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4-H Science Initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, and technology program offerings, that examines: 4-H Science program characteristics and activities; the science-related attitudes, activities, and skills of participants; and the relationship of participant characteristics to their science-related attitudes, activities, and skills, based on survey responses from 182 4-H Science educators and from 486 children attending 4-H Science programs |
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Effect of early educational intervention on younger siblings: The Infant Health and Development Program A study of the relationship between participation of an older sibling in an early intervention program and the younger sibling's measures of intelligence, youth behavioral problems, and expectations of the future, based on data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), an eight-site randomized trial of three years of early education for premature low-birth-weight infants who were followed up through age 18, and 229 siblings of participating children born within 5 years of the IHDP study participants |
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Effects of a brief tiered language intervention for prekindergartners at risk An examination of the impact of a language intervention for at risk children with whole-group and small-group instruction on the vocabulary skills of children, a study of the moderating relationship of initial language skills on those effects, as well as a study of teacher beliefs regarding oral language instruction, based on data from 39 early care and education programs in a large urban area in Texas |
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The effects of Texas's targeted pre-kindergarten program on academic performance A study of the relationship of participation in Texas's public prekindergarten program for at risk children to third grade academic outcomes, based on longitudinal administrative data for 682,749 children who were eligible for the prekindergarten program and attended kindergarten from 1994 through 1998 |
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The effects of Texas's targeted pre-kindergarten program on academic performance A study of the relationship of participation in Texas's public prekindergarten program for at risk children to third grade academic outcomes, based on longitudinal administrative data for 682,749 children who were eligible for the prekindergarten program and attended kindergarten from 1994 through 1998 |
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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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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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The home instruction for parents of preschool youngsters program's relationship with mother and school outcomes An investigation of the relationship between participation in the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program and mothers' involvement in education at home and school, student school readiness in kindergarten, and student academic outcomes in third grade, with a comparison of HIPPY and non-HIPPY 5-year-olds in terms of enrollment rates in prekindergarten, attendance rates in kindergarten, and kindergarten retention, and a comparison of former HIPPY participants in third grade and non-former HIPPY students in terms of scores on state math and reading achievement tests, based on data from a longitudinal study of 2 north Texas HIPPY sites |
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The impact of asthma health education for parents of children attending Head Start centers A study of the relationship between the delivery of the Healthy Homes training, an asthma and healthy homes curriculum, and the degree to which participants made changes to their households, based on data from 115 parents in eight Head Start sites in Hidalgo County, Texas |
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Out-of-school time: Needs & opportunities: Mapping out-of-school time services in low-income areas of Travis County A study of the geographic distribution of out-of-school time programs in low income areas of Travis County, Texas, and of program enrollment and services, based on survey responses from 155 programs |
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A pilot study of a pictorial bilingual nutrition education game to improve the consumption of healthful foods in a Head Start population A comparison of the frequency of water, soda, milk, fruits, and vegetables offered to children in the home both at the beginning and at the end of the school year by parents after the introduction of a bilingual nutrition game to parents at school start and its regular use in Head Start centers over the course of the year, based on data from 413 parents of Head Start children at the Bastrop County Head Start in Texas |
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Priming the pipeline: Lessons from promising 4-H science programs An examination of the challenges faced and strategies used to implement practices in eight domains by programs participating in 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, based on interviews and site visits with 8 programs selected through a process to identify promising programs |
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Response to intervention: Following three Reading Recovery children on their individual paths to becoming literate An examination of different responsive instructional approaches provided by Reading Recovery teachers to children who were initially the lowest readers and writers in their classes but who were able to progress to on-grade-level reading and writing proficiency after participating in the intervention, based on data from 3 first-grade boys from two suburban schools in the same school district in northern Texas |
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The state of preschool 2012: State preschool yearbook An annual review of access to, quality standards 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 2011-2012 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs |
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Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Interim evaluation report An evaluation of Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines program operations, participation, and student achievement and that identifies innovative program practices, based on site coordinator surveys and interviews, site visits, staff surveys and focus groups, program observations, student surveys, and administrative data |
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Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Year 2 evaluation report An evaluation of Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines program operations, participation, and student achievement and that identifies innovative program practices, based on site coordinator interviews, site visits, staff surveys and focus groups, program observations, student surveys, and administrative data |
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Why should pre-k be more like elementary school?: A case study of pre-k reform A case study of reasons for stakeholders' attraction to the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM), a reform process that aligns their prekindergarten programs both horizontally across prekindergarten programs within districts and vertically with their K-12 education systems, and, after implementing the TEEM model, their views of the influence of their participation on their programs, based on data from 23 participants across 4 of the 5 districts that participated in TEEM |
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