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Assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee’s pre-kindergarten program: Second interim report
Tennessee. Offices of Research and Education Accountability, 18 August, 2008
Nashville: Tennessee, Office of Research and Educational Accountability.

A longitudinal evaluation of Tennessee's prekindergarten program, based on an analysis of children's assessments conducted during the 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2006-2007 school years that compared children who participated in the prekindergarten program from 1998-1999 through 2006-2007 with those who did not

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An eco-behavioral analysis of children’s engagements in urban public school preschool classrooms
Powell, Douglas R., Q1 2008
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 23(1), 108-123

An analysis of child engagement in the activities of preschool classrooms featuring different sized groups, the presence or absence of teachers during free play, and the different styles of talk used by teachers, in 12 classrooms in a large urban school district in the Midwest

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The effects of Oklahoma’s pre-K program on Hispanic children
Gormley, Jr., William T., December 2008
Social Science Quarterly, 89(4), 916-936

An assessment of the effects of Oklahoma’s universal prekindergarten program on the learning gains of Hispanic students in Tulsa, based on an experimental group of 274 students who have completed prekindergarten and a control group of 333 students about to enter prekindergarten

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Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program: Performance and progress in the seventh year (2007-2008): Year 7 report (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008)
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 2008
Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

A statewide evaluation of the 2007-2008 program year of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program, a state-funded initiative to provide high-quality educational experiences to at-risk four-year-olds, that examined program characteristics, classroom quality, and participant outcomes, based on monthly program reports, classroom observations and child assessments

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Impacts of New Mexico PreK on children's school readiness at kindergarten entry: Results from the second year of a growing initiative
Hustedt, Jason T., June 2008
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A study of the effects of participation in New Mexico PreK, a state-funded preschool program for four-year-old children offered through a variety of public and community-based providers, on children's receptive vocabulary, early literacy, and early math skills at kindergarten entry, based on assessments of children participating in the program's second year

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Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Pilot Program evaluation
Massachusetts. Department of Early Education and Care, December 2008
Boston: Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care.

An exploration of programs’ use of state funding for quality improvement, the perceptions of service providers on their improvements in program quality, and the identification of areas that need more support by the Massachusetts Universal Pre-kindergarten program, an initiative to provide all of the state’s children with access to high-quality early education programs

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Preschool programs can boost school readiness
Gormley, Jr., William T., June 27, 2008
Science, 320, 1723-1724

A comparison of the academic skills of experimental groups of 1,264 children completing public prekindergarten and 327 children completing Head Start programs and control groups of 1,492 children entering public prekindergarten and 483 children entering Head Start programs in Tulsa

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Project Early Kindergarten child care partners: March 2008 focus group results
Mohr, Caryn, May 2008
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.

A study of the experiences of child care providers offering services through Project Early Kindergarten, an early kindergarten program in St. Paul, Minnesota, for four-year-old children intended to facilitate the transition to kindergarten, based on provider focus groups

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Project Early Kindergarten-Early Reading First: Evaluation report on the second year of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
Gozali-Lee, Edith, October 2008
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.

An evaluation of the implementation and outcomes of the second year of Project Early K-Early Reading First, an early kindergarten program in St. Paul, Minnesota, intended to facilitate the transition of four-year-old children to kindergarten that uses federal Early Reading First funding and a literacy-focused curriculum

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Project Early Kindergarten evaluation update: General overview of results through 2007-08 of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
Mohr, Caryn, September 2008
St. Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.

A synthesis of different components of an implementation and outcomes evaluation through the fourth year of Project Early Kindergarten, an early kindergarten program in St. Paul, Minnesota, for four-year-old children intended to facilitate the transition to kindergarten

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Rochester early enhancement project retrospective study report with addendum
Pozzi, Dawn, February 2008
Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

A retrospective examination of the influence of the Rochester Early Education Project (REEP), an initiative to improve children's school readiness and later academic achievement, on children's academic success, based on information for approximately 400 children from Rochester, New York who participated in the program

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The state of preschool 2008: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2008
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for three- and four-year-old children in all 50 states during the 2007-2008 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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Statewide voluntary preschool programs for four-year-olds: Preliminary report
Iowa. Department of Education, February 2008
(House File 877). Des Moines: Iowa, Department of Education.

Preliminary findings from the implementation of the first six months of the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Olds in Iowa, including information on the geographic appropriation of funds and children served

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Supporting online material for: Preschool programs can boost school readiness
Gormley, Jr., William T., July 01, 2008
Science, 320

Supplemental material to a comparison of the academic skills of experimental groups of 1,264 children completing public prekindergarten and 327 children completing Head Start programs and control groups of 1,492 children entering public prekindergarten and 483 children entering Head Start programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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