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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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten? Early, Diane Marie, 2006 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21(2), 174-195 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	Reports & Papers
			Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence Barbarin, Oscar, 2006 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(2), 265-276 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	Reports & Papers
			Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten Chien, Nina C., September/October 2010 Child Development, 81(5), 1534-1549 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)	Reports & Papers
			Children's growth and classroom experiences in Georgia's Pre-K Program: Findings from the 2011-2012 evaluation study Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., February, 2013 Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute. An evaluation of Georgia's universal, publicly-funded Pre-K Program that examines children's language and literacy, math, knowledge, and behavior outcomes, predictors of those outcomes, and classroom quality, based on fall and spring assessments of 509 children and on observations of 100 classrooms	Reports & Papers
			Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs Dotterer, Aryn M., 2009 In R.C. Pianta & C. Howes (Eds.), The promise of pre-k (pp. 65-76). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes 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	Reports & Papers
			Competition in the sandbox: A test of the effects of preschool competition on educational outcomes Henry, Gary T., 2006 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25(1), 97-127 A study using data from the Georgia Pre-K Longitudinal Study to examine the effects of preschool competition on children's academic achievement, retention, and teacher's ratings of school readiness	Reports & Papers
			Does universal preschool improve learning?: Lessons from Georgia and Oklahoma Burke, Lindsey, May 14, 2009 (Backgrounder No. 2272). Washington, DC: Heritage Foundation. A discussion of proposed legislation to expand the provision of universal prekindergarten and arguments against expansion initiatives, based on evidence from of program outcomes of participants in Georgia, and Oklahoma, including preliminary data on Florida�s universal prekindergarten program	Reports & Papers
			Education for four-year-olds: State initiatives Gallagher, James J., 2001 (Technical Report No. 2). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning. A categorical study of the facilitating factors and barriers to the establishment of state-funded prekindergarten programs in five states	Reports & Papers
			The effect of participation in HighReach Learning pre-kindergarten curriculum on students' kindergarten assessment scores Yelton, Bruce, 2003 Charlotte, NC: Praxis Research Institute. An evaluation of the HighReach Learning (HRL) Frameworks or Butterflies curriculum comparing assessments of 4342 kindergarten children in 50 schools with the assessments of 4557 students attending 50 schools using different curricula; treatment and control schools were surveyed by telephone, and the dependent measure was the Georgia Kindergarten Awareness Profile-Revised	Reports & Papers
			Evaluation findings from Georgia's 2010 pre-k summer transition program Maxwell, Kelly, June, 2011 Atlanta, GA: Bright From the Start. Findings from a study of a six-week summer extension of Georgia public prekindergarten to support children's transition to kindergarten that examines children's development, classroom quality, and staff perceptions, based on pre- and posttest measures of children's development, classroom observations, and teacher and transition coach surveys	Reports & Papers
			Evaluation of the pre-k summer readiness pilot program Ponder, Bentley D., 2004 Atlanta: Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. An evaluation of the prekindergarten (Pre-K) summer enrichment pilot program for children in high poverty areas in metro Atlanta	Reports & Papers
			An evidence based approach to estimating the national and state-by-state costs of an integrated prek-3rd education program Picus, Larry, January, 2009 North Hollywood, CA: Lawrence O. Picus and Associates. 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	Reports & Papers
			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 Gilliam, Walter S., 2005 New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research. A study of the characteristics of prekindergarten teachers throughout the United States	Reports & Papers
			Georgia's lottery-funded prekindergarten: Is it working in rural Georgia? Kimball, Elizabeth Jenkins, 1998 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro A study of the preparedness of students in Georgia�s lottery-funded PreK program in Georgia in relation to students from alternative types of preschool programs or no preschool; the data was collected through survey of 94 teachers of various types of pre-kindergarten programs in 12 school districts serving 1600 children	Reports & Papers
			Georgia study of early care and education: Findings from Georgia�s pre-k program Maxwell, Kelly, December 2009 Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute. An investigation of process quality and program characteristics prekindergarten programs, based on data from a random sample of 61 programs based in public schools in Georgia in 2008-2009	Reports & Papers
			Impact of Georgia's pre-k program on kindergarten through third grade teachers Opfer, V. Darleen, 1999 Atlanta, GA: Council for School Performance. An examination of the implications of the publicly funded Prekindergarten (Pre-K) program in Georgia for teachers of children in kindergarten through third grade, based on a survey of 295 teachers regarding their beliefs about the program and its impact on students, and their own instructional beliefs and practices	Reports & Papers
			Inside the pre-k classroom: A study of staffing and stability in state-funded prekindergarten classrooms Bellm, Dan, 2002 Washington, DC: Center for the Child Care Workforce. 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.	Reports & Papers
			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 Early, Diane Marie, 2005 Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development & Learning. 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)	Reports & Papers
			Pre-kindergarten in the south: Preserving the region's comparative advantage in education Southern Education Foundation, 2010 Atlanta, GA: Southern Education Foundation. An examination of the provision of prekindergarten services in the Southern United States, and a discussion of early childhood education as the region's comparative educational advantage	Reports & Papers
			Prekindergarten Longitudinal Study: 1996-1997 school year report 1: Program implementation characteristics Georgia State University. School of Policy Studies. Applied Research Center, Atlanta: Georgia State University, School of Policy Studies, Applied Research Center. A discussion of the implementation of the Georgia Prekindergarten Program (Pre-K), based on a longitudinal study of 4,189 children in 221 classes across the state	Reports & Papers
			Prekindergarten Longitudinal Study: Findings from the 1998-1999 school year: Third report in a series Henry, Gary T., Atlanta: Georgia State University, School of Policy Studies, Applied Research Center. Findings from the third year of a longitudinal study assessing efficacy of the Georgia Pre-Kindergarten Program in improving the readiness of children entering school, based on a sample of 3,042 children in the 1998-99 first-grade class	Reports & Papers
			Pre-Kindergarten Program (Pre-K): Requested information on the income demographics of Pre-K participants Georgia. Department of Audits and Accounts. Performance Audit Operations Division, March, 2011 (Special Examination 11-01A). Atlanta: Georgia, Department of Audits and Accounts, Performance Audit Operations Division. An analysis of the family income levels of participants in the Georgia Pre-Kindergarten Program, the universal prekindergarten program for 4-year-old children in Georgia	Reports & Papers
			Pre-k Longitudinal Study: Findings from the 1999-2000 school year Henry, Gary T., 2001 Atlanta: Georgia State University, School of Policy Studies, Applied Research Center. A longitudinal study of Georgia�s Prekindergarten Program assessing the effectiveness of their efforts in preparing four-year olds for school and improving their educational success; this is the fourth year of the study as a sample of 2928 children began their transition from the second grade	Reports & Papers

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