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Activity settings and daily routines in preschool classrooms: Diverse experiences in early learning settings for low-income children 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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Adding two school age children: Does it change quality in family child care? A study of family child care provider quality and caregiver sensitivity before and after enrolling two additional school-age children to these programs |
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Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten? An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements |
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Can the age of entry into child care and the quality of child care predict adjustment in kindergarten? A longitudinal study of the effects of quality and length of child care attendance on adjustment to kindergarten |
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Caregiver training and classroom quality in child care centers A study of the association between classroom quality and both formal education and informal training of caregivers, based on data from 533 child care center classrooms in four states |
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Child care program and teacher practices: Associations with quality and children's experiences An examination of associations between teacher and program practices and quality and observed child behaviors, based on a sample of 260 children from 22 child care programs designed to serve low income children and families of color in Los Angeles and rural North Carolina |
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Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence |
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The children of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study go to school The longitudinal follow up to the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, following children for five years to assess the impact of quality of child care experiences on later development. |
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Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten 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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Children's experiences in center-based child care as a function of teacher background and adult:child ratio An examination of child care quality in relation to adult: child ratio and teacher education, using the Cost, Quality and Outcome (CQO) and Florida Quality Improvement study datasets |
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Children's experiences in family child care and relative care as a function of family income and ethnicity A study of the role of family variables like ethnicity and income in the choice between family or relative child care arrangements, and the relationship between family variables and child care provider behavior and quality |
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Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs 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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The consistency of perceived teacher-child relationships between preschool and kindergarten A longitudinal study of consistency in teacher perceptions of the quality of children’s teacher-child relationships over a three-year period encompassing both preschool and kindergarten |
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Cost, quality, and child outcomes in child care centers: Public report Findings from a study of the relationship between child care costs and quality and the concurrent effects of child care quality on children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, based on data from licensed community childcare sites in Los Angeles County in California, the Hartford corridor in Connecticut, the Frontal range in Colorado, and the Piedmont region in North Carolina |
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The Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study A longitudinal study of the relationships between children's experiences in center-based care and school and their social, emotional and cognitive outcomes |
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Cost, quality and child outcomes in child care centers: Technical report An outline of the structure and design of the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, with descriptive comparisons of the centers from which data was drawn, and a presentation of analytic study results |
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Development of academic skills from preschool through second grade: Family and classroom predictors of developmental trajectories A study of the relationship between 511 children's acquisition of academic skills from preschool to second grade and their experiences with parents and teachers, based on data from the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study, spanning child care centers in four states |
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Diverse pathways in early childhood professional development: An exploration of early educators in public preschools, private preschools, and family child care homes An examination of patterns of education, training, and mentoring among early childhood educators, based on observations and questionnaire responses of 103 teachers in public and private preschool and family child care settings in Los Angeles, California |
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Does training make a difference to quality in family child care? An article on the characteristics of family child care providers who seek training and the effects of training on child care quality. |
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Ethnic differences in social-emotional development in preschool: The impact of teacher child relationships and classroom quality A study of differences in teachers' perceptions of prekindergarten children's behavior problems by ethnic group and gender, and a second study of the relationship between both classroom and teacher quality and children's behavior problems, based on a secondary analysis of two multi-state prekindergarten studies |
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Evaluating the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS): Assessing differences between the first and revised edition A review of the comparability and changes between the original 1980 version and the 1998 revision of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, a measure of global child care quality |
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Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Final evaluation report Findings from an eight-year process and outcome evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative, a comprehensive program to promote literacy among low-income families in Los Angeles County, that examines both program characteristics and quality and both child and parent school participation and literacy outcomes |
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Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Final phase I report Findings from the third and fourth years of the implementation and impact evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative, a comprehensive program to promote literacy among low-income families in Los Angeles County, that examined program characteristics and quality and child and parent outcomes |
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Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Year 5/6 report Findings from the fifth and sixth years of the implementation and impact evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative, a comprehensive program to promote literacy among low-income families in Los Angeles County, that examined program characteristics and quality and child and parent outcomes |
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Formal education, credential, or both: Early childhood program classroom practices A study of the relationship between classroom quality and the credentials and educational levels of teachers in a sample of 231 early education classrooms |
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