A survey of the attitudes, perceptions, and practices of early care and education staff regarding parent involvement
An examination of early care and education teacher attitudes and practices towards parent involvement from a sample of 171 early care and education teachers from 31 enters involved in a quality improvement initiative
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Factors that promote or inhibit the involvement of African American parents in a community college early childhood education program
A study of the parental role constructions that influence the involvement of 12 African American parents in their children's educations both at home and at a child development center
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Assembly Bill 627: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: FY 2007-08 final evaluation report
An evaluation of the Nevada publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examined the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year and compared first and third grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants
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Examining elementary school practices in Santa Clara County: Results of the 2009 survey of elementary school principals: Data brief
A study of Santa Clara County, California, public school principals' relationships with local early care and education providers, school readiness measurement practices, and beliefs about parent involvement and teacher professional development, based on a survey of 102 elementary school principals
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Understanding the connections between home and child care: The nature and circumstances of parent-provider relationships in infant and toddler classrooms
A study of parents' and providers' views of their relationships with one another, the relationship between quality of parent provider relationships and characteristics of parents, providers, and children, and an examination of the relationship between interactions in the classroom and parents' and providers' views of their relationships, from questionnaires, observations, and interviews with 192 parents, 95 providers, and 5 directors from 14 infant and toddler child care centers in a large metropolitan area
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School readiness initiative: Program evaluation report: San Mateo County, California
An evaluation of the School Readiness Initiative, a program to promote children's readiness to succeed in the K-12 education system in San Mateo County, California, with a focus on their parent education, mental health, and kindergarten transition initiatives
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Low-income African American parents’ views about the value of play for their preschool age children in Head Start
A qualitative study of 12 low-income African American mothers' beliefs about the value of play and its relationship to language development, critical thinking, and social competencies of their children attending Head Start in central Florida
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Characteristics of effective collaboration among innovative early childhood intervention programs
A qualitative study of collaboration and communication processes between early childhood intervention programs and the families and the community, based on a survey and observations of two sites serving a low-income, high needs population
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Parents' views on preschool care and education in local community
A study of parents' interactions and involvement with kindergartens in Slovenia, based on a survey of 93 parents from 43 kindergartens
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Special education preschool: Perceptions of the parent participation and education component
A study of parent and provider perceptions of parent participation in the education component of Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) and a second study of relationships between growth in language development, motor skills, social skills, and parent participation in ECSE programs and services, based on interviews with 24 parents and early intervention professionals and an analysis of individual educational plans of 120 children
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Parents' perceptions about an early childhood program: Analysis of parents' focus group discussions
A qualitative study of developmental and academic concerns parents have at school entry for their children based on 10 focus group sessions conducted in a large northeastern school district
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Evaluating the efficacy of the Parents Activate Literacy Skills (PALS) program
A study of the effect of the PALS parent implemented emergent literacy intervention and a study of the effect of Supportive Parenting Training on both the reading readiness of preschoolers and parent-child relationships among preschoolers and their caregivers in a sample 24 parents and their children 3 through 5 years who attend preschool
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Tennessee’s pre-kindergarten program
An overview of the developments in policy and the appropriation of state monies for prekindergarten programs in Tennessee from 1998 through 2009
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Post-National Reading Panel literacy practices in a Head Start classroom
A case study of post-National Reading Panel literacy practices in one Head Start classroom, as well as events at school that promote home literacy practices, from interviews with the early childhood teacher and education coordinator, photographs, children's work, newsletters, and literacy information
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Integrated early childhood program participation, parenting, and child development outcomes: The Toronto First Duty project
A study of the predictors of participation in optional Toronto First Duty (TFD) early childhood programs, kindergarten program attendance, overall child development outcomes, and domain-specific child development based on data collected from 272 children and their parents at 5 TFD school sites offering integrated services
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An investigation of the effectiveness of a home-school intervention involving Direct Behavior Ratings to decrease disruptive behavior in preschoolers
An investigation of the influence of a home to school collaborative intervention of direct behavior ratings to decrease disruptive behavior in 4 preschoolers
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A review of research in early childhood transition: Child and family studies
Highlights of findings from published research studies on children's transition into kindergarten
Literature Review
An updated and annotated summary of evidence: A compendium to: With our best future in mind
A research review identifying evidence-based principles to aid in the design of a comprehensive plan for a full-day early learning system for four- and five-year-old children in Ontario
Literature Review
Parental perceptions of quality child care: An examination of Northwest Arkansas parents
A comparison of perceptions of child care center quality among approximately 60 parents who either enroll their children in centers that participate or that do not participate in Arkansas' quality approval system
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Transforming early learning: Educational equity for young Latinos
An overview of the sociodemographic characteristics of Latino families in Illinois and a discussion of issues related to improving early childhood education services for Latinos
Other
Novel word learning of preschoolers enrolled in Head Start regular and bilingual classrooms: Impact of adult vocabulary noneliciting questions during shared storybook reading
An examination of the effect of eliciting and noneliciting questions during shared storybook reading on children's expressive and receptive knowledge of target words and on two measures of vocabulary with 45 children enrolled in monolingual Head Start classrooms and an examination of the effect of eliciting and noneliciting questions during storybook reading and parental home language use on expressive and receptive Spanish and English vocabulary of 28 children enrolled in English-Spanish bilingual Head Start classrooms
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With our best future in mind: Implementing early learning in Ontario
A comprehensive plan to implement a full-day early learning system for four- and five-year-old children in Ontario
Other
Latino immigrant children and inequality in access to early schooling programs
An overview of select research on access to and participation in early education programs among the Mexican and larger Latino immigrant populations of the United States
Other
Perceptions of parents of preschool children with and without disabilities regarding inclusion
A comparison of differences of perceptions of inclusion and inclusive programs of parents of children with and without disabilities, an examination of differences by severity, type of disability, demographic characteristics among those parents whose children have a disability, and a study of differences in parental perceptions of inclusive placements within specific disability based on a survey of 238 parents or caregivers of children who attend any of seven Rise School inclusive early childhood programs in four states
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The effects of kindergarten entry age on reading achievement of second grade students
A longitudinal study of the relationships between children's reading scores and their kindergarten entry age, gender, and preschool participation based on data collected in kindergarten and in second grade from 115 students
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