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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Playgroups and pre-schools A comprehensive survey of England?s play group and preschool child care provider workforce characteristics, 2002-2003 |
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Addressing early learning standards for all children within blended preschool classrooms Examination of intensive instruction embedded into classroom activities and routines on the acquisition and maintenance of prewriting skills for children with various abilities across blended preschool classrooms examined across 3 studies with a total of 9 children |
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The AppleTree approach to school readiness: A case study using a longitudinal population-referenced evaluation approach Findings from a study of the quality of AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation prekindergarten classrooms, of participants' cognitive development, and of the relationship of participants' cognitive development to years of program participation |
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Assessing inclusion quality in early learning and child care in Canada with the SpeciaLink Child Care Inclusion Practices Profile and Principles Scale A study of the internal reliability and structural properties of the SpeciaLink Inclusion Principles Scale and the SpeciaLink Inclusion Practices Profile, two measures of inclusion quality, based on data collected in almost 600 classrooms in 216 child care centers and preschool programs in Canada |
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Assessing inclusion quality in early learning and child care in Canada with the SpeciaLink Child Care Inclusion Practices Profile and Principles Scale [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the internal reliability and structural properties of the SpeciaLink Inclusion Principles Scale and the SpeciaLink Inclusion Practices Profile, two measures of inclusion quality, based on data collected in almost 600 classrooms in 216 child care centers and preschool programs in Canada |
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Assessing school readiness: Validity and bias in preschool and kindergarten teachers' ratings An examination of how preschool and kindergarten teachers' rate their students in terms of school readiness, academic skills, and communication skills and a comparison of these ratings with direct assessments of the children's skills |
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An assessment of preschool education options for rural and small village areas An examination of the effects of preschool setting on the acquisition of school readiness skills, based on a study of 90 incoming kindergarteners in a rural area in upstate New York |
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At-a-glance comparison: Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start A table summarizing the child care and development fund (CCDF) and Head Start programs for American Indian/Alaska Native tribes. |
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The benefits of prekindergarten for middle-income children A policy report discussing the need for more research on middle income children's risk of being denied quality child care due to eligibility ceilings and if this risk affects their potential for school readiness |
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Better outcomes for all: Promoting partnerships between Head Start and state pre-k 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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Birth to School study: A longitudinal evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) 1998-2005 [Executive summary] An account of the Birth to School Study, a six year evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership, a literacy intervention with expanded focus on numeracy, self-esteem, and positive dispositions to learn; the program’s effect on child development, comparisons with other interventions, and recommendations for research and public policy are related |
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Buenos dias! Good morning!: Implementing dual language programs in Illinois A discussion of dual language education programs in Illinois |
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Building model preschools: The Newark Lighthouse Initiative A description of the experiences of the three child care centers participating in the Newark Lighthouse Initiative between 2001 and 2006 |
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Building universal preschool in partnership with the private early education and care system: Essential elements for partnerships between public and private early care and education systems A study investigating the principles necessary for developing universal child care programs in the United States that meet community and parent needs, including community planning partnerships and collaboration, system structure, program structure, parent choice, funding and accountability |
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Capturing quality in early childhood through environmental rating scales A study of the relation between process quality and developmental outcomes among 3 to 5 year olds in a nationally representative sample of English pre-schools |
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Can attending preschool reduce the risk of tobacco smoking in adulthood?: The effects of Kindergarten Union participation in South Australia An examination of the relationship between attendance at Kindergarten Union managed preschools in South Australia and tobacco smoking behavior in adulthood, based on a secondary analysis of data from 1040 participants in the North West Adelaide Health Study born between the years 1937 and 1969 and interviewed at age 17 |
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Central state child care policies in postauthoritarian Spain: implications for gender and carework arrangements An overview of Spain’s public provision of preschool education since 1975 and its relationship to lowering the levels of women’s participation in the labor market |
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Changing course in New Jersey early childhood education: Decline in teacher qualifications since 1980 drives home need for industrywide reform that builds on Abbott preschool programs An examination of the impact of low staff qualifications in community-based New Jersey early childhood education had sunk prior to the requirement that by September 2004 preschool teachers in Abbott programs have a bachelor’s degree plus qualifications for teaching preschool through third grade, and the need to extend improvements in qualifications beyond Abbott districts |
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Characterizing early childhood education programs for poor and middle-class children A study of the association between instructional practices and social climate of preschool and kindergarten programs serving poor and middle class children |
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Chemung County School Readiness Project: Prekindergarten assessment community report: 2010-2011 ELLCO results An assessment of the classroom quality of prekindergarten programs in Chemung County, New York, based on observations of 50 classrooms |
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Child care in Quebec: Where there's a will, there's a way A paper on Quebec's early childhood care and education initiative |
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Childhood language skills and adult literacy: A 29-year follow-up study An examination of the relationship between adult literacy skills at 34 years old and family background, housing conditions, early literacy environment, early receptive language ability, and preschool attendance at 5 years old from a sample of 11,349 participants from the 1970 British Cohort Study |
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Children's performance in school readiness skills in the Jumpstart Program Two longitudinal studies of a Head Start national supplemental preschool program in New York City targeting of disadvantaged children and its influence in improving children’s school readiness skills and adaptive behaviors |
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Children's storytelling: The effect of preschool and family environment A study of the influence of preschool, maternal education, and quality of the home environment on children's storytelling skills based on data from 229 Slovenian 6-year-old children in first grade |
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Class size and student/teacher ratios in the Japanese preschool A comparison of class size and student to teacher ratios in Japanese preschools and American preschools, focusing on the successful techniques the Japanese preschools employ in classrooms with typical class sizes and student to teacher ratios that far exceed United States preschools |
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