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The effects of an intensive shared book-reading intervention for preschool children at risk for vocabulary delay
Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn D., 2011
Exceptional Children, 77(2), 161-183

A study of effects of an intensive shared book-reading intervention on the vocabulary development of preschool children at risk for vocabulary delay, based on data from 125 children stratified by classroom and randomly assigned to either the Words of Oral Reading and Language Development (WORLD) intervention or typical practice

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Evaluation of the early childhood school readiness demonstration projects and School Readiness Certification System
Zajano, Nancy C., January, 2011
Austin: Texas, Legislative Budget Board.

A mixed methods evaluation of the Texas Early Education Model, now called the Texas School Ready! project, a collaboration among public school, child care, and Head Start to improve the school readiness of at risk children, and of the School Readiness Certification System (SRCS), a quality rating system, that examines program management and implementation, financial management, student outcomes, and operation of SRCS

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An experimental study evaluating professional development activities within a state funded pre-kindergarten program
Landry, Susan H., September, 2011
Reading and Writing, 24(8), 971-1010

An experimental two-year study of the impacts of a state-mandated, research-based early care and education professional development model for use in child care, Head Start, and public prekindergarten classrooms on teachers' instructional practices and English and Spanish speaking children's language and literacy outcomes, based on data from over 200 teachers and their students in 11 communities in Texas

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Healthy & Ready to Learn: Examining the efficacy of an early approach to obesity prevention and school readiness
Winter, Suzanne, July-September, 2011
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 25(3)

A study of the effect of the Healthy & Ready to Learn intervention on both the physical growth and language development of 405 primarily Latino low-income children in two matched pairs of experimental and control Head Start centers

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Making summer count: How summer programs can boost children's learning
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, 2011
(MG-1120-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A review of research on summer learning loss and summer program effectiveness and costs, and an examination of school district efforts to develop summer learning programs, based on case studies and key informant interviews

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Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, 2011
Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.

An examination and profiles of city-led efforts to build comprehensive out-of-school time systems, based on surveys and interviews with representatives from 27 cities

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Networks analysis of a regional ecosystem of afterschool programs
Russell, Martha G., Spring 2011
Afterschool Matters, 13, 1-11

A network analysis of organizations that provide both programmatic and financial support to after school programs, based on Dallas County program data that includes programmatic and financial sponsorship information for 525 after school programs and 25 support organizations in the Region-Communities-Families-Youth System in Dallas County, Texas

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Pilot-testing CATCH Early Childhood: A preschool-based healthy nutrition and physical activity program
Sharma, Shreela, January/February 2011
American Journal of Health Education, 42(1), 12-23

A comparison of both children's fruit and vegetable consumption and their physical activity levels at Head Start centers before and after the implementation of the CATCH Early Childhood (CEC) program and a qualitative study of the program's implementation feasibility and acceptability, based on data collected from a convenience sample of 4 classrooms in Harris County, Texas

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The state of preschool 2011: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2011
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2010-2011 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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