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26 and counting: Examining the Early Launch to Learning Initiative (ELLI), New Jersey's effort towards creating a universal preschool system
Ahmed, Kara H., 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York

An exploration the program quality of a stratified random sample of 13 Early Launch to Learning Initiative (ELLI) preschool classrooms, among the 26 districts that received ELLI funding during the 2006-2007 school year and an examination of 8 teacher and 8 administrator perceptions of their capacity to implement a high-quality preschool program

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The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Interim report
Frede, Ellen, June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

The interim results through kindergarten of a longitudinal study of the impact of participation in the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, based on classroom observations and direct child assessments

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Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study: Fifth grade follow-up
Barnett, W. Steven, 20 March, 2013
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A study of the relationship of participation in New Jersey's Abbott Preschool, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, to educational achievement and school success in fourth and fifth grades, based on a comparison of state assessment test data for 553 Abbott Preschool participants and 201 matched nonparticipants who attended the same kindergarten classrooms

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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

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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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The APPLES Blossom: The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Preliminary results through 2nd grade: Interim report
Frede, Ellen, June 2009
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

Preliminary findings from a longitudinal study on the lasting effects of participation in an Abbott prekindergarten program on children’s language, literacy, and math skills in first and second grade

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Better outcomes for all: Promoting partnerships between Head Start and state pre-k
Stebbins, Helene, January, 2007
Washington, DC: Pre-K Now.

A study examining how Head Start and state-funded prekindergarten programs can coordinate service delivery, based on in-depth interviews with program providers, state prekindergarten program directors, and state Head Start collaboration coordinators

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Better speech for Head Start children
Stoia, Louis, 1967
Elementary School Journal, 67(4), 213-217

An evaluation of speech articulation in Head Start children

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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
United States. Office of Head Start, 12 December, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start.

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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Case study: Public preschool in New Jersey is one roadmap to quality
Holcomb, Betty, 2004
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A description of the development and implementation of New Jersey's public preschool program

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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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Children's achievement at school-entry age as a function of mothers' and fathers' teaching sets
Dunn, Nancy E., 1981
Elementary School Journal, 81(4), 244-253

A study of parents’ involvement, beliefs, and perceptions of their teaching roles as it relates to children’s achievement by kindergarten

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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)

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Collaboration and community change in the Children's Futures initiative
Walker, Karen E., February, 2009
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.

An implementation evaluation of Children's Futures, an early childhood initiative to improve the health, well-being, and school readiness of infants and toddlers in Trenton, New Jersey, by providing health services and parenting education, improving the quality of available child care, increasing father involvement, and supporting collaboration among Trenton social, health, and child services agencies and organizations

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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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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

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A cost analysis of Part C early intervention services in New Jersey
Tarr, Julie E., 2001
Journal of Early Intervention, 24(1), 45-54

An investigation of characteristics of early intervention programs (EIPs) determining the costs of providing such programs, based on a sample of all 44 EIPs in New Jersey

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The cost of high-quality preschool education in New Jersey
Belfield, Clive R., December, 2007
Newark, NJ: Education Law Center.

A study of the costs of providing high-quality, full-day preschool services in New Jersey, based on an analysis of the cost of services provided through the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts

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Does Head Start work?: A 1-year follow-up comparison of disadvantaged children attending Head Start, no preschool, and other preschool programs
Lee, Valerie E., 1988
Developmental Psychology, 24(2), 210-222

A comparison of cognitive outcomes among Head Start children, children without any preschool experience, and children enrolled in other preschool programs

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Early childhood education: The sustainability of the benefits of preschool participation in Abbott districts
Fernandez, Norma, 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

A comparison of both the math and language arts test scores of populations of third graders who attended prekindergarten through third grade at the same school, who changed schools within the district after their prekindergarten year, or who did not attend prekindergarten, based on data collected from all third grade children in a single New Jersey Abbot district during the 2007-2008 school year

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Early Head Start and early intervention: A collaborative approach to serving infants and toddlers with disabilities in natural environments
Corso, Robert M., 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

An examination of the collaborations between Early Head Start programs and early intervention service providers for children with disabilities outlined by Part C of the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

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An effectiveness-based evaluation of five state pre-kindergarten programs
Wong, Vivian C., Winter 2008
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27(1), 122-154

A comparison of the pre-kindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia, including an examination of the math, reading, and vocabulary scores of participating children, and an exploration of the relationship between program quality and outcomes

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An effectiveness-based evaluation of five state pre-kindergarten programs using regression-discontinuity
Wong, Vivian C., June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A study of the impact of state prekindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia on children's vocabulary, math, and print awareness skills by comparing children who had completed a year of prekindergarten with nonparticipants who had missed the enrollment age cut-off and were about to start prekindergarten

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