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2004 child care needs assessment for the county of Los Angeles An assessment of the supply of and demand for child care services in Los Angeles County, California |
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Afterschool evaluation practices in California: Site-level perspectives An exploration of evaluation practices used by after school programs and a discussion of the evaluation needs of programs to improve service delivery, based on a survey of program coordinators of 271 after school programs funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program and the After School Education and Safety (ASES) initiative in California |
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The afterschool hours: A new focus for America's cities An overview of a project established by the National League of Cities' (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF) to assist local communities in improving and expanding their after school programming |
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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs |
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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs |
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Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments |
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Assessing school readiness in Santa Clara County: Results from the 2004 School Readiness Assessment Project A study of children's skills at kindergarten entry and family and early childhood education factors associated with those skills in Santa Clara County, California, based on parent and early childhood education teacher surveys and kindergarten teacher surveys and child assessments |
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CalWORKs and Alternative Payment child care programs error rate study report required by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004 (Senate Bill 1104, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) A study estimating the improper impayments due to administrative, parent, or provider error or fraud in California's four publicly-funded child care programs, with recommendations to reduce improper payments |
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CalWORKs, Stage 2 and 3 and Alternative Payment programs best practices for program integrity report required by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004 (SB #1104, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) A survey of California counties' definitions of child care fraud and indicators used to detect fraud in California's four publicly-funded child care programs |
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Case studies of First 5 School Readiness Initiative: Promising programs and practices: A focus on early literacy An inquiry into the ways in which school readiness (SR) initiative programs promote early literacy among children, based on case studies of First 5 School Readiness Initiative programs from 10 sites across California |
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Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure? An examination of ways children’s risk of school failure may be reduced by support from teachers, based on a national study of 910 children, ages 5-6, identified as at risk on the basis of demographic characteristics and their kindergarten teachers’ observations of behavioral, attention, academic, and/or social difficulties |
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County-level estimates of the effects of a universal preschool program in California Cost-benefit estimates for a universal preschool program in California |
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Cumulative parenting stress across the preschool period: Relations to maternal parenting and child behaviour at age 5 A study of cumulative parenting stress across two domains, life events, and parenting daily challenges, assessed with children 3-5 years old in a sample of 125 children and their mothers |
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Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods A study of the implications of custodial grandparent care by comparing the material hardship, mental health, and physical well-being of custodial grandmothers and biological mothers using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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A day in third grade: A large scale study of classroom quality and teacher and student behavior A study evaluating the quality of 780 third grade classrooms observed as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD) |
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Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children's cognitive and social development from birth through third grade A study of the relationship between duration and developmental timing of poverty and children’s development from birth to age 9, using comparisons of children from families who were never poor, poor only during their children’s infancy, poor only after their children's infancy, or chronically poor |
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Early child care and children's development in the primary grades: Follow-up results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A follow-up investigation into the effects of the quality, quantity, and type of child care on children’s development through primary school, using longitudinal data collected on child care settings and children's cognitive and social functioning |
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Early intervention practitioners' self-efficacy: A measure and its applications A study in which the Early Interventionist Self-Efficacy Scale (EISES), an instrument measuring early intervention practitioners' perceptions of self efficacy, was developed and tested |
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The economic impact of the child care industry in Riverside County A cost-benefit analysis of the child care industry in Riverside County, California |
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The economic impact of the child care industry in Ventura County An analysis of the economic impacts of the child care industry and a discussion of local child care policymaker dynamics in Ventura County, California |
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The economics of investing in universal preschool education in California A cost-benefit analysis of a one-year, high quality universal preschool program in the state of California |
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An empirical examination of toddler development in inclusive childcare A study assessing the cognitive, communication, and behavior skills of typically developing toddlers enrolled in an inclusive preschool program |
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Empirically-derived, person-oriented patterns of school readiness in typically-developing children: Description and prediction to first-grade achievement A study using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between young children's school readiness and variables including social skill, parent interactions, problem behavior, cognitive processes, and self regulation |
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Fathering attitudes and practices: Influences on children's development An investigation into the influence of fathers' parenting beliefs and level of modernity on their children's development, based on a sample of 525 biological fathers and stepfathers participating in the Early Head Start Research and Demonstration Project |
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Final draft: Kern County child care policy analysis and strategy study A study of current and projected child care supply shortages and surpluses in 12 community areas in Kern County, California |
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