PBS KIDS Mathematics Transmedia Suites in preschool homes: A report to the CPB-PBS Ready to Learn Initiative [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of three mathematics transmedia gaming suites, which are videos and computer games linked to established children's educational shows and characters, that examines preschool children's gains in mathematics skills and knowledge and parents' awareness and support of mathematics learning, based on pre- and post-intervention assessments and questionnaires from 46 intervention and 45 comparison children and their parents
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Virginia Department of Education: Evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of Virginia 21st Century Community Learning Centers during the 2010-2011 program year that: examines center characteristics, including parental education services and student participation; compares the gains in reading and mathematics achievement of participants and matched nonparticipants; explores associations between center characteristics and participants' reading and mathematics achievement; and identifies promising practices and challenges to meeting centers' objectives, based on program reporting data and state reading and mathematics assessment data
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Louisiana Department of Education after-school programs: Evaluation report school year 2010: Executive summary
A summary of a study of the characteristics of publicly-funded after school programs in Louisiana and their participants; of a comparison of improvements in the math, reading, school attendance, and behavior outcomes of participants and nonparticipants; and of an examination of variations in participant math, reading, school attendance, and behavior outcomes by after school program, all based on analyses of student, school, and after school program administrative data
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Priming the pipeline: Lessons from promising 4-H science programs [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the challenges faced and strategies used to implement practices in eight domains by programs participating in 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, based on interviews and site visits with 8 programs selected through a process to identify promising programs
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4-H Science evaluation: Year 3 implementation study [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, that examines local-level program implementation, including in the areas of program content and pedagogy, staff and volunteers, youth recruitment, professional development, partnerships and resource support, and evaluation, based on survey responses from 372 county-level 4-H agents
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Evaluation of the Indiana 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative: Cohorts Four & Five: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a process and outcomes evaluation of Indiana 21st Century Community Learning Centers during the 2011-2012 school year that examines program participants' attendance, demographic characteristics, classroom performance, changes in grades, and state achievement test performance, as well as site-level performance measures, based on administrative data, teacher surveys, and program reports
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Upgrading Illinois' workforce: The case for investing in high-quality early education [Executive summary]
A summary of a discussion of the role that spending on high-quality early care and education can play in addressing the Illinois workforce skills gap
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Study of early education in Texas: The relationship of pre-k attendance to 3rd grade test results [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the relationship of school-based prekindergarten attendance to third grade academic performance in Texas, based on test scores from more than 200,000 students enrolled in kindergarten in the 2000 school year who were also enrolled in third grade in either the 2003 or 2004 school years
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Report from Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Workgroup to the Early Learning Council [Executive summary]
A summary of findings and recommendations for Oregon from an examination of approaches to kindergarten readiness assessment, based on a review of instruments currently in use in Oregon, focus groups with teachers and school administrators, and focus groups and community forums with parents
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 21st CCLC Summer Learning Program (2011) evaluation report: Executive summary
A summary of an evaluation of four summer learning pilot programs in Massachusetts 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines student learning and academic outcomes, as well as parent and teacher program experiences, based on program observations, parent and teacher interviews, and child assessment data
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Formative evaluation of full-day Head Start prekindergarten program in Montgomery County Public Schools [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of full-day Head Start in Montgomery County, Maryland, that examines participant characteristics, the implementation of instructional, family, and health program components, and stakeholder experiences, based on interviews with school district staff, classroom observations, stakeholder surveys, and administrative data
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21st Center Community Learning Centers: Executive summary 2010-2011
A summary of an evaluation of Wisconsin 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines program activities and student attendance and academic performance, based on program reporting data
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Informing the performance-based contract between First 5 LA and LAUP: Child progress in the 2011-2012 program year: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of children's developmental progress from fall to spring in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) program, based on fall and spring assessments for a representative sample of 586 children
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Ready or not?: Assessing kindergarten readiness in Central Texas [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the school readiness of Central Texas kindergarteners in four competency domains and of the relationship of school readiness to children's sociodemographic characteristics and early childhood program experiences, based on teacher assessments for a representative sample of 853 children
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Project Early Kindergarten evaluation: Results of a longitudinal study of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative, 2005-06 through 2011-12 [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of Project Early Kindergarten (PEK), a high-quality prekindergarten program for at risk children in St. Paul, Minnesota, that examines classroom quality and kindergarten teacher perceptions of PEK and that compares longitudinal developmental and educational outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on teacher surveys, classroom observations, and child assessments
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Pre-k: Access to success in Arkansas [Executive summary]
A summary of an overview of the characteristics and availability of publicly-funded early care and education programs for vulnerable families in Arkansas
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Quality matters in early childhood education and care: Portugal 2012 [Executive summary]
A summary of a profile of policies in Portugal related to the design and implementation of curricula and standards in early childhood education and care, and a comparison of Portugal's policies to those of Australia and Scotland
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Early elementary performance and attendance in Baltimore city schools' pre-kindergarten and kindergarten [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of chronic absence among children in Baltimore prekindergarten and kindergarten programs and its association with children's early elementary school attendance and achievement, based on an analysis of administrative and child assessment data
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Child outcomes and classroom quality in FACES 2009 [Executive summary]
A summary of a profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments in fall 2009 and spring 2010, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula, activities, and quality, based on fall 2009 and spring 2010 data for a sample of 370 classrooms and 3,022 children in the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)
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In the running for successful outcomes: Exploring the evidence for thresholds of school readiness [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the relationship of children's school readiness skills to their subsequent developmental trajectories in elementary school, based on data from the longitudinal National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99
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Evaluation of the New Hampshire 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Findings from the 2011-12 school year [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers in New Hampshire that examines program enrollment and implementation, participant engagement and academic outcomes, and factors associated with engagement and academic outcomes, based on 2,351 student surveys, 23 program director surveys, 56 site director surveys, 42 principal surveys, enrollment and school performance data for 8,445 students, and teacher survey data for 4,689 students
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Third Grade Follow-Up to the Head Start Impact Study: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a longitudinal study through the end of third grade of the effects of Head Start participation on parenting practices and on children's cognitive development, socioemotional development, and health, based on data collected for 4,667 randomly-assigned Head Start applicants from a nationally representative sample of 84 Head Start grantees
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Review of early education and childcare qualifications: Interim report [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of qualifications for the early childhood workforce in the United Kingdom, with a focus on issues related to course content, tuition, quality, recruitment, retention, and progression
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Quality matters in early childhood education and care: Korea 2012 [Executive summary]
A summary of a profile of policies in South Korea related to the design and implementation of curricula and standards in early childhood education and care, and of a comparison of South Korean policies to those in Finland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom
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Quality matters in early childhood education and care: United Kingdom (England) 2012 [Executive summary]
A summary of a profile of policies in England related to family and community engagement in early childhood education and care, and of a comparison of English policies to those in New Zealand, the Nordic countries, and the United States
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