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Prekindergarten Longitudinal Study: 1997-1998 school year: Annual report
Henderson, Laura W., 1999
Atlanta: Georgia State University, School of Policy Studies, Applied Research Center.

A 2nd year report on the longitudinal study of the Georgia Prekindergarten Program including analyses of information gathered on the students followed from the first year of the study, the parents of the students in the study, and the classrooms, teachers and school administrators involved in the current year of study

Reports & Papers


Problem behaviors in middle childhood: Understanding risk status and protective factors
Hudley, Cynthia, April 1999
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A presentation of findings from the first round of an evaluation of the 4H Afterschool Activity Program that included an aggression reduction intervention called the BrainPower program, based on study of 50 children, aged 7 to 11, living in public housing in Los Angeles

Reports & Papers


Promoting educational equity and excellence in kindergarten
Zill, Nicholas, 1999
In R.C. Pianta & M.J. Cox (Eds.), The transition to kindergarten (pp. 67-105). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

A summary of survey findings about the state of American kindergarten programs and the experiences of children in those programs

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Relationships between family involvement in Head Start and children's interactive peer play
Fantuzzo, John W., 1999
NHSA Dialog, 3(1), 60-67

A study of the relationship between family involvement in Head Start and children’s social competencies in interacting with peers, using the Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ), a multidimensional rating scale of parents’ involvement in their children’s early educational experiences

Reports & Papers


Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.

Reports & Papers


Seeds of success: State prekindergarten initiatives 1998-1999: Executive summary
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.

The executive summary of a report that examines prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten, and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.

Executive Summary


State-to-state variations in early intervention systems
Special Education Programs (U.S.), September, 1999
Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

A comparison of the early intervention services offered to children with disabilities across 20 states, including variations in eligible populations, regional jurisdictions within states, the roles of multiple agencies, and coordinated access to a variety of services

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Strengthening the preschool-to-kindergarten transition: A community collaborates
Meier, Daniel, 1999
Young Children, 54(3), 40-46

A study of the preschool-to-kindergarten transition process for teachers, children, and families, discussing the Berkeley Unified School District’s Early Childhood Program’s partnership with Berkeley’s YMCA Head Start program in implementing a pilot transition project, which featured three components: a kindergarten registration drive, a series of parent information nights, and kindergarten school visits

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Student and faculty attitudes toward a program for teenage parents and their children
Dellanno, Diane F., 1999
Social Work in Education, 21(2), 108-117

An examination of the teen-parenting intervention program PTTP (Plainfield Teen Parenting Program) and the attitudes of faculty and students in regards to having the program at the facility and if the presence of the program affected teens attitudes toward early childbearing

Reports & Papers


Success for all: Effects of prevention and early intervention on elementary students' reading
Slavin, Robert E., 1999
In L. Eldering (Ed.), Effective early education: Cross-cultural perspectives (Vol. 11, pp. 305-332). New York: Falmer Press

A description and evaluation of the literacy intervention program Success for All’s influence on the reading skills and development of disadvantaged children attending preschool and primary school

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Theoretical conceptions of human development
Serpell, Robert, 1999
In L. Eldering (Ed.), Effective early education: Cross-cultural perspectives (Vol. 11, pp. 41-66). New York: Falmer Press

A discussion of how human development theory influences the design of early childhood education intervention programs

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Using TANF to finance out-of-school time and community school initiatives
Flynn, Margaret, 1999
Strategy Brief, 1(2).

An overview of strategies for using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to support out-of-school time programs and community schools

Fact Sheets & Briefs


What do children learn from using computers in an informal collaborative setting?
Mayer, Richard E., 1999
Educational Technology, 39(2), 27-31

An article summarizing research on cognitive effects of participation in the Fifth Dimension, a technology-based after-school program for elementary school students, in three research sites (two in California, one in North Carolina)

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