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			After-school program attendance and the social development of rural Latino children of immigrant families Riggs, Nathaniel R., 2006 Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1), 75-87 A study of the influence of attendance on the social outcomes of Latino elementary school children who participated in an academically-oriented after school program, based on attendance records and teacher, parent, and child questionnaires	Reports & Papers
			Afterschool programs in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, May 2009 Harrisburg: Pennsylvania, General Assembly, Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. A study of the characteristics, including availability, enrollment, costs, and funding, of after school programs in Pennsylvania, based on a survey of program providers	Reports & Papers
			After-school tutoring in the context of No Child Left Behind: Effectiveness of two programs in the Pittsburgh Public Schools Zimmer, Ron W., February 2010 Economics of Education Review, 29(1), 18-28 An examination of the relationship between both student math and reading scores and participation in either the supplemental education services program or the educational assistance program, and a study of program features associated with academic achievement, from surveys and test scores of participating students from the Pittsburgh Public Schools	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 child developmental outcomes related to before- and after-school care arrangements?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2004 Child Development, 75(1), 280-295 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)	Reports & Papers
			Assessing the benefits of an after-school program for urban youth: An impact and process evaluation Lauver, Sherri, 2002 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia A process analysis and impact evaluation of the effects on academic and social outcomes of a public school-based after school program for urban young adolescents, based on observations, student focus groups, in-depth staff interviews, and parent and student surveys	Reports & Papers
			Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press 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	Reports & Papers
			Behavioral and cognitive readiness for school: Cross-domain associations for children attending Head Start Bierman, Karen L., May 2009 Social Development, 18(2), 305-323 An examination of the correlations between behavioral measures of school readiness and both academic knowledge and executive function in a sample of 356 4-year-old children in Head Start programs in three Pennsylvania counties	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
			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.	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care in the first year of life [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 39-49). New York: Guilford Press 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	Reports & Papers
			Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes Wolf, Anne, 2004 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 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	Reports & Papers
			Child developmental impact of Pittsburgh's Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) in high-risk communities: First-phase authentic evaluation research Bagnato, Stephen J., 2002 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(4), 559-580 An inquiry into the correlation between participation in an early childhood program and children�s outcomes, based on an assessment of 155 high-risk youth who participated in the Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Reports & Papers
			Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure? Hamre, Bridget, 2005 Child Development, 76(5), 949-967 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	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
			Comparison of Head Start and child care facilities in Pennsylvania DeRousie, Rebecca Sanford, 2004 Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute. An examination of data from two previous descriptive studies of quality in Pennsylvania Head Start classrooms and child care centers to study individual factors that might contribute to the higher level of quality found in the Head Start classrooms as compared with the child care centers	Reports & Papers
			Contextually relevant assessment of the emotional and behavioral adjustment of Head Start children Lutz, Megan Noone, 1999 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia An exploration of the discrepancies between children with emotional and behavioral problems and the current identification rate of these problems in Head Start programs	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Differential effects of high-quality child care Hill, Jennifer, 2002 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21(4), 601-627 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	Reports & Papers
			Early care and education: The keystone of Pennsylvania's future: Preparing our children for success Fiene, Richard, 2002 University Park: Pennsylvania State University, Prevention Research Center. A report on the quality of child care provided statewide in Pennsylvania Head Start programs, preschools, child care centers, group child care homes, family child care homes, and unregulated providers	Reports & Papers
			Early child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 281-296). New York: Guilford Press 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	Reports & Papers
			Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at twenty-four and thirty-six months NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1998 Child Development, 69(4), 1145-1170 A study into factors of family and child care experiences as predictors of self-control, compliance and problem behavior in children	Reports & Papers

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