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Academic and cognitive functioning in first grade: Associations with earlier home and child care predictors and with concurrent home and classroom experiences
Downer, Jason T., March 2006
School Psychology Review, 35(1), 11-30

A study of the association between academic and cognitive development of first graders and the quantity and quality of child care, home learning environment, family demographics, and maternal characteristics of a sample of 832 children from 9 states

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Academic performance of subsequent schools and impacts of early interventions: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Head Start settings
Zhai, Fuhua, May, 2012
Children and Youth Services Review, 34(5), 946-954

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

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Access to the general education curriculum for preschoolers with disabilities: Children’s school success
Lieber, Joan, 2008
Exceptionality, 16(1), 18-32

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

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Accidents will happen?: Unintentional injury, maternal employment, and child care policy
Currie, Janet, 2001
(JCPR Working Paper No. 268). Chicago: Joint Center for Poverty Research.

A paper on the impact of selected child care regulations on the risk of injury for children in formal child care settings using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and the Vital Statistics Detail Mortality (VSDM).

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Achievement in the first 2 years of school: Patterns and processes
Alexander, Karl L., 1988
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 53(2), 1-157

A study of the influence of home and school factors on adaptation to school, using data from the Beginning School Study conducted in Baltimore in 1982

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Activity settings and daily routines in preschool classrooms: Diverse experiences in early learning settings for low-income children
Fuligni, Allison Sidle, Q2 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(2), 198-209

An identification of two routines profiles--structured-balanced and high free choice, derived from varying proportions of teacher-directed and child-initiated activities during the preschool day, and a study of the relationship between those routine profiles and structural program characteristics, measures of process quality, children's engagement in activities of various academic contents, teachers' instructional strategies, and children's school readiness skills, based on data from 53 public preschool classrooms, 47 private preschool classrooms, and 25 family child care homes that serve low-income children in Los Angeles, California

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Adequacy of responses given by low income and middle income kindergarten children in structured adult-child conversations
Gordon, Alice M., 1984
Developmental Psychology, 20(5), 881-892

A study of structured adult-child conversations, the ability of children to give adequate responses, and the contributing factors of the subjects’ socioeconomic status and child care arrangements; the sample population included 15 black low-income children from a preschool intervention program, 15 black low-income children from a nonintervention program, and 15 middle-income children

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African American fathers: Myths and realities about their involvement with their firstborn children
Smith, Carolyn A., 2005
Journal of Family Issues, 26(7), 975-1001

An examination of the extent and predictors of parental involvment among young, urban, African-American fathers, using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, a longitudinal survey following 1,000 adolescents in 1987-1988 Rochester, New York

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After-school program engagement: Links to child competence and program quality and content
Mahoney, Joseph L., March, 2007
Elementary School Journal, 107(4), 385-404

A two-year study of variability in after school program-level engagement, and its association with both the social and academic competence of participants, and the process quality and content of programs, based on data from 141 children in 9 after school programs in a disadvantaged city in the United States

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Afterschool program participation and the development of child obesity and peer acceptance
Mahoney, Joseph L., 2005
Applied Developmental Science, 9(4), 202-215

A longitudinal study of the relationship between after school program participation and the obesity and peer acceptance of early elementary school children

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Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the Title I Chicago child-parent centers
Reynolds, Arthur J., 2002
(Discussion Paper No. 1245-02). University of Wisconsin--Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty.

A cost benefit analysis of the federally funded Chicago Child-Parent Center program using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study from a cohort of children born in 1980.

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Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers
Reynolds, Arthur J., 2002
Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 24(4), 267-303

A cost benefit analysis of the federally funded Chicago Child-Parent Center program using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study from a cohort of children born in 1980

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Age 26 cost-benefit analysis of the Child-Parent Center early education program
Reynolds, Arthur J., January/February 2011
Child Development, 82(1), 379-404

A societal cost-benefit analysis of the Child-Parent Centers, based on findings from a complete cohort of over 1,400 program and comparison group participant data collected up to age 26

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Alterable predictors of child well-being in the Chicago Longitudinal Study
Reynolds, Arthur J., 2004
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(1), 1-14

An overview of the major findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, including summaries of child well-being indicators and estimated effects of participation in preschool programs

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America's kindergartners
West, Jerry, 2000
(NCES 2000-070). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A compilation of descriptive statistics and findings on first-time kindergarten students from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten (ECLS-K).

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Analyzing social experiments as implemented: A reexamination of the evidence from the HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J., July, 2010
(Discussion Paper No. 5065). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

A reconceptualized cost-benefit and return-on-investment analysis of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, based on data from the original program participants and matched data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979)

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Antecedents and correlates of the popular-aggressive phenomenon in elementary school
Rodkin, Philip C., May/June 2010
Early Child Development and Care, 81(3), 837-850

A study of the relationship between popular-aggressive behavior in grades 3 through 6 and cognitive functioning, maternal sensitivity, and participation in child care through age 4.5 from a secondary analysis of data from 1022 children

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Are child developmental outcomes related to before- and after-school care arrangements?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2004
Child Development, 75(1), 280-295

A study determining the effects of family factors, child care types, and child care hours on children's functioning, utilizing data from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC)

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Are insecure-avoidant infants with extensive day-care experience less stressed by and more independent in the Strange Situation
Belsky, Jay, 1991
Child Development, 62(3), 567-571

A study of the relationship between child reactions to stressful situations and the amount of non-parental child care experienced by the child in his or her first year, in a sample of 20 insecure-avoidant infants

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Are minority children disproportionately represented in early intervention and early childhood special education?
Morgan, Paul L., December, 2012
Educational Researcher, 41(9), 339-351

An examination of the extent to which racial-ethnic minority children are proportionately represented in early intervention and/or early childhood special education, based on data from approximately 7,950 48-month-old children participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, a nationally representative data set of children born in the United States in 2001

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Are poor neighborhoods resource deprived?: A case study of childcare centers in New York
Small, Mario L., 2005
Social Science Quarterly, 86(Suppl. 1), 1013-1036

An inquiry into the availability of child care centers in poor neighborhoods, using geocoded data from all licensed child care facilities in New York City

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Are there long-term effects of early child care?
Belsky, Jay, March/April 2007
Child Development, 78(2), 681-701

An analysis of the links between early child care and school-age children's development, socioemotional functioning, and academic performance, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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Assessment and early instruction of preschool children at risk for reading disability
Hindson, Barbara, 2005
Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(4), 687-704

An evaluation of an intervention to detect developmental delays of emergent literacy skills in preschool students, based on a sample of 169 students in Sydney, Australia

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The association between preschool children's social functioning and their emergent academic skills
Arnold, David H., Q3 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(3), 376-386

A study of the relationship between social functioning and emergent academic development that includes an examination of gender, ethnicity, and children's feelings about school as moderators of that relationship, based on data from 467 preschool children from 84 classrooms at 44 different centers, as part of a larger study on preventing academic and externalizing difficulties

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Associations among family environment, sustained attention, and school readiness for low-income children
Razza, Rachel A., 2010
Developmental Psychology, , 1-15

A study of sustained attention as a mediator of the relationship between family environment and school readiness, based on data from 1,046 low income children, with family environment data collected at 3-years-old and both attention and school readiness data collected at 5-years of age

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