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The child care industry: Supporting jobs and economic development in Minneapolis
Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association, 2003
Minneapolis, MN: Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association.

An analysis of child care in Minneapolis as a service for working parents and their children and as an integral component of the local economy

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The effect of text genre on parent use of joint book reading strategies to promote phonological awareness
Stadler, Marie A., 2003
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(4), 502-512

An observational study of preschool children parents' reading behaviors, comparing behaviors when reading to a child with and without language impairments and when using different text genres

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How welfare reform affects young children: Experimental findings from Connecticut
Loeb, Susanna, 2003
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 22(4), 537-550

A study of the effects of mothers’ rising employment levels and program participation on young children’s early learning and cognitive growth, comparing participant outcomes in Connecticut’s Jobs First program and a traditional welfare program

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Natural emergent literacy supports for preschoolers with autism and severe communication impairments
Koppenhaver, David A., October-December 2003
Topics in Language Disorders, 23(4), 283-292

An analysis of the impact of implementing print reading materials, literacy experiences, and writing technologies in an early childhood classroom on the emergent literacy behaviors of preschool children with autism and communication impairments

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Preserving the gains, rethinking the losses: Welfare in Illinois five years after reform: Summary of third annual report
University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2003
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

A summary of the third in a series of reports using measures of the employment outcomes and family well-being of a sample of 1998 TANF grantees to assess the ongoing value of Illinois' 1997 welfare reforms

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Preserving the gains, rethinking the losses: Welfare in Illinois five years after reform: Third annual report from the Illinois Families Study
University Consortium on Welfare Reform, 2003
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research.

Third in a series of reports using measures of the employment outcomes and family well-being of a sample of 1998 TANF grantees to assess the ongoing value of Illinois' 1997 welfare reforms

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Ready to Learn workshop participation: Short-term impacts: Final report
Johnson, Amy W., December 23, 2003
Alexandria, VA: Public Broadcasting Service.

An experimental, random assignment component of the comprehensive evaluation of Ready to Learn--a program in which Public Broadcasting Service member stations broadcast a mandated number of hours of children's programming and coordinators at each station engage in outreach activities (including parent and early childhood educator workshops) to facilitate the use of this programming as an educational tool--that focused on the short-term impacts of outreach activities on parents' and early childhood educators' behaviors, based on comparing assessments of workshop participants and nonparticipants

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Ready to Learn workshop participation: Short-term impacts: Final report [Executive summary]
Johnson, Amy W., 23 December, 2003
Alexandria, VA: Public Broadcasting Service.

A summary of an experimental, random assignment component of the comprehensive evaluation of Ready to Learn--a program in which Public Broadcasting Service member stations broadcast a mandated number of hours of children's programming and coordinators at each station engage in outreach activities (including parent and early childhood educator workshops) to facilitate the use of this programming as an educational tool--that focused on the short-term impacts of outreach activities on parents' and early childhood educators' behaviors, based on comparing assessments of workshop participants and nonparticipants

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State administration of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: Structure, process and practices
United States. Department of Education. Office of the Under Secretary, 2003
(Doc No. 2003-14). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary.

A description of all major areas of Even Start Family Literacy Program administration at the state level and the factors that facilitate or impede program improvement activities conducted by Even Start state coordinators

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State administration of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: Structure, process and practices [Executive summary]
United States. Department of Education. Office of the Under Secretary, 2003
(Doc No. 2003-14). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary.

A summary of a descriptive report covering the major areas of Even Start Family Literacy Program administration at the state level and the factors that facilitate or impede program improvement

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Third national Even Start evaluation: Program impacts and implications for improvement
United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service, 2003
(Doc No. 2005-05). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service.

Findings from the third national evaluation of the federal Even Start family literacy program, including a description of the program and its participants, and a discussion of program impacts based on data from an experimental study of Even Start's effectiveness in 18 projects

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Third national Even Start evaluation: Program impacts and implications for improvement [Executive summary]
United States. Department of Education. Planning and Evaluation Service, 2003
(Doc No. 2005-05). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service.

A summary of an evaluative study of participation, language acquisition, and developmental impacts for parents and children enrolled in Even Start family literacy programs aimed at the socioeconomically disadvantaged in the United States from 1999-2001

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When schools stay open late: The national evaluation of the 21st-Century Community Learning Centers program: First year findings
United States. Department of Education. Office of the Under Secretary, 2003
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary.

Findings from a first-year national evaluation of the characteristics and outcomes of elementary and middle school-based 21st-Century Community Learning Centers after school programs, based on data collected in school year 2000-2001 from students, parents, teachers, principals, program staff members, and school records

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