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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
Lerner, Richard M., 2008
Medford, MA: Tufts University, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development.

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

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Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report
United States. Department of Education. Policy and Program Studies Service, December 2005
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Policy and Program Studies Service.

An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments

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At the crossroads: Overcoming concerns to envision possibilities for toddlers in inclusive child care
Recchia, Susan L., 2004
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 19(2), 175-188

A case study describing the experiences of three developmentally delayed children and their caregivers during their first semester in an inclusive child care setting, using data collected through parent interviews, caregiver journals, and child observations

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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
Berkule, Samantha B., January-February 2007
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7(1), 45-50

An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes

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Benefits of a comprehensive technology system in an early childhood setting: Results of a three-year study
Hutinger, Patricia, 2000
Macomb: Western Illinois University, Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood.

An study of the effects of a comprehensive system of technology integration and services for children with disabilities on student engagement, fine motor skills, visual motor skills, emergent literacy, and communication and social skills

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Caregiver perception and child-caregiver interactions in a newly inclusive infant child care center
Recchia, Susan L., 1998
Early Childhood Education Journal, 26(2), 111-116

A study of child care provider’s perceptions about and behavior toward developmentally disabled infants and toddlers in an inclusive child care setting

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The Chances for Children teen parent-infant project: Results of a pilot intervention for teen mothers and their infants in inner city high schools
Mayers, Hillary A., July/August 2008
Infant Mental Health Journal, 29(4), 320-342

A study of the effects of the Chances for Children mental health intervention on the interactions of adolescent mothers and their infants, based on a sample of 85 mother-infant dyads participating in a child care program in New York City high schools

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Classroom academic and social context: Relationships among emergent literacy, behavioural functioning and teacher curriculum goals in kindergarten
Massetti, Greta M., April 2010
Early Child Development and Care, 180(3), 359-375

A study of the relationship between both the literacy skills and behavior of kindergarteners and the level of emphasis of each skill in the classroom curricula, based on data from a longitudinal study of 162 former Head Start children attending 54 kindergarten classrooms on Long Island

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A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. I. Summary report
United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1996
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.

A description of the ways in which the Health Component of the Head Start program address the medical, nutritional, and mental health needs of program participants

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Effect of early educational intervention on younger siblings: The Infant Health and Development Program
McCormick, Marie C., October, 2012
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 166(10), 891-896

A study of the relationship between participation of an older sibling in an early intervention program and the younger sibling's measures of intelligence, youth behavioral problems, and expectations of the future, based on data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), an eight-site randomized trial of three years of early education for premature low-birth-weight infants who were followed up through age 18, and 229 siblings of participating children born within 5 years of the IHDP study participants

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Effects of after-school programs on the relationships among emotional regulation, behavior regulation, and social competence
Gifford, Shelly A., 2001
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, New York

An investigation of the relations among quality of after-school programs and urban elementary school children's social competence and emotional and behavior regulation

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The effects of the home instruction programs for preschooler youngsters (HIPPY) on children's school performance at the end of the program and one year later
Baker, Amy J.L., 1998
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(4), 571-588

A study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschooler Children, a costless two year family-oriented home-based early childhood intervention administered to low-income children; the study included assessments of the children’s cognitive skills, adaptation to the classroom, and standardized test achievement at the end of the program

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Effects of a pre-kindergarten mathematics intervention: A randomized experiment
Klein, Alice, 2008
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 1, 155-178

An evaluation of the effect of the implementation of the Pre-K Mathematics curriculum and the DLM Express software package on the mathematical knowledge of low-income children in Head Start and public preschool classrooms in greater San Francisco and Buffalo, based on a study of 20 experimental and 20 control-group classrooms

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Effects of preschool curriculum programs on school readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative
Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Consortium, July 2008
(NCER 2008-2009). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Research.

The final report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative, which conducted multi-site experimental evaluations of 14 preschool curricula's impacts on child outcomes (including behavior and early language, literacy, and math skills) at the end of preschool and in kindergarten, and on preschool classroom outcomes (including classroom quality, teacher-child interactions, and instructional practices)

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Effects of a preschool music and movement curriculum on children’s language skills
Yazejian, Noreen, October 2009
NHSA Dialog, 12(4), 327-341

An examination of the influence of children’s receipt of a music curriculum on their language skills, based on a sample of 207 children and 27 teachers from 3 Head Start programs in a suburban area of North Carolina, a rural area of Kentucky, and an urban area of New York

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Enhancing the educational achievement of at-risk youth
Schinke, Steven P., 2000
Prevention Science, 1(1), 51-60

A study of an educational enhancement program, administered outside of school, offered to at-risk early adolescents living in public housing

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The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Final report
Black, Alison R., September 2009
(NCEE 2009-4077). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.

Impacts after the second year of implementation of the Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs, a two-year intervention and random assignment evaluation of structured math and reading instruction in after school programs for children in second through fifth grade, on student reading and math proficiency and academic performance in programs that participated for both years

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An evaluation of graduates of a toddlerhood home visiting program at kindergarten age
Allen, LaRue, April 2007
NHSA Dialog, 10(1), 36--57

An evaluation of the socio-emotional and early literacy skills, and knowledge, and parent involvement of 78 kindergarten-age graduates of a home visiting program designed to stimulate parent-toddler verbal interaction and educational play, and a comparison of their scores with those of and 57 non-participating children in the same kindergarten classrooms

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Even Start: Facilitating transitions to kindergarten
United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service, 1997
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service.

A study describing the transition-to-school strategies implemented by the Even Start Family Literacy Program, identifying the most successful of these strategies, and providing data and recommendations to improve the design of transition strategies, based on data collected on Even Start projects operating in 1993-1994 and from site visits to five projects showing promising transition strategies

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Experimental evaluation of the effects of a research-based preschool mathematics curriculum
Clements, Douglas H., June 2008
American Educational Research Journal, 45(2), 443-494

An evaluation of the effects of the Building Blocks preschool mathematics curriculum in a sample of 253 children from low income families

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Extended day kindergarten: Supporting literacy and motor development through a teacher collaborative model
Hendler, Susan, August 2008
Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(1), 57-62

A description of an extended day program designed to enhance the literacy and motor development skills of kindergarteners in the Levittown school district

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Impact of a brief literacy intervention on urban preschoolers
Sharif, Iman, 2003
Early Childhood Education Journal, 30(3), 177-180

An examination of how urban preschool children's receptive vocabularies were impacted as a result of a literacy intervention consisting of workshops where parents learned about reading to their children

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Mathematics knowledge of entering preschoolers
Clements, Douglas H., 2005
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Two studies describing the mathematics knowledge and competencies of low-income preschool children, using a theoretically-based direct child assessment

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Multiple effects of home and day care crowding
Maxwell, Lorraine E., 1996
Environment and Behavior, 28(4), 494-511

A study of the effects of crowding in both home and child care settings on behavior among four-year-old children

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Outcomes of an emergent literacy intervention from Head Start through second grade
Whitehurst, Grover J., 1999
Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(2), 261-272

An article on the effects of an interactive reading and phonemic awareness program on the emergent literacy skills of Head Start children through second grade.

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