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			21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation of projects funded during the 2004-2005 school year Texas Education Agency, February, 2007 Austin, TX: Texas Education Agency. An examination of the impact of children�s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories	Reports & Papers
			21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation of projects funded for the 2003-04 school year Texas Education Agency, January, 2005 Austin, TX: Texas Education Agency. An examination of the impact of children�s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories	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 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
			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 a public school prekindergarten Montessori bilingual program Rodriguez, Linda, 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX An analysis of second grade reading achievement scores of Spanish and English norm-referenced tests between children who participated in a Montessori bilingual program and those that attended a traditional bilingual program	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Being accountable for one's own governing: A case study of early educators responding to standards-based early childhood education reform Brown, Christopher P., March 2009 Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 10(1), 3-23 A case study of standards-based education reform in a large urban early childhood program in the United States based on pre-kindergarten stakeholders responses to a policies that emphasize a uniform conception of learning and student performance	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten Chien, Nina C., September/October 2010 Child Development, 81(5), 1534-1549 A study of the relationship between child engagement in public prekindergarten classrooms and school readiness gains, based on data from 2,751 children from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)	Reports & Papers
			College Station after-school program and time use study Bundrick, David, 1998 College Station: Texas A & M University, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences. A inquiry into children�s use of time during the after school hours, based on a household survey of families with the College Station Independent School District (CSISD) in Texas	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			A comparative study of teachers' educational backgrounds and their understanding of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) Seaborn, Shirley J., 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas Southern University, Houston A survey-based investigation of the impact of Texan Head Start teachers' educational backgrounds on their perceptions of developmentally appropriate practice indicators in early education classrooms	Reports & Papers
			Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs Dotterer, Aryn M., 2009 In R.C. Pianta & C. Howes (Eds.), The promise of pre-k (pp. 65-76). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes A comparison of classroom characteristics and preschooler achievement outcomes in universal and targeted pre-k programs based on a sample of over 400 children in over 800 classrooms	Reports & Papers
			A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. II. Technical report United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1996 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. Descriptive findings from a study of the Head Start Health Component, using child health records and standard data from the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR), plus observations and interviews with parents and staff, collected during the Spring of 1994 from a sample of 80 Head Start centers	Reports & Papers
			A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. I. Summary report United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1996 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. A description of the ways in which the Health Component of the Head Start program address the medical, nutritional, and mental health needs of program participants	Reports & Papers
			Differential effects of high-quality child care Hill, Jennifer, 2002 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21(4), 601-627 An analysis of data collected from the Infant Health and Development Program examining the differential causal effects of access to high quality child care for at risk children who would otherwise have participated in one of three child care options: no non-maternal care, home-based non-maternal care, and center-based care	Reports & Papers
			Early effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children program Minkovitz, Cynthia Schaffer, 2001 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 470-479 An evaluation of the implementation and effects of The Healthy Steps for Young Children Program for children aged 2 to 4, focusing on services received, satisfaction with services, and parent practices	Reports & Papers
			Early intervention: The moderating role of the home environment Bradley, Robert H., 2001 Applied Developmental Science, 5(1), 2-8 An examination of the effect of young children's home environments on the impact of the Infant Health and Development Program, an early intervention program designed for at risk children from low income families	Reports & Papers
			Education for four-year-olds: State initiatives Gallagher, James J., 2001 (Technical Report No. 2). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning. A categorical study of the facilitating factors and barriers to the establishment of state-funded prekindergarten programs in five states	Reports & Papers
			Effectiveness of a colonia educational intervention Vincent, Vern, 2001 Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science, 23(2), 229-238 An evaluation of the effects of an after school educational intervention on the self-esteem and health locus of control of seven- to 12-year-old Hispanic children living in a colonia, an unincorporated subdivision lacking the infrastructure to support its residents	Reports & Papers
			Effect of 4 weeks of Pilates on the body composition of young girls Jago, Russell, March 2006 Preventive Medicine, 42(3), 159-250 A comparison between the impact of 5 day per week, 4 week Pilates class intervention on 16 11 year old girls' Body Mass Index percentile, waist circumference, blood pressure, and enjoyment of the class compared to 14 controls recruited from two after school programs in Spring 2005	Reports & Papers
			The effects of experience of early intervention of low birth weight, premature children: The Infant Health and Development Program Liaw, Fong-ruey, 1995 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 10(4), 405-431 A study of the effects of individual children's early intervention experiences, in both home and child development center settings, on child and parental outcomes in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP)	Reports & Papers
			The effects of Texas's targeted pre-kindergarten program on academic performance Andrews, Rodney J., December, 2012 (NBER Working Paper No. 18598). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. February 11, 2013, from http://www.nber.org/papers/w18598.pdf 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	Reports & Papers

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