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Assessing preschoolers' self-regulation in homes and classrooms: Lessons from the field A pilot study of the Games As Measurement for Early Self-Control (GAMES) method for assessing preschool children’s ability to control their attention span and inhibitions, based on a sample of 71 children in a Head Start program |
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Associations among family environment, sustained attention, and school readiness for low-income children 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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Background literature review pertaining to the Early Head Start study An overview of the Early Head Start program model and of the relationship of early childhood program participation to children's school readiness outcomes |
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Child care and children of color A discussion of the United States Family Support Act of 1988 and the developmental impact of poverty and child care regulations on children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families |
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Child-care subsidies and school readiness in kindergarten A study of associations between child care subsidy receipt when children are 4 years old and a range of academic and socioemotional school readiness outcomes in kindergarten, including reading and mathematics ability, externalizing and prosocial behavior, and approaches to learning, based on data from 1,400 children from subsidy-eligible families participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort |
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Child Care Subsidies: Who Uses Them and What Do They Buy Low-Income Families and Children? This study uses data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) to: (1) determine whether eligible recipients of child care subsidies differ from the eligible non-recipients of child care subsidies on child and family characteristics and parental preferences for child care; (2) examine whether subsidy receipt in preschool leads parents to purchase higher-quality child care than they could have afforded without the subsidy; and (3) test whether subsidy receipt in preschool is associated with better school readiness in kindergarten. Expanding on prior work, this study identifies eligible non-recipients of child care subsidies who resemble subsidy recipients not only on observable demographic characteristics but also on variables that are harder to measure, like parental preferences for specific features of child care. Subsidy recipients are compared to eligible non-recipients on family and child characteristics and parental preference variables. Then, a propensity score matching technique is used to estimate the causal effect of subsidy use in preschool on the quality of preschool care children experience. Finally, state-fixed effects regressions with a lagged dependent variable are employed to test whether subsidy use in preschool is associated with children’s school readiness in kindergarten. If such an association exists, the possibility that preschool child care quality mediates this link is explored. In all analyses, children who receive subsidies are compared to children who are eligible for subsidies but who instead use either Head Start, or public pre-kindergarten, or unsubsidized care. |
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Child-Parent Rating Scales for the Puzzle Challenge Task |
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Child welfare and mental health initiatives An examination of three national, multi-site child welfare research initiatives: the Consortium for Longitudinal Studies in Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN), the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), and the Head Start Mental Health Research Consortium (HSMHRC) |
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Early child care initiatives An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care; the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes (CQO) Study; the National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families; and the Growing Up in Poverty (GUP) Project |
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Early child development in the 21st century: Profiles of current research initiatives An anthology of ongoing, large scale research initiatives on early childhood education and development, assembled as part of the Synthesis and Profiles of Research Initiatives on Early Childhood Education and Development Project |
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Early childhood education: The likelihood of sustained effects An overview of research on the effects of several early education programs on the cognitive, socioemotional, and academic skills of children in the elementary school years |
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Early childhood intervention in family literacy programs Recommendations for the future implementation and evaluation of family literacy programs supported by research regarding early childhood interventions and family literacy. |
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Early childhood intervention research initiatives An evaluation of two early childhood interventions: the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), and the Early Head Start (EHS) Research and Evaluation Project |
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Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project This project involves both a cross-site national study and local longitudinal studies of low-income families with young children in Early Head Start sites in 17 communities in the United States. The project was funded in two waves: Birth to Three (1996-2001) and Pre-Kindergarten Follow-Up (2001-2004). The five major components of the project are: an implementation study, an impact evaluation, local research studies, policy studies, and efforts toward continuous program improvement. The implementation study assessed the level and quality of implementation of EHS at each site, as well as variations across sites, with regard to five program areas: child development and health care; family partnerships; community involvement and partnerships; staff development; and program management. Results include a profile of each of the 17 research programs, their services and expected outcomes. The information gathered was critical for the development of the impact evaluation analyses and the identification of pathways to full implementation. The impact evaluation followed a random assignment, longitudinal design to examine how child, parent and family outcomes were influenced by EHS programs, as well as by variations in program approaches and community contexts, program implementation and services, and the characteristics of children and their families. The third component involves 16 local research projects conducted by 15 university-based researchers who partnered with Early Head Start research programs. Designed to investigate the unique outcomes and program functions of each Early Head Start program, these longitudinal studies continue through the second phase of the project, Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up (2001-2004). The policy studies component focuses on issues related to welfare reform, health and disabilities, child-care and fatherhood. The component of continuous program improvement consists of reports and presentations disseminating new information that can help all Early Head Start programs to increase their ability to meet the needs of families. |
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The EC-HOME across five national data sets in the 3rd to 5th year of life An analysis of the reliability and validity of newly developed subscales of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Early Childhood (EC) HOME using data from five large scale national studies |
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Effect of early educational intervention on younger siblings: The Infant Health and Development Program 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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Estimating the effects of Head Start on parenting and child maltreatment A study of the relationship between Head Start participation and both maltreatment and harsh parenting in a sample of 2,807 low income families |
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Family support initiatives An overview of two national family support initiatives: the National Even Start Evaluation, and the National Evaluation of Family Support Programs (NEFSP) |
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First-year maternal employment and child development in the first 7 years A study of the relationships between the hours worked by mothers in the first year of their children's lives and the socioemotional and cognitive development of their children at age 3, age 4.5, and in first grade, and a study of differences in these relationships in samples of white and African American children, based on a secondary analysis of data collected from over 1,000 families from 10 areas throughout the United States |
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Four new national longitudinal surveys on children An examination of four nationally representative longitudinal studies focusing on early childhood within several different contexts: child development, child wellbeing, familial composition, socioeconomic status, and other demographic characteristics |
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Head Start participation and school readiness: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort A comparison of academic skills and socioemotional well-being at kindergarten entry for populations of children who attended Head Start or other types of child care, based on data from 6,950 children, their parents, schools, and teachers from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, Kindergarten sample, a nationally representative sample of children born in 2001 |
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The homelife interview from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Assessment of parenting and home environment for 3- to 15-year-olds A description of the development of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Homelife Interview using aspects of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment inventory |
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The Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory: The derivation of conceptually designed subscales An overview of a special journal issue devoted to assessing the derivation, validity, and reliability of the subscales of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME)Inventory, using six large, nationally-representative datasets |
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Infant and toddler care: Meeting the needs of families with options that work |
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Initiatives on children with special needs A discussion of the implications associated with including special needs children in large scale studies |
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