Applying a response-to-intervention model for early literacy development in low-income children
Gettinger, Maribeth, Winter 2007
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 27(4), 198-213
A description of the design and implementation and a preliminary evaluation of the Exemplary Model of Early Reading Growth and Excellence (EMERGE) early literacy program in 15 preschool classrooms in low-income areas of Milwaukee
Reports & Papers
Better outcomes for all: Promoting partnerships between Head Start and state pre-k
Stebbins, Helene, January, 2007
Washington, DC: Pre-K Now.
A study examining how Head Start and state-funded prekindergarten programs can coordinate service delivery, based on in-depth interviews with program providers, state prekindergarten program directors, and state Head Start collaboration coordinators
Reports & Papers
A center piece of the preK puzzle: Providing state prekindergarten in child care centers
Schulman, Karen, November 2007
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.
An examination of the benefits and challenges for child care centers providing state-funded prekindergarten program services, with policies and strategies for increasing child care center provision of prekindergarten services, based on interviews with child care center directors
Reports & Papers
The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA
Blau, David M., October 2007
Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 719-741
A study of the effects of child care subsidies on the employment, school, and welfare participation of single mothers following the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
Reports & Papers
The effects of welfare and employment programs on children's participation in Head Start
Chang, Young Eun, February 2007
Economics of Education Review, 26(1), 17-32
An analysis of the effects of 10 welfare and employment programs on the employment, income, and use of Head Start by single mothers of children aged 3-5, using data from the New Hope, New Chance, National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies, and Minnesota Family Investment Program
studies
Reports & Papers
Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers
Chalfie, Deborah, 2007
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.
An examination of statewide efforts to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions
Reports & Papers
Higher ground: New Hope for the working poor and their children
Duncan, Greg, 2007
New York: Russell Sage Foundation
An evaluation of the short- and long-term effects of the New Hope program on the outcomes of the low-income participants and their children
Reports & Papers
High school outcomes for students in a public Montessori program
Dohrmann, Kathryn Rindskopf, Winter 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22(2), 205-217
A comparison of the standardized test scores and grade point averages of groups of Milwaukee-area high school students with preschool through fifth grade educations in either Montessori or traditional schools
Reports & Papers
It's more than content: Expanding the conception of early learning standards
Brown, Christopher P., Spring 2007
Early Childhood Research and Education, 9(1).
An examination of Model Early Learning Standards (MELS) in Wisconsin, with suggestions for ways the early childhood community can respond to policy makers' calls for greater standardization within the field of Early Childhood Education, based on interviews with key stakeholders involved in the development of MELS
Reports & Papers
Mapping child care quality: Wisconsin's "Grow in Quality" project: Final report
Roach, Mary A., June 2007
Madison: Wisconsin, Department of Workforce Development.
An account of the development of a system for the rating of child care quality, and an exploration of the validity of this system in measuring quality improvement, based on an assessment of 68 licensed child care centers from four counties in Wisconsin who received ten hours of technical assistance on quality improvement
Reports & Papers
Observed classroom quality profiles in state-funded pre-kindergarten programs and associations with teacher, program, and classroom characteristics
LoCasale-Crouch, Jennifer, Q1 2007
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(1), 3-17
An examination of early childhood education classrooms to determine variations in classroom quality as well as differences in program characteristics in terms of teacher characteristics as well as differences in child/adult ratios, program length, and number of enrolled students
Reports & Papers
Oral health promotion, prevention, & treatment strategies for Head Start families: Early findings from the Oral Health Initiative evaluation: Vol. II. Site profiles
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, September 05, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Interim findings from a two-year implementation evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative, which provided grants to Head Start programs to design and implement oral health promotion strategies, based on 1) interviews with program directors, 2) a web-based record-keeping system for grantees, and 3) site visits. This volume is based on data from the first source
Reports & Papers
Parents and the high price of child care: 2007 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2007
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.
A study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies
Reports & Papers
Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes
Weber, Roberta B. (Bobbie), May 2007
Corvallis, OR: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership
Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data
Reports & Papers
Preschool predictors of the need for early remedial and special education services
Mann, Emily A., January 2007
Elementary School Journal, 107(3), 273-285
An examination of child related predictors (sociodemographic factors, cognitive development, child behavior) in terms of their relation to teacher recommendations for early placement in special education classes
Reports & Papers
Safe Haven program evaluation (1994-1995)
Madison (Wis.), February 04, 2007
(Rev. ed.). Madison: Wisconsin Center for Educational Research.
A study of the effects of an after school program on academic performance, conduct, conflict resolution strategies, and absences in a sample of 647 children in Madison, Wisconsin
Reports & Papers
Safe Haven program evaluation (1996-1997)
Madison (Wis.), October 27, 2007
Madison: Wisconsin Center for Educational Research.
A study of the effects of an after school program on academic performance, conduct, conflict resolution skills, and absences in a sample of 622 children in Madison, Wisconsin
Reports & Papers
School readiness: A multifaceted, developmental approach
Williams, Shannon, 2007
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Davis
A study of patterns of children's school readiness, the relationship of children's early child care experiences to their school readiness and success, the relationship of children's school readiness to their school success, and the role of family risk factors in children's school readiness, based on analysis of data for 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
The state of preschool 2007: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state-funded preschool programs for children ages three and four, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2006-2007 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
Reports & Papers
State survey analysis report
United States. Child Care Bureau, 07 February, 2007
Washington, DC: U.S. Child Care Bureau.
A study of states' policies and procedures used to identify, measure, and reduce improper payments in the administration of the Child Care and Development Fund
Reports & Papers
Unpacking standards in early childhood education
Brown, Christopher P., March 2007
Teachers College Record, 109(3), 635-668
An examination of Wisconsin early childhood stakeholders' reactions to the Bush Administrations Good Start Grow Smart initiative and their perceptions of needed policies to help reform early childhood education
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