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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Childminders
Kinnaird, Robert, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW009). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of the characteristics of family child care providers in the United Kingdom, including administrative and business practices, average number of children served, income, qualifications, and training, based on provider surveys

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Children's centres
Charlton, Angela, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW010). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of Sure Start children's centers, which provide integrated child development services including child care, in the United Kingdom, including centers' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of center managers

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Full day care providers
Kinnaird, Robert, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW011). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of organizations providing full-day child care services in the United Kingdom, including organizations' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of managers of provider organizations

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Nursery schools
Deakin, Gemma, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW012). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of preschools in the United Kingdom, including characteristics of children served and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of preschool principals

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Out of school providers
Kinnaird, Robert, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW013). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of organizations providing out-of-school time child care in the United Kingdom, including organizations' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of managers of provider organizations

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Overview report
Kinnaird, Robert, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RR009). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with transition classes for four- and five-year-old children but not preschool classes, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Primary schools with nursery and reception classes
Jones, Andrew, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW014). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of primary schools in the United Kingdom offering reception classes, education for four- and five-year-old children transitioning to primary school, and preschool classes, including characteristics of children served by these classes and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Primary schools with reception but no nursery classes
Kinnaird, Robert, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW015). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of primary schools in the United Kingdom offering reception classes, education for four- and five-year-old children transitioning to primary school, but not preschool classes, including characteristics of children in reception classes and reception class staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Sessional providers
Nicholson, Susan, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW016). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of organizations providing part-time child care in the United Kingdom, including organizations' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of managers of provider organizations

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2006 wage comparability study: North Dakota Head Start and Early Head Start
North Dakota State Data Center, March 2007
Fargo, ND: North Dakota State Data Center.

An investigation of the wages for teachers and staff working in Head Start or Early Head Start programs in North Dakota, and both an intra-industry comparison of wages by location and a comparison of these wages with those of workers in other industries

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The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Interim report
Frede, Ellen, June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

The interim results through kindergarten of a longitudinal study of the impact of participation in the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, based on classroom observations and direct child assessments

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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs
Ball, Jessica, April 2007
London, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.

A compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children

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Academic competence in preschool: Exploring the role of close relationships and anxiety
Wood, Jeffrey J., 2007
Early Education and Development, 18(2), 223-242

A discussion of preschool children’s psychosocial pathway to school readiness and the importance of primary caregiver attachment as it relates to children’s anxiety, peer relationships and academic success, based on parent and teacher interviews and evaluations of 31 preschool children

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Access to subsidized child care in Monroe County, NY
Pryor, Donald E., September 2007
Rochester, NY: Center for Governmental Research.

A study of trends in the availability of and access to subsidized child care in Monroe County, New York, based on analyses of demographic and adminstrative data, parent focus groups and interviews, and a literature review

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Access to supplemental education services in central region states
Barley, Zoe, July 2007
(REL 2007–No. 007). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.

An exploration of the access of students in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to supplemental education programs as required by the No Child Left Behind Act

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Acoustic analysis of lexical tone in Mandarin infant-directed speech
Liu, Huei-Mei, July 2007
Developmental Psychology, 43(4), 912-917

A comparison between the acoustics and inflection of language of Mandarin-Chinese mothers when speaking to their 10-12 month-old infants and when speaking to adults, based on vocal recordings of 16 mothers

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Action speaks louder than words: Young children differentially weight perceptual, social, and linguistic cues to learn verbs
Brandone, Amanda C., July 2007
Child Development, 78(4), 1322-1342

An exploration of the ways that children utilize perceptual, social, and linguistic cues in order to learn verbs, using data from three experiments conducted with 21- to 24-month-old children

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The afterschool hours: Examining the relationship between afterschool staff-based social capital and student's engagement in LA's BEST
Huang, Denise, January, 2007
(CSE Technical Report 712). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

A study of the association of strong staff-student relationships with students' academic engagement and future aspirations in LA's BEST, an after school program for urban elementary school children in Los Angeles County that aims to enhance children's intellectual, social, and emotional development, based on a survey of staff and participating students

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After-school program engagement: Links to child competence and program quality and content
Mahoney, Joseph L., March, 2007
Elementary School Journal, 107(4), 385-404

A two-year study of variability in after school program-level engagement, and its association with both the social and academic competence of participants, and the process quality and content of programs, based on data from 141 children in 9 after school programs in a disadvantaged city in the United States

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Air Force/NACCRRA Quality Family Child Care (QFCC) project: Final report
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, January, 2007
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

An evaluation of a joint Air Force-National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies initiative to increase the supply of high-quality family child care in civilian communities near Air Force bases by implementing the Air Force model of family child care among local providers

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An analysis of Utah’s K-3 Reading Improvement Program
Makkonen, Reino, June 2007
(Issues & Answers, REL 2007-No. 002). Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory West.

An analysis of the adherence to state legislation of school districts and charter schools receiving matching state funds through Utah’s Reading Improvement Program

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Analyzing the cognitive teaching styles of preservice and cooperating preschool teachers in Turkey
Kabadayi, Abdulkadir, April 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(3), 275-293

A descriptive investigation of the relationship between the cognitive styles and instructional preferences of Turkish preschool student-teachers and their practicing preschool teacher mentors

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Applying a response-to-intervention model for early literacy development in low-income children
Gettinger, Maribeth, Winter 2007
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 27(4), 198-213

A description of the design and implementation and a preliminary evaluation of the Exemplary Model of Early Reading Growth and Excellence (EMERGE) early literacy program in 15 preschool classrooms in low-income areas of Milwaukee

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Are there long-term effects of early child care?
Belsky, Jay, March/April 2007
Child Development, 78(2), 681-701

An analysis of the links between early child care and school-age children's development, socioemotional functioning, and academic performance, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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The art of democracy/democracy as art: Creative learning in afterschool comic book clubs
Bitz, Michael, Fall 2007
In J. Gallagher (Ed.), (Afterschool Matters Occasional Paper Series No. 7, pp. 1-20) New York: Robert Bowne Foundation.

An examination of the issues of identity, leadership, democracy, and culture arising in after school programs in which children create comic books, and a study of the creation, participation, and associated outcomes of 129 after school comic book clubs nationwide

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