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			Academic performance of subsequent schools and impacts of early interventions: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Head Start settings Zhai, Fuhua, May, 2012 Children and Youth Services Review, 34(5), 946-954 A comparison of the impact of exposure to the Chicago School Readiness intervention during the Head Start year on children's language, literacy, and math and behavioral outcomes between kindergarteners in both high and low performing schools, based on secondary analysis of data from 361 children who were participants in the Chicago School Readiness Program	Reports & Papers
			Administrative management capacity in out-of-school time organizations: An exploratory study Fiscal Management Associates, July, 2008 New York: Wallace Foundation. A study of the administrative and management capacity and needs, including financial, human resources, information technology, and facilities administration and management, of 16 organizations providing high-quality out-of-school time programming in New York City and Chicago	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 after-school needs and resources of a low-income urban community: Surveying youth and parents for community change Sanderson, Rebecca Cornelli, June 2010 American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(3-4), 430-440 An assessment of after school programming needs, preferences, and barriers to both participation and enrollment, based on a survey of 416 pre- and young adolescents and 225 parents in a low-income urban community in a Midwestern city	Reports & Papers
			Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the Title I Chicago child-parent centers Reynolds, Arthur J., 2002 (Discussion Paper No. 1245-02). University of Wisconsin--Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty. A cost benefit analysis of the federally funded Chicago Child-Parent Center program using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study from a cohort of children born in 1980.	Reports & Papers
			Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers Reynolds, Arthur J., 2002 Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 24(4), 267-303 A cost benefit analysis of the federally funded Chicago Child-Parent Center program using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study from a cohort of children born in 1980	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
			Alterable predictors of child well-being in the Chicago Longitudinal Study Reynolds, Arthur J., 2004 Children and Youth Services Review, 26(1), 1-14 An overview of the major findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, including summaries of child well-being indicators and estimated effects of participation in preschool 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
			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
			Best practices in summer learning programs for middle and high school youth National Summer Learning Association, Baltimore: National Summer Learning Association. A study to identify best practices in high-quality summer learning programs serving middle school and high school students, based on a literature review, surveys from 25 programs, and follow-up interviews with some programs	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families Schumacher, Rachel, April 2008 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators	Reports & Papers
			Building stronger nonprofits through better financial management: Early efforts in 26 youth-serving organizations Kotloff, Lauren, June, 2012 Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures. An examination of the financial management challenges of 26 out-of-school time organizations in Chicago participating in an initiative to improve their financial management systems, based on baseline and nine-month follow-up surveys of 26 organizations, formal assessments of organizations' financial management practices, key informant interviews, and document reviews	Reports & Papers
			Can early intervention prevent high school dropout?: Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers Temple, Judy A., 1998 (Discussion Paper No. 1180-98). University of Wisconsin--Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty. A report relating participation in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion program to incidence of high school dropout	Reports & Papers
			Can early intervention prevent high school dropout?: Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers Temple, Judy A., March 2000 Urban Education, 35(1), 31-56 An inquiry into the relationship between children�s participation in the Chicago Child-Parent Center (CPC) and Expansion Program andtheir high school dropout rate at ages 17 to 18, and an exploration of other variables associated with high school dropout, based on a subsample of 1,159 students who participated in the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS)	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
			The Chicago Program Evaluation Project: A picture of early childhood programs, teachers, and preschool-age children in Chicago: Final external report Ross, Christine, December, 2008 Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. A study of four-year-old children and their experiences in early childhood education programs in Chicago in the 2006-2007 school year, including children's characteristics and developmental levels, characteristics of early childhood program teachers and classrooms, and children's development over the course of the school year and its relationship to family and classroom characteristics, based on child assessments, teacher interviews, and classroom observations in a representative sample of children and classes	Reports & Papers
			Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence Barbarin, Oscar, 2006 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(2), 265-276 An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence	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
			Child support, child care and Head Start collaboration: Innovations & ideas United States. Office of Child Support Enforcement, 2003 Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Child Support Enforcement. A description of the efforts of six states to promote collaboration between Head Start, Child Support, and subsidized child care programs, subsequent to receiving demonstration grants from the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)	Reports & Papers
			Classroom-based interventions and teachers' perceived job stressors and confidence: Evidence from a randomized trial in Head Start settings Zhai, Fuhua, Q4 2011 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26(4), 442-452 A study of the impacts of the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP) classroom-based intervention on teachers' perceived job stressors and confidence, as indexed by their perceptions of job control, job resources, job demands, and confidence in behavior management, based on data from 90 teachers in 35 classrooms at 18 CSRP Head Start sites	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

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