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21st Century Community Learning Center program: A study to evaluate the success of a program in a rural county in east Tennessee
Collingsworth, Joy, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

An investigation of the impact of a 21st Century Community Learning Center program on students and their families in three schools in rural Tennessee and an examination of the extent to which the program successfully implemented criteria deemed necessary by the United States Department of Education

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21st Century Community Learning Centers implementation study report
McCutcheon, Emily R., November, 2011
Nashville: Tennessee, Department of Education.

Interim findings from an implementation evaluation of Tennessee 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examine participant and staff recruitment and retention, program activities, and community and school engagement, based on visits to 20 program sites during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years

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21st Century Community Learning Centers: Stakeholder perceptions of program benefits
Homer, Karen, December, 2012
Nashville: Tennessee, Department of Education.

A study of students', parents', and teachers' perceptions of Tennessee 21st Century Community Learning Center outcomes related to academic performance, social skills, behavior, and safety, based on survey responses from 2,248 students, 1,613 parents, and 2,263 teachers

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Analysis of two early childhood education settings: Classroom variables and peer verbal interaction
Hojnoski, Robin L., Winter 2008
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 23(2), 193-209

An observational study of peer verbal interactions, types of activities, social configurations, and teacher behaviors at both a Montessori and a traditional preschool in an urban area

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Assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee’s pre-kindergarten program: Annual report 2008-2009
Tennessee. Offices of Research and Education Accountability,
Nashville: Tennessee, Offices of Research and Education Accountability.

A longitudinal evaluation of Tennessee's prekindergarten program, based on new analyses of children's assessments conducted during the 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2006-2007 school years that compared children who participated in the prekindergarten program from 1998-1999 through 2005-2006 with those who did not

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Assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee’s pre-kindergarten program: First interim report
Tennessee. Offices of Research and Education Accountability, 12 December, 2007
Nashville: Tennessee, Offices of Research and Education Accountability.

A longitudinal evaluation of Tennessee’s prekindergarten program; based on a comparison of annual assessments of 5 cohorts of children who attended prekindergarten programs between 1999-2000 and the 2003-2004 school year with the annual assessments of children who did not

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Assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee’s pre-kindergarten program: Preliminary report
Tennessee. Offices of Research and Education Accountability, 04 September, 2007
Nashville: Tennessee, Offices of Research and Education Accountability.

An investigation into the academic achievement of participants in Tennessee’s prekindergarten program, and an exploration of program characteristics that promote participants’ short- and long-term academic achievement, based on a comparison of assessments of prekindergarten participants from the 1998-1999 through 2000-2001 program years with assessments of a random sample of children who did not participate in a prekindergarten program

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Assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee’s pre-kindergarten program: Second interim report
Tennessee. Offices of Research and Education Accountability, 18 August, 2008
Nashville: Tennessee, Office of Research and Educational Accountability.

A longitudinal evaluation of Tennessee's prekindergarten program, based on an analysis of children's assessments conducted during the 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2006-2007 school years that compared children who participated in the prekindergarten program from 1998-1999 through 2006-2007 with those who did not

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Assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee's pre-kindergarten program: Third interim report
Strategic Research Group, 09 March, 2010
Nashville: Tennessee, Comptroller of the Treasury.

A longitudinal evaluation of Tennessee's prekindergarten program, based on an analysis of children's assessments conducted during the 2007-2008 school years that compared children who participated in the prekindergarten program from 1998-1999 through 2007-2008 with those who did not

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Assessing the impact of Tennessee's pre-kindergarten program: Final report
Strategic Research Group, 31 May, 2011
Nashville: Tennessee, Offices of Research and Educational Accountability.

A longitudinal study of the relationship of participation in Tennessee state-funded prekindergarten to academic outcomes in kindergarten through fifth grade, based on an analysis of assessment data from children who participated in the program and a matched sample of nonparticipants

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The association between type of preschool experience and student achievement of economically disadvantaged students in four northeast Tennessee schools
McClellan, Robin Wade, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

An examination of the impact of preschool experience on low income third grade students' academic achievements as measured by the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP)

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The at-risk child care program
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 1993
(OEI-02-92-00140). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.

An investigation of the extent and nature of State’s participation in the At-Risk Child Care program funded and administered by the Administration for Families and Children, Department of Health and Human Services, including reports of problems and success

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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

An interim report of the random assignment, impact evaluation of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, analyzing child and family outcomes through the first two years of children's lives.

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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families: Volume I. Technical report
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

An evaluation of the effectiveness of Early Head Start programs in improving children's outcomes, based on a national assessment of 3,000 children at 17 sites

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A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers
Schulman, Karen, November 2007
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors

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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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A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 31, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care

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Disproportionate representation in placements of preschoolers with disabilities in five southern states
Morrier, Michael J., May, 2011
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 31(1), 48-57

A comparison of racial representation in special education placements of preschool children with disabilities in five Southern states, and a comparison of the use of full inclusion, partial inclusion, or unknown inclusion type environments, based on data from 69,000 ethnically diverse preschoolers with disabilities

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The Early Head Start Father Studies: Design, data collection, and summary of father presence in the lives of infants and toddlers
Boller, Kimberley, 2006
Parenting: Science and Practice, 6(2-3), 117-143

An overview of the Early Head Start Father Studies, describing the study methodology, response rates, father demographics, and father child relationship

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Early Steps to School Success: Annual evaluation report
Brown, Deborah, October, 2010
Westport, CT: Save the Children (U.S.).

An evaluation from August 2009 through June 2010 of Early Steps to School Success, a language and literacy development program for children from birth to age 5 and their families, that examines enrollment, retention, participant characteristics, community risk context, services delivered, and both child vocabulary and home literacy outcomes, based on data collected through the program's web-based system for tracking services, child characteristics, and outcomes indicators

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The effect of Tennessee's prekindergarten programs on young children's school readiness skills: A regression discontinuity design
Coburn, Jamie Lynn, December 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville

A comparison of school readiness skills in samples of 179 students entering prekindergarten and 67 prekindergarten completers entering kindergarten and a second comparison upon kindergarten entry of the school readiness skills of the same 67 prekindergarten completers and 86 who had not attended prekindergarten

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