2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Children's centres
A study of characteristics of Sure Start children's centers, which provide integrated child development services including child care, in the United Kingdom, including centers' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of center managers
Reports & Papers
21C: A decade of school-based child care
A descriptive overview of Schools of the 21st Century, comprehensive child care programs for children from birth to age 12 years
Fact Sheets & Briefs
21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC program: 2003-04
A description of the state-administered 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs, 2003-2004
Other
21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) analytic support for evaluation and monitoring: An overview of the 21st CCLC program: 2003-04 [Executive summary]
A summary of a description of the state-administered 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs, 2003-2004
Executive Summary
The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006
A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight
Reports & Papers
The Abbott preschool program: Fifth year report on enrollment and budget: A report of the Abbott Indicators Project
A study of the Abbott preschool program?s overall enrollment, overall budget, and its placement of children with disabilities, and a study of Head Start enrollment in the low income Abbott districts of New Jersey
Reports & Papers
ABCs of early mathematics experiences
A discussion of how concepts in mathematics can be introduced through life experiences in preschool classrooms and at home, such as in activities involving nature, money, playing, bathing, and cooking
Other
The Abecedarian Project: High-quality early child care has long-lasting effects
A summary of a longitudinal study of the effect of an early educational intervention on economic, socioemotional, and educational outcomes at age 30, based on data collected from 101 of the original low-income participants in the Abecedarian Project experiment in North Carolina
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Academic performance of subsequent schools and impacts of early interventions: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Head Start settings
A comparison of the impact of exposure to the Chicago School Readiness intervention during the Head Start year on children's language, literacy, and math and behavioral outcomes between kindergarteners in both high and low performing schools, based on secondary analysis of data from 361 children who were participants in the Chicago School Readiness Program
Reports & Papers
Accelerating the early numeracy development of kindergartners with limited working memory skills through remedial education
A comparison of the impact of a remedial numeracy education program on the early numeracy development of two groups of kindergarteners with either limited or typical working memory skills, based on data from 933 children in the Netherlands followed over a period of 1.5 years
Reports & Papers
Accelerating language development through picture book reading: A systematic extension to Mexican day care
A study evaluating children's language abilities after the completion of a six to seven week dialogic reading program
Reports & Papers
Acceptability and importance of adaptations to early literacy learning practices for young children with disabilities
Findings from a study of early childhood intervention professionals' attitudes toward practices contained in parent guides to promote the early literacy development of young children that include adaptations for use with children with disabilities
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Acceptability ratings of language interventions and reasoning as described by early childhood special education teachers
An examination of teachers' preferences between naturalistic and therapeutic approaches to language interventions and reasoning, based on data from 29 early childhood special education teachers from public
school districts in Southern California
Reports & Papers
Access to the general education curriculum for preschoolers with disabilities: Children’s school success
A study of the academic and social skill gains of 58 children with disabilities during their preschool year in classrooms using the Children’s School Success (CSS) curriculum
Reports & Papers
Access to print for children in poverty: Differential effects of adult mediation and literacy-enriched play settings on environmental and functional print tasks
An article on the effects of adult interaction and literacy environment on literacy development in Head Start children.
Reports & Papers
Access to supplemental education services in central region states
An exploration of the access of students in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to supplemental education programs as required by the No Child Left Behind Act
Reports & Papers
Access to supplemental education services in central region states: Summary
A summary of an exploration of the access of students in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to supplemental education programs as required by the No Child Left Behind Act
Executive Summary
The acquisition of literacy skills in 4 and 5 year olds
An examination of literacy skills acquisition in 16 4 and 5 year old preschoolers in a School Readiness program in a medium sized school district in southwestern Minnesota
Reports & Papers
Act up, calm down: Mental health consultants for preschools surprise with their success
An overview of Connecticut’s Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, a measurement of the effect of the child- and classroom-management advice of mental health professionals on the number of classroom behavior problems, and the quality of teacher-child interaction, and teacher beliefs, practices, and job satisfaction
Other
Adaptation interventions to promote participation in natural settings
Guidelines for the inclusion of Assistive Technology (AT) in the Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) and Individualized Education Programs (IEP) created to assist young children with disabilities participate in their family and child care environments
Other
Adapting Western pedagogies for Chinese literacy instruction: Case studies of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Singapore preschools
A comparison of the amounts of both Eastern and Western cultural teaching practices in Chinese-language literacy instruction at 18 preschools in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore, all serving middle-class families
Reports & Papers
Adding two school age children: Does it change quality in family child care?
A study of family child care provider quality and caregiver sensitivity before and after enrolling two additional school-age children to these programs
Reports & Papers
''Adding two school age children'': (A family child care professional's response)
A critique of a study of observed changes to provider quality and caregiver sensitivity after the addition of school-age children in 28 family child care programs
Other
Addressing asthma management challenges in a multisite, urban Head Start program
A participatory action research project to develop an action plan to address asthma management challenges identified by Head Start teachers in a midwestern multisite urban program
Reports & Papers
Addressing disruptive behaviors in the preschool classroom: An adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Head Start teachers
A study describing the development, implementation, and evaluation of an early intervention program designed to improve teaching strategies and practices for Head Start children with behavioral problems
Reports & Papers
