Early childhood mathematics: Promoting good beginnings
A study on the value of mathematical education and recommendations for educators, instruction methods and curriculum by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
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What we know about girls, STEM, and afterschool programs: A summary
A summary of research on girls' participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in school and in STEM-oriented afterschool programs
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University-Community Links to higher learning: Program impact report
A study of the social and academic benefits to school aged children from interaction with university students working in after school programs
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Summer school: Unfulfilled promise
An identification of problems preventing summer school programs from fulfilling their potential
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Illinois early learning standards
State early learning standards
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Early childhood education and school readiness: Conceptual models, constructs, and measures: Workshop summary
A summary of a workshop on the use and development of instruments for measuring child development and learning from birth to age five and on the design of the Head Start national reporting system
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Summer school and summer learning 2002: Progress and challenges
An overview of the state of summer school programs in several states and school districts in the Southeastern United States
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Assessment: Profiling literacy with young indigenous children
A summary of results from a study examining the reliability and validity of a preschool profile tool designed to assess factors that influence early literacy development of young, Australian, indigenous children
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Cumberland County's Kindergartners & Schools
A study of children and schools in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to determine county-wide school readiness
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Public programs and services: Publicly-funded programs and services for low-income families and their benefits for children
A summary of research on early childhood education and intervention programs for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in the United States
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Good Start, Grow Smart: President Bush's plan to strengthen early learning
A description of the 2001 Good Start, Grow Smart initiative to improve curriculum quality, standards, staff training, and resources for early child education in the United States
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Avoiding the summer slide: The importance of summer school to student achievement: Hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on examining the importance of summer school to student achievement and well being, focusing in summer school cutbacks and implications of research policies and practices, June 21, 2002
A presentation to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on the benefits to school achievement of reinstatement of allotted funds for summer school
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Data needs in early childhood education and care
A paper on improving early childhood education and care data collection and developing national indicators of school readiness
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Early child development and the brain: The base for health, learning, and behavior throughout life
An overview of research on human development including early education, animal research, human biology, the relationship between verbal skills/literacy and SES and a presentation of findings from a case study of the implementation of parent skills training in Ontario, Canada
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Follow-on services: Programs that extend the benefits of early care and education services
A discussion of the necessity to create an early childhood initiative to develop a greater amount of interventions for young students in elementary to facilitate and build upon the healthy development experienced by them in early childhood programs, including health and other programs not regularly offered in schools
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Non-school hour services: Programs that promote academic and behavioral achievement
A summary of the need, participation, curriculum and behavioral and achievement outcomes for after and before school programs for children
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Early learning standards: Creating the conditions for success
A statement of recommendations for the development and implementation of early learning standards for children from birth to age five
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Prepared statement of Sharon F. Rhodes
A presentation to the United States Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions by Sharon F. Rhodes, Director of Program Development and Evaluation at the Parents as Teachers National Center, discussing parental involvement in children’s learning from the earliest years, and the Parents as Teachers program
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Academic achievement programs and youth development: A synthesis
A study evaluating the impact of after-school, community-based academic oriented youth programs as it relates to improving child development and educational outcomes
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Effective early childhood programs: The U.S. Head Start experience
Descriptions of Head Start's initiatives of program performance measures with a focus on the Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), including an overview of data collected to assess Head Start's outcomes and to refine the overall program
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Transitions into kindergarten: Practices that ease transitions between care and various stages of early education programs
An overview of research on transitional programs, services and practices for children progressing through different stages of early education
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After-school programs: An update of the need, the benefits, and public opinion
An examination of the need for, benefits of and public opinions about after school programs, including a presentation of findings from research reports on related education, social work, criminal justice, and public opinion issues
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Using technology to support learning in after-school programs
An exploration of ways to effectively use technology in after school programs to supplement children’s education and development, based on an assessment of after school computer technology programs in Boston, Massachusetts
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Early childhood interventions: Knowledge, practice, and policy
A review of the effectiveness of early childhood intervention programs and services
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Evaluation of 21st Century Community Learning Center programs: A guide for state education agencies
A brief on evaluation requirements for Twenty-first Century Community Learning Center programs with recommendations for meeting them
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