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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)

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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

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Diversity and directions in state pre-kindergarten programs
Bryant, Donna M., 2002
Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.

A survey of the diversity and standards of state-sponsored prekindergarten programs

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Enhancing teachers' intentional use of effective interactions with children: Designing and testing professional development interventions
Hamre, Bridget, 2012
In R.C. Pianta (Ed.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 507-532). New York: Guilford Press

A description of the concept of intentional teaching and examples of its use in professional development programs targeting improvement in teachers' daily interactions with children

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Ensuring effective teaching in early childhood education through linked professional development systems, quality rating systems and state competencies: The role of research in an evidence-driven system
Howes, Carollee, 2008
Charlottesville: University of Virginia, National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education.

A summary of a symposium on defining and describing early childhood education professional development systems, quality rating systems, and early childhood education competencies, and a discussion of research that can help integrate these systems

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The feasibility of a common course in early childhood teacher preparation programs
Scott-Little, Catherine,
Charlottesville: University of Virginia, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning.

A summary of a documentation of the implementation of a standardized early childhood education early literacy teaching practices course and of an examination of instructors' and students' perceptions of the quality of course delivery, content, and their learning, based on data from 3 course instructors from 3 different institutions and the course evaluations of their students

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Features of pre-kindergarten programs, classrooms, and teachers: Do they predict observed classroom quality and child-teacher interaction?
Pianta, Robert C., 2005
Applied Developmental Science, 9(3), 144-159

An observational study of the extent to which features of programs, classrooms, and teachers contribute to quality and teacher–child interactions in a sample of 238 classrooms in 6 state-funded pre-kindergarten programs

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Implementation of a course focused on language and literacy within teacher-child interactions: Instructor and student perspectives across three institutions of higher education
Scott-Little, Catherine, 2011
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 32(3), 200-224

A documentation of the implementation of a standardized early childhood education early literacy teaching practices course and an examination of instructors' and students' perceptions of the quality of course delivery, content, and their learning, based on data from 3 course instructors from 3 different institutions and the course evaluations of their students

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Individualized Classroom Assessment Scoring System
Downer, Jason T., Q1 2010
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25(1), 1-16

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The Individualized Classroom Assessment Scoring System (inCLASS): Preliminary reliability and validity of a system for observing preschoolers’ competence in classroom interactions
Downer, Jason T., Q1 2010
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25(1), 1-16

An examination of the psychometric properties of the Individualized Classroom Assessment Scoring System (inCLASS), an observation tool that targets children’s interactions in preschool classrooms with teachers, peers, and tasks, based on the use of the tool with 145 children, ages three through five, enrolled in fourty four classrooms in twenty different preschool programs in the central region of a mid-Atlantic state

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Mathematics learning, assessment, and curriculum
Clements, Douglas H., 2012
In R.C. Pianta (Ed.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 217-239). New York: Guilford Press

A discussion of what teachers should know about mathematics learning, assessment, and curriculum to develop children's interest and competence in mathematics, based on a select but substantial body of research on young children's learning of mathematics

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Measuring teacher-child interactions in linguistically diverse pre-k classrooms
Downer, Jason T.,
Charlottesville: University of Virginia, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning.

A summary of a test of the validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for the prediction of academic outcomes and the measurement of social interactions in classrooms with varying compositions of English only and dual language learners, based on a secondary analysis of data collected in 721 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states

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Observations of teacher-child interactions in classrooms serving Latinos and dual language learners: Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in diverse settings
Downer, Jason T., Q1 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(1), 21-32

A test of the validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for the prediction of academic outcomes and the measurement of social interactions in classrooms with varying compositions of English only and dual language learners, based on a secondary analysis of data collected in 721 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states

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Parental conceptions of school readiness: Relation to ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and children’s skills
Barbarin, Oscar, September 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(5), 671-701

A study of the family demographic characteristics and child skills associated with parental conceptions of school readiness, based on interviews with 452 parents of 4-year-olds enrolled public prekindergarten programs

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Peer effects on children’s language achievement during pre-kindergarten
Mashburn, Andrew J., May/June 2009
Child Development, 80(3), 686-702

An inquiry into the role of children’s peer interactions in the acquisition of language skills, based on a subsample of 1,812 children from 453 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states

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Promoting early literacy and language development
Powell, Douglas R., 2012
In R.C. Pianta (Ed.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 194-216). New York: Guilford Press

An identification and discussion of select prekindergarten and kindergarten instructional practices and curricula for the promotion of code-related reading and oral language skills

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Quality of prekindergarten: What families are looking for in public sponsored programs
Barbarin, Oscar, 2006
Early Education and Development, 17(4), 619-642

A description of the meaning of program quality for a representative group of parents of children enrolled in public prekindergarten programs, with a comparison of educators’ and families’ concepts of quality

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Rater calibration when observational assessment occurs at large scale: Degree of calibration and characteristics of raters associated with calibration
Cash, Anne H., Q3 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(3), 529-542

An examination of the accuracy of raters trained by the Office of Head Start (OHS) in 2008-2009 on the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), based on data from 2,093 raters, and additional analyses of characteristics that predict their accuracy, based on data for a subsample of 704 of the raters

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The relations of observed pre-k classroom quality profiles to children's achievement and social competence
Curby, Timothy W., March 2009
Early Education and Development, 20(2), 346-372

A study of the relationship between the growth in social and academic competence of children in the prekindergarten year and the level of emotional support measured in classroom teacher-child interactions, based on data collected about 2,028 prekindergarten children from several states

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Spanish-speaking children's social and language development in pre-kindergarten classrooms
Chang, Florence, 2007
Early Education and Development, 18(2), 243-269

A discussion of the Spanish and English language interactions that Spanish-speaking children experience in the pre-K classroom in relation to their social and cognitive outcomes, based on data from 345 Spanish-speaking students in pre-K programs

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Stability and change in early childhood classroom interactions during the first two hours of a day
Curby, Timothy W., Q3 2010
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25(3), 373-384

A study of the stability of quality and the relationships between instructional support, classroom organization, emotional support, and classroom management during the first two hours of a typical prekindergarten day, from a secondary analysis of data collected from observations of 693 classrooms

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Teachers' perceptions of conflict with young students: Looking beyond problem behaviors
Hamre, Bridget, February, 2008
Social Development, 17(1), 115-136

A study of the correlations between levels of student-teacher conflict, child problem behavior, and child, teacher, and classroom characteristics, based on data collected from 2,282 children, 597 teachers, and 597 classrooms in several states

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A transactional model of effective teaching and learning in the early childhood classroom
Cameron, Claire E., 2012
In R.C. Pianta (Ed.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 278-296). New York: Guilford Press

An introduction to a transactional model of teaching and learning in early childhood classrooms that includes the frequency, duration, and quality of the exchanges between teachers and children in a given skill domain

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What is pre-kindergarten?: Characteristics of public pre-kindergarten programs
Clifford, Richard M., 2005
Applied Developmental Science, 9(3), 126-143

A study of the demographics and staff and structural quality of publicly-funded prekindergarten programs across 6 states

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