their children
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A landscape study of youth workers in out-of-school time
Fusco, Dana, 2003
Unpublished manuscript, York College, Jamaica, New York.
A study of the characteristics of the after school education workforce in New York City, including educational background and career goals, based on a survey of workers in community-based programs offering out-of-school services
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Responding to the mental health needs of infants, toddlers and families
United States. Head Start Bureau, 2003
(Early Head Start Program Strategies). Washington, DC: Early Head Start National Resource Center.
A report highlighting how 10 Early Head Start programs respond to the mental health needs of infants, toddlers, and their families
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State administration of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: Structure, process and practices
United States. Department of Education. Office of the Under Secretary, 2003
(Doc No. 2003-14). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary.
A description of all major areas of Even Start Family Literacy Program administration at the state level and the factors that facilitate or impede program improvement activities conducted by Even Start state coordinators
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The state of preschool: 2003 state preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2003
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
The first of a series of annual reviews of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2001-2002 program year
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Sustained effects of high participation in an early intervention for low-birth-weight premature infants
Hill, Jennifer, 2003
Developmental Psychology, 39(4), 730-744
A randomized study of early intervention programs for premature infants examining and comparing the effects of high participation levels to low participation levels
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Sustaining quality after school programs: Practical recommendations from the field
Peterson, Terry, 2003
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.
A nationally representative survey of Twenty-first Century Community Learning Center grantees rated 11 commonly recommended sources of funding for sustaining after school programs, including in kind resources from a school district and a half-time coordinator paid for by the school district
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Third national Even Start evaluation: Program impacts and implications for improvement
United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service, 2003
(Doc No. 2005-05). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service.
Findings from the third national evaluation of the federal Even Start family literacy program, including a description of the program and its participants, and a discussion of program impacts based on data from an experimental study of Even Start's effectiveness in 18 projects
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