All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten
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
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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Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten?
An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements
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The case for inclusion: A study of the development of inclusive preschool programs for children with disabilities
A qualitative study of strategies and barriers in the implementation and maintenance of inclusive preschool programs in California, based on interviews with representatives of 4 local education agencies in Northern, Southern, and in the Central Valley, California
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Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence
An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence
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Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten
A study of the relationship between child engagement in public prekindergarten classrooms and school readiness gains, based on data from 2,751 children from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)
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Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs
A comparison of classroom characteristics and preschooler achievement outcomes in universal and targeted pre-k programs based on a sample of over 400 children in over 800 classrooms
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Early care and education in the Golden State: Publicly funded programs serving California's preschool-age children
The second component of a multicomponent study of preschool education in California, which focuses on features of the state's publicly funded early childhood education programs including their funding sources, eligibility requirements, enrollment, requirements for service delivery, reimbursement mechanisms, and inefficiencies, based on administrative and publicly available data, interviews with key informants, and county case studies of Los Angeles, Merced, San Diego, and San Mateo Counties
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Educational outcomes for Preschool for All participants in Redwood City School District: Update
A comparison of the early elementary school educational outcomes of San Mateo County, California, children who did and did not participate in Preschool for All, a high-quality preschool program for at risk 3- and 4-year-old children, based on report cards and state achievement test data
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Evaluation of Preschool for All: Implementation in San Mateo and San Francisco counties: Year 2 report
A process evaluation of the implementation of the universal four-year-old prekindergarten initiative Preschool for All in San Mateo and San Francisco Counties, California, based on survey responses of 5 providers in San Mateo County and 21 providers in San Francisco county, and observations of 8 classrooms in each county
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An evidence based approach to estimating the national and state-by-state costs of an integrated prek-3rd education program
A study of the national and state costs of providing universal, high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education, derived from an evidence-based model for identifying the components and estimating the costs of high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education in a prototypical elementary school
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First 5 Solano Children and Families Commission School Readiness Initiative: 2011 Pre-Kindergarten Academies evaluation report
An evaluation of Pre-Kindergarten Academies, kindergarten readiness programs in Solano County, California, that examines characteristics of participating children and teachers, as well as changes in children's school readiness skills, based on survey responses from 15 teachers and on pre- and post-program school readiness assessments for 309 children
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From capitols to classrooms, policies to practice: State-funded prekindergarten at the classroom level: Part 1: Who's teaching our youngest students?: Teacher education and training, experience, compensation and benefits, and assistant teachers
A study of the characteristics of prekindergarten teachers throughout the United States
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Full-day kindergarten in California: Lessons from Los Angeles
An investigation of the effect of full-day public prekindergarten on children’s outcomes, with a focus on economically disadvantaged students and English language learners who attended public prekindergarten programs in Los Angeles, California
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Inside the pre-k classroom: A study of staffing and stability in state-funded prekindergarten classrooms
A study of the current state of staff qualifications, stability, turnover and compensation in state-funded prekindergarten programs in California, Georgia, Illinois (Chicago only), New York and Texas.
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Instructional practices that support ELL children in Los Angeles Universal Preschool classrooms
A study to identify instructional practices that support young English-language learner (ELL) children and to examine the practices' prevalence in Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) classrooms, based on a literature review, questionnaires sent to 1,000 LAUP teachers, and observations of 124 LAUP classrooms
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Los Angeles Universal Preschool programs, children served, and children’s progress in the preschool year: Final report of the First 5 LA Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study: Final report
An inquiry into the academic, developmental, and health related outcomes of the children enrolled in the universal prekindergarten program of Los Angeles County, California, based on direct assessments and interviews with parents and teachers
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Power of Preschool: Program evaluation report
An evaluation of the Power of Preschool (PoP) program, a voluntary prekindergarten program to improve the school readiness of 3 and 4 year olds, based on data from program participants in Los Angeles, Merced, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Ventura, and Yolo Counties in California
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Power of Preschool: Program evaluation report: December 2011
An evaluation of Power of Preschool (PoP), a California demonstration program to provide free, high-quality early education services to infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children, that examines participant characteristics and developmental outcomes, program quality, staff characteristics, and parent satisfaction, based on a review of county PoP reports, analysis of county administrative data, and semi-structured interviews with PoP staff
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Pre-kindergarten in eleven states: NCEDL's Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP): Preliminary descriptive report
An outline of key descriptive findings about the characteristics of prekindergarten children and their families, teachers and their classes, classroom quality, and academic assessments, from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the Study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP)
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Redwood City School District & Preschool for All: School readiness assessment 2008: A review of 2005 and 2008 school readiness data and the readiness outcomes of Preschool for All graduates
A comparison of the skills at kindergarten entry of children who participated in Preschool for All, a free part-day preschool program for four-year-old children in Redwood City, California, to the skills of nonparticipant children in Redwood City, and to the skills of children in the rest of San Mateo County, based on parent surveys and kindergarten teacher surveys and child assessments
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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
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.
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The state of preschool: 2003 state preschool yearbook
The first of a series of annual reviews of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2001-2002 program year
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The state of preschool: 2004 state preschool yearbook
An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2002-2003 program year
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The state of preschool: 2005 state preschool yearbook
An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2003-2004 program year
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