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2009-2010 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, September, 2010
Lansing: Michigan, Department of Education.

Findings from an assessment of the quality of preschool classrooms in the Great Start Readiness Program, Michigan's publicly-funded preschool program for at-risk 4-year-olds, based on data from 1,436 classrooms

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2010-2011 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, September, 2011
Lansing: Michigan, Department of Education.

Findings from an examination of the quality of preschool classrooms and the characteristics of teaching staff in the Great Start Readiness Program, Michigan's publicly-funded preschool program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on data for 1,127 classrooms and more than 1,000 teachers

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21st Century Community Learning Centers state evaluation: Implementation report: January-June 2003
Sturdevant Reed, Celeste, February 2004
East Lansing: Michigan State University, University Outreach and Engagement.

An implementation evaluation of Michigan's first 21st Community Learning Centers, a federally-funded out-of-school time program, based on program documents and administrator surveys and interviews

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21st Century Community Learning Centers state evaluation: Mid-year implementation report: July 2003-February 2004
Bates, Laura V., February 10, 2004
East Lansing: Michigan State University, University Outreach and Engagement.

An implementation evaluation of Michigan's 21st Community Learning Centers, a federally-funded out-of-school time program, based on program director surveys

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21st Century Community Learning Centers state evaluation report: Implementation of the state evaluation/baseline data
Van Egeren, Laurie A., July 2003
East Lansing: Michigan State University, University Outreach and Engagement.

A study of the implementation of a two-part Michigan state evaluation of the 21st Community Learning Centers, a federally-funded out-of-school time program

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21st Century Community Learning Centers summer expansion grant: Final evaluation report
Van Egeren, Laurie A., October, 2011
East Lansing: Michigan State University, University Outreach and Engagement.

Findings from an evaluation of a grant program to extend 21st Century Community Learning Centers services in Michigan during the summer months of 2011 that examine program implementation, participation, academic performance, and youth development and socioemotional functioning, based on administrative data and student and administrator surveys

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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

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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 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

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Bringing transmedia to expanded learning settings: Emerging practices
Agrawal, Nina, February, 2013
New York: Collaborative for Building After-School Systems.

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
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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Building quality improvement systems: Lessons from three emerging efforts in the youth-serving sector
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia, March, 2007
Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

Three case studies of quality-improvement efforts in programs providing out-of-school time services

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Building their futures: How Early Head Start programs are enhancing the lives of infants and toddlers in low-income families
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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
United States. Administration for Children and Families, 2001
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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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The Camp Program Quality Assessment (Camp PQA): Development and pilot study
Akiva, Tom, April, 2010
Ypsilanti, MI: David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality.

Findings from an exploration of the development, validity, and reliability of the Camp Program Quality Assessment (Camp PQA), an assessment of day and residential camp setting quality, based on data collected at 20 camps

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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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Changes in body mass index z score over the course of the academic year among children attending Head Start
Lumeng, Julie C., May/June 2010
Academic Pediatrics, 10(3), 179-186

A study of changes in children's body mass index (BMI) over the course of enrollment in Head Start and examination of variations in BMI by gender, single-parent status, program year, race, age at initial enrollment, and family income divided by household size, from a secondary analysis of retrospective longitudinal growth of 1,914 children enrolled in a Michigan Head Start program over 2 academic years and the intervening summer

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Can increasing the daily duration of Head Start reduce childhood obesity?
Frisvold, David E., Spring 2011
Journal of Human Resources, 46(2), 373-402

A comparison of the obesity of children in full-day and half-day Head Start programs, based on data from 1,800 participants, their families, and Head Start centers in Michigan from the 2001-2002 through the 2005-2006 school year

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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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Cultural aspects of preschool education: Ojibwa, Odawa and Potawatomi Indian children's ''ways of knowing and communicating'' in early intervention and Head Start programs
Jircitano, Lois M.B., 2001
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo

An ethnographic interview-based investigation of how Anishinabe values and beliefs affect instructional strategies, learning methods, and student teacher relationships in the Inter-Tribal Council Early Intervention and Head Start programs

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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

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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

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