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Achieving high-quality child care: How ten programs deliver excellence parents can afford A study of the characteristics and fundamentals of a high quality and affordable early childhood program by highlighting ten highly-rated child care programs |
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Active and passive surveillance for communicable diseases in child care facilities, Seattle-King Country, Washington A summary of active and passive public health surveillance activities for children under six years of age in out-of-home child care settings in Seattle-King County, Washington |
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The afterschool hours: A new focus for America's cities 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 |
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Afterschool programs in Washington: Aligning capacity with family needs: A study of the supply of and demand for afterschool and youth development programs in Washington A study of the supply of and demand for out-of-school time programs in Washington State, based on analyses of data sets, surveys of programs, and parent and youth focus groups |
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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten 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 |
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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten 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 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 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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Are child developmental outcomes related to before- and after-school care arrangements?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care 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) |
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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged] A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Beyond the mandate: An analysis of a survey of school district early learning programs in Washington state An analysis of a state representative survey administered to Washington State school districts to evaluate the quantity and quality of their early learning programs for the 2003-2004 academic year, particularly those that were more extensive than required by state law |
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Bringing transmedia to expanded learning settings: Emerging practices An examination of efforts by 11 public television stations to incorporate transmedia storytelling, which links interactive games, television series, and websites to established children's educational characters, into out-of-school time programs serving young children, based on site visits, progress reports, and interviews with television station staff |
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Building partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care providers: Lessons from the Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Final report An evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers, that examines the characteristics of participating grantees and providers, the implementation, types, and sustainability of the partnerships, and lessons learned, based on project administrative data, interviews with 13 partnership teams, descriptive quality indicators and Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, and project documents |
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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families 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 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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Child care in the first year of life [Abridged] A description of child care during the first 12 months of life, including initiation and amount of infant child care, child care history patterns during the first year, and the types, multiplicity, and stability of care used by parents of infants over the course of the first year, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes Two studies using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development examined family variations in timing and type of children's initial child care arrangements and then variations in amount of hours spent in child care per week from birth to age three |
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Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten 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) |
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Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure? An examination of ways children’s risk of school failure may be reduced by support from teachers, based on a national study of 910 children, ages 5-6, identified as at risk on the basis of demographic characteristics and their kindergarten teachers’ observations of behavioral, attention, academic, and/or social difficulties |
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Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care 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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Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs 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 |
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The cost of quality out-of-school time programs An analysis of the full costs to quality out-of-school time programs of providing services to different age groups of children and during different times of the year, based on data from 111 programs in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago; Denver, Colorado; New York City; and Seattle, Washington, that had been in operation for at least two years and had appropriate child-staff ratios and participation rates |
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Cross referrals between programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities: Perceptions of Part C and Early Head Start Providers A qualitative study of the views of Part C and Head Start administrators and healthcare providers about the complimentary roles of the programs, the collaboration between programs, and the identification and cross-referral of low income children with disabilities eligible for both programs, based on interviews with staff in 6 communities with both programs in 5 states |
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Differential effects of high-quality child care 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 |
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Early child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months [Abridged] An abridged reprint of a study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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