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5 years of learning: A report on the first five years of Santa Clara CARES 2002-2006
E3 Institute: Advancing Excellence in Early Education, 2007
San Jose, CA: E3 Institute: Advancing Excellence in Early Education.

A discussion of the implementation of the Santa Clara CARES (Comprehensive Approaches to Raising Educational Standards) program to provide incentives for early educators to seek educational and professional development opportunities

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Early childhood investment yields big payoff
Lynch, Robert G., 2005
San Francisco: WestEd.

An article presenting a cost benefit analysis of a high quality, government funded early childhood education program for at risk children; budget, economic, and crime effects are calculated through the year 2050

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Evaluating after-school programs: The program evaluator’s multiple challenges
Hipps, Jerome Allen,
Oakland, CA: WestEd.

A discussion of challenges encountered by evaluators of 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) after school programs

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Evaluation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program
McCarthy, Betsy, October, 2011
San Francisco: WestEd.

A study of the implementation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program, a transmedia curriculum for summer programs with a focus on math and literacy skills, and of the relationship of participation in the program to teaching outcomes and to children's math and literacy outcomes, based on surveys from and interviews with 152 6- to 8-year-old children and 16 teachers at 12 summer programs

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Evaluation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program: Executive summary
McCarthy, Betsy, October, 2011
San Francisco: WestEd.

A summary of a study of the implementation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program, a transmedia curriculum for summer programs with a focus on math and literacy skills, and of the relationship of participation in the program to teaching outcomes and to children's math and literacy outcomes, based on surveys from and interviews with 152 6- to 8-year-old children and 16 teachers at 12 summer programs

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Full-day kindergarten and student achievement: A literature review
Lash, Andrea, December 2008
San Francisco, CA: WestEd.

A review of 11 studies on the relationship between full-day kindergarten attendance and children's later academic outcomes

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Full-day kindergarten: Expanding learning opportunities
Villegas, Malia, 2005
San Francisco: WestEd.

A presentation of research on the relationship between child development and full-day kindergarten, and states’ different efforts to implement it more widely

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How best to achieve school success
WestEd, 2002
San Francisco: WestEd.

A summary of federally funded early literacy programs for high-poverty preschool-age children

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Linking Nevada's early literacy training with teaching and learning: Eight tracer cases of teacher effects
Chow, Stanley, 2004
San Francisco: WestEd

Eight case studies examining the linkages from staff development, to teacher use of instructional strategies, to the performance of K-3 students in early literacy skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension

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Understanding young readers: The role of early literacy assessment
Rabinowitz, Stanley, 2002
San Francisco: WestEd.

A brief on reading assessment, including the role of assessment and assessment instruments, in the early primary grades

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Urgency rises for quality care
WestEd, 2002
San Francisco: WestEd.

A summary of the impact of investing quality child care on the social and intellectual development of infants and toddlers

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