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			2005 child development center survey Kern County Child Care Council, 2005 Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Child Care Council. A survey of the characteristics of child care workers in child development centers in Kern County, California	Reports & Papers
			The 30-second effect: An experiment revealing the impact of television commercials on food preferences of preschoolers Borzekowski, Dina L. G., 2001 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 101(1), 42-46 A study of the influence of televised food commercials on preschool children's food preferences among a sample of 40 Head Start children in northern California	Reports & Papers
			4-H Science Initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study Mielke, Monica, April, 2012 Chevy Chase, MD: National 4-H Council. 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	Reports & Papers
			The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 Lerner, Richard M., 2008 Medford, MA: Tufts University, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development. A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight	Reports & Papers
			Acceptability ratings of language interventions and reasoning as described by early childhood special education teachers Turan, Yasemin, October, 2012 Early Child Development and Care, 182(10), 1371-1382 An examination of teachers' preferences between naturalistic and therapeutic approaches to language interventions and reasoning, based on data from 29 early childhood special education teachers from public school districts in Southern California	Reports & Papers
			Access to the general education curriculum for preschoolers with disabilities: Children�s school success Lieber, Joan, 2008 Exceptionality, 16(1), 18-32 A study of the academic and social skill gains of 58 children with disabilities during their preschool year in classrooms using the Children�s School Success (CSS) curriculum	Reports & Papers
			Accountability for after-school care: Devising standards and measuring adherence to them Beckett, Megan, 2001 Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. A report evaluating school-based after-school programs administered by Stone Soup Child Care Programs, using a methodology and instruments developed from a review of good after-school program practices	Reports & Papers
			Achieving high-quality child care: How ten programs deliver excellence parents can afford Kinch, Amy, Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children. A study of the characteristics and fundamentals of a high quality and affordable early childhood program by highlighting ten highly-rated child care programs	Reports & Papers
			Adding two school age children: Does it change quality in family child care? Howes, Carollee, 1997 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(3), 327-342 A study of family child care provider quality and caregiver sensitivity before and after enrolling two additional school-age children to these programs	Reports & Papers
			Advancing achievement: Findings from an independent evaluation of a major after-school initiative Arbreton, Amy, February 2008 San Francisco: James Irvine Foundation. An evaluation of the Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) initiative, an after school initiative in five California cities focusing on literacy achievement, that examined participants' characteristics, program experiences, engagement, and outcomes, and program quality and costs, based on child surveys and assessments, program observations, parent surveys and focus groups, and staff surveys and interviews	Reports & Papers
			Afterschool evaluation practices in California: Site-level perspectives Erbstein, Nancy, November 2005 Davis: University of California, Davis, Center for Community School Partnerships. An exploration of evaluation practices used by after school programs and a discussion of the evaluation needs of programs to improve service delivery, based on a survey of program coordinators of 271 after school programs funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program and the After School Education and Safety (ASES) initiative in California	Reports & Papers
			The afterschool experience in Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Evaluation 2007-2008 Huang, Denise, December 2008 (CRESST Report 747). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. A process and outcomes evaluation of Salsa, Sabor y Salud (SSS), a child-centered adaptation of a healthy lifestyles program for Latino families, that examined the effect of program participation on elementary school students' and program instructors' knowledge and healthy behaviors, based on survey, interview, and observational data collected in after school programs implementing SSS and matched control programs in Los Angeles and on case studies of programs in Chicago	Reports & Papers
			The afterschool hours: Examining the relationship between afterschool staff-based social capital and student's engagement in LA's BEST Huang, Denise, January, 2007 (CSE Technical Report 712). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. A study of the association of strong staff-student relationships with students' academic engagement and future aspirations in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on a survey of staff and participating students	Reports & Papers
			The afterschool hours: A new focus for America's cities Ouellette, Mark, 2005 Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. An overview of a project established by the National League of Cities' (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF) to assist local communities in improving and expanding their after school programming	Reports & Papers
			After-school programs in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California Huh, Cheong Rhie, 2004 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles An exploration of after school programs in Koreatown in Los Angeles, examining what constitutes a program, why parents send their children, and why children attend these programs	Reports & Papers
			After-school pursuits: An examination of outcomes in the San Francisco Beacon Initiative Walker, Karen E., 2004 Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures. A study of the San Francisco Beacon Initiative, a citywide after-school program, including their approach to fostering high-quality activities and participation amongst young people, whether their high-quality after-school program is producing positive developmental experiences for participating young people, and consequently, is it producing improved wellbeing and academic performance for participants	Reports & Papers
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Paper presented at the the Brookings Institution-University of North Carolina conference on Creating a national plan for the education of 4-year-olds, Washington, DC. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			America After 3PM Afterschool Alliance, October 2009 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A 2009 update of and comparison to a 2004 study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households	Reports & Papers
			America After 3PM: Special report on summer: Missed opportunities, unmet demand Afterschool Alliance, May 2010 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A study of the summer child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students during the summer of 2008, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households	Reports & Papers
			An analysis of an after-school service-learning program for elementary school children Tannenbaum, Sally C., 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, California State University, Fresno A investigation of the impact of Dare to Dream, a service-learning program, on elementary school children's academic achievements, social behavior, and attitudes as compared with these characteristics of children who participated in other after-school programs	Reports & Papers
			An analysis of the child and adult care food program in child care centers Kapur, Kanika, 1999 Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. An analysis of the characteristics of three types of child care centers: centers that choose to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), centers that are eligible for CACFP but do not participate, and centers that are not eligible for CACFP, focusing on a center�s propensity to participate in CACFP conditional on being eligible	Reports & Papers
			Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report United States. Department of Education. Policy and Program Studies Service, December 2005 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Policy and Program Studies Service. An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments	Reports & Papers
			Are child developmental outcomes related to before- and after-school care arrangements?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2004 Child Development, 75(1), 280-295 A study determining the effects of family factors, child care types, and child care hours on children's functioning, utilizing data from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC)	Reports & Papers
			Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten? Early, Diane Marie, 2006 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21(2), 174-195 An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements	Reports & Papers

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