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The state of preschool 2011: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2011
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2010-2011 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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An integrated curriculum to improve mathematics, language, and literacy for Head Start children
Fantuzzo, John W., June, 2011
American Educational Research Journal, 48(3), 763-793

A report on the development and field trial of the Evidence-Based Program for Integrated Curricula (EPIC) for Head Start that focuses on comprehensive mathematics, language, and literacy skills, based on data from EPIC or the Developmental Learning Materials Early Childhood Express curriculums randomly assigned to 70 classrooms with 1,415 children

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Multidimensionality of teachers' graded responses for preschoolers' stylistic learning behavior: The Learning-to-Learn scales
McDermott, Paul, February, 2011
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 71(1), 148-169

A validity study that includes both exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the Learning-to-Learn scales, a longitudinal study of its sensitivity to growth, and a study of its predictive power against future deficits in cognitive achievement, based on a data from 1,980 Head Start attendees in 80 selected school districts of Philadelphia in the 2006-2007 academic year and 733 newly enrolled students from the same classes for 2007-2008 academic year

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Making summer count: How summer programs can boost children's learning
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, 2011
(MG-1120-WF). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A review of research on summer learning loss and summer program effectiveness and costs, and an examination of school district efforts to develop summer learning programs, based on case studies and key informant interviews

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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011
(OPRE Report 2011-29). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

An examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee

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Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, 2011
Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.

An examination and profiles of city-led efforts to build comprehensive out-of-school time systems, based on surveys and interviews with representatives from 27 cities

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