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Building momentum--taking action: Southern states collaborate on child care financial aid and quality initiatives
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2002
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

A summary of efforts to implement the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low income families in the South, based on a survey of Task Force members and summaries of a regional child care forum and state site visits

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Can child care assistance in welfare and employment programs support the employment of low-income families?
Gennetian, Lisa A., 2004
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23(4), 723-743

An investigation of different welfare and employment programs with child care assistance policies and their effects on employment rates and child care decisions of low income families

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Child care survey results on funding and related policies in the Southern states
Southern Institute on Children and Families, 2004
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

Results from a survey of care funding and state-initiated policy changes related to funding shortages in the southern region of the United States

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Classroom quality and time allocation in Tulsa's early childhood programs
Phillips, Deborah A., March 30, 2007
(CROCUS Working Paper No. 9). Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston.

A study comparing classroom time spent on instruction, instructional quality, and predictors of quality in publicly-funded universal prekindergarten programs with Head Start programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, based on classroom observations and teacher surveys

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Court mandates, free markets and the lottery: An exploration of facilities development in states with expanded preschool
Amer, Tarecq,
Oakland, CA: National Economic Development and Law Center.

A study of the approaches of five states to the expansion, renovation, and creation of public preschool facilities, and an identification of common elements relevant to California’s efforts to expand its preschool facilities

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Do the short-term effects of a strong preschool program persist?
Hill, Carolyn J., January, 2012
(CROCUS Working Paper No. 18). Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States.

A study of the relationship of participation in Oklahoma's universal public prekindergarten program to third grade reading and math scores, based on data collected from a cohort of 1,038 third grade children who had participated in the Tulsa Public Schools prekindergarten program and 961 comparison nonparticipants, and from a second cohort of 1,087 participants and 937 comparison nonparticipants

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The effects of Oklahoma's pre-k program on Hispanic children
Gormley, Jr., William T., November 08, 2007
(CROCUS Working Paper No. 11). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC.

A study of the impacts of Oklahoma's publicly-funded, universal prekindergarten program on the early reading, writing, and math skills of Hispanic students in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the variation of impacts with primary language spoken in the child's home, parents' country of origin, and teachers' Spanish-language ability, based on child assessment data

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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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Going to scale with high-quality early education: Choices and consequences in universal pre-kindergarten efforts
Christina, Rachel, 2005
(TR-237-EDU). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

An overview of policy implications for states attempting to provide high-quality prekindergarten access

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Head Start's comparative advantage: Myth or reality?
Gormley, Jr., William T., August 2010
(CROCUS Working Paper No. 14). Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States.

A comparison of the cognitive, socioemotional, and health effects of Head Start and public prekindergarten programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, based on child assessments, a survey of parents and teachers, and administrative data

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Inside the pre-kindergarten door: Classroom climate and instructional time allocation in Tulsa's pre-k programs
Phillips, Deborah A., May 2009
(CROCUS Working Paper No. 13). Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States.

A study of classroom climate and academic instruction in public prekindergarten programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a comparison of classroom climate and academic instruction in Tulsa prekindergarten classrooms to classroom processes in Head Start and other state prekindergarten classrooms, and an examination of classroom and teacher characteristics associated with variations in classroom climate and academic instruction

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Poised for shaping results-based early learning systems: A report on child care resource and referral in the United States
Smith, Linda K., June, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A national study of child care resource and referral agencies, including services provided to parents and providers, sources and levels of agency funding, and agency data collecting activities, based on a survey of state child care resource and referral agencies

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Preschool programs can boost school readiness
Gormley, Jr., William T., June 2008
(CROCUS Working Paper No. 12). Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States.

A study comparing the impacts on children's early reading, writing, and math skills of participating in Head Start or participating in Oklahoma's universal prekindergarten program, and relating the variation in impacts to differences in classroom practices in the 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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Social-emotional effects of early childhood education programs in Tulsa
Gormley, Jr., William T., 2009
Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States.

An examination of the effects of participation in early childhood education programs on children’s socioemotional development at kindergarten entry, based on a sample of 3,127 kindergarteners who had participated in the Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) prekindergarten program or the Community Action Project (CAP) Tulsa County Head Start program

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Social-emotional effects of early childhood education programs in Tulsa
Gormley, Jr., William T., January 2011
(CROCUS Working Paper No. 15). Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States.

An examination of the relationship of participation in early childhood education programs to children's socioemotional development at kindergarten entry, based on a sample of 1,318 kindergarteners who had participated in the Tulsa Public Schools prekindergarten program, 363 who had participated in the Community Action Project (CAP) Tulsa County Head Start program, and 1,151 who had participated in neither program

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Social-emotional effects of early childhood education programs in Tulsa
Gormley, Jr., William T., November/December 2011
Child Development, 82(6), 2095-2109

An examination of the relationship of participation in early childhood education programs to children's socioemotional development at kindergarten entry, based on a sample of 1,318 kindergarteners who had participated in the Tulsa Public Schools prekindergarten program, 363 who had participated in the Community Action Project (CAP) Tulsa County Head Start program, and 1,151 who had participated in neither program

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Standardized childhood: The political and cultural struggle over early education
Fuller, Bruce, 2007
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press

An examination of the debate surrounding the state-run expansion and standardization of preschool, based on ethnographic classroom-based research, case studies of universal preschool programs in Oklahoma and Los Angeles, and a critical review of empirical research

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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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