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Parent involvement and extended learning activities in school improvement plans in the Midwest Region
Kochanek, Julie Reed, April 2011
(Issues & Answers, REL 2011-No. 115). Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest.

An analysis of parent involvement and extended learning activities, including before and after school programming, in school improvement plans mandated by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

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A type of parental involvement with an isomorphic effect on urban children's mathematics, reading, science, and social studies achievement at kindergarten entry
Stylianides, Andreas J., May, 2011
Urban Education, 46(3), 408-425

A study of the relationship between parent-child interaction and the mathematics, general knowledge, and reading achievement of children, based on data from approximately 9,000 children from kindergarten year data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K)

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Case study of the Mesed project
Kavenagh, Mark, July, 2011
Budapest, Hungary: Roma Education Fund.

A case study conducted at one of five locations of Mesed, a two-generation program in Hungary to provide access to high-quality early education for disadvantaged Roma children and to improve Roma parenting practices, that examines participant characteristics, maternal education level and attitudes, and parental involvement in children's education

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Through their lens: An inquiry into non-parental education and care of infants and toddlers
Angus, John, March 2011
Wellington: New Zealand, Office of the Commissioner for Children.

An examination of the characteristics of child care and early education provision for infants and toddlers in New Zealand, including service use, quality, and impacts

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Great Parents, Great Start evaluation report: 2010-2011 program year
Sturdevant Reed, Celeste, September, 2011
East Lansing: Michigan State University, Community Evaluation and Research Collaborative.

An evaluation of Great Parents, Great Start, a Michigan program to promote parenting skills and family involvement in children's early education, that examines collaboration with other local early childhood services, program parent-child play group and home visiting services, blending of grantee funds, early childhood initiatives in other states, and approaches to evaluation of early childhood programs and systems

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Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in k-12 and beyond: FY 2010-11 evaluation report: Executive summary
Leitner, David, August, 2011
Carson City: Nevada, Office of Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, and School Improvement Programs.

A summary of an evaluation of Nevada's publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares longitudinal developmental and parental involvement outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on reports from program directors, program observations, child assessments, and teacher surveys

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Strengthening families in Head Start: The impact of a parent education programme on the emotional well-being of Latino families
Duch, Helena, 2011
Early Child Development and Care, 181(6), 733-748

A study of the impact of an add-on Head Start program that provides parents a variety of educational and vocational supports on maternal depression, children’s behavior, and social skills, based on data from 50 Latino mother or grandmother and child dyads

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Through their lens: An inquiry into non-parental education and care of infants and toddlers [Executive summary]
Angus, John, March 2011
Wellington: New Zealand, Office of the Commissioner for Children.

A summary of an examination of the characteristics of child care and early education provision for infants and toddlers in New Zealand, including service use, quality, and impacts

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Fort Worth After School
King, Terri, October, 2011
(Fort Worth Independent School District Accountability & Data Quality Research Briefs Vol. 1, No. 1). Fort Worth, TX: Fort Worth Independent School District.

A comparison of the educational involvement, attitudes, and perceptions of parents whose children do and do not participate in Fort Worth After School, a publicly-funded program in Fort Worth, Texas, based on survey responses from 16,051 parents

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Children's schooling and parents' investment in children: Evidence from the Head Start Impact Study
Gelber, Alexander M., December, 2011
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 17704). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study of the effect of children's enrollment in Head Start on parents' involvement with their children, based on an analysis of data from the Head Start Impact Study

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Enhancing home-school collaboration through children's expression
Yuen, Lai Ha Freda, March 2011
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 19(1), 147-158

An exploration of parent and teacher attitudes towards home-school collaboration in a school-based program for the encouragement of parental involvement, based on information for 60 families gathered through focus groups, parent-teacher meetings, and teacher interviews

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Family concerns and involvement during kindergarten transition
Wildenger, Leah K., August, 2011
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20(4), 387-396

An investigation of parent concerns with regards to kindergarten transition, items and activities that would have been helpful with the transition process, parent involvement in kindergarten preparation activities, and an analysis of transition activities by sociodemographic background, based on survey data from primary caregivers of 86 children in transition to kindergarten in the Northeast

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Welcoming families: A parent literacy project in a linguistically rich, high-poverty school
Barone, Diane, January 2011
Early Childhood Education Journal, 38(5), 377-384

An account of the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of a project designed to encourage shared book reading between a parent and a child from a project initiated by an elementary school described as a high in poverty and high in linguistic diversity

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Family income, parent education, and perceived constraints as predictors of observed program quality and parent rated program quality
Torquati, Julia C., Q4 2011
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26(4), 453-464

A study of the relationship between differences in observed program quality and parent perceived program quality among parents with various family income, parents' education, parents' perceived constraints in selecting child care, and type of selected child care, based on data from 1,313 parents by children in poor, low-income, and non-low-income families in 4 Midwestern state

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Family-provider relationships: A multidisciplinary review of high quality practices and associations with family, child, and provider outcomes
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October, 2011
(Issue Brief OPRE 2011-26a). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A review of research to identify high-quality practices in family-provider relationships and explore the relationship of these practices to child, family, and provider outcomes

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Improving family engagement: The organizational context and its influence on partnering with parents in formal child care settings
Douglass, Anne, Fall 2011
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 13(2)

A comparison of the quality of family engagement in early childhood education centers with either relational or conventional bureaucratic organizational structures, based on data collected from 4 centers involved in the Strengthening Families initiative

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Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2010-2011 [Executive summary]
Brotherson, Sean E., September, 2011
Fargo: North Dakota State University, Extension Service.

A summary of an evaluation of Gearing Up for Kindergarten, a preschool learning and parenting education program in North Dakota, that examines changes in parenting practices and children's readiness for school, based on pre- and post-program surveys from parents and teachers

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To involve parents in the assessment of the child in parent-teacher conferences: A case study
Markstrom, Ann-Marie, March 2011
Early Childhood Education Journal, 38(6), 465-474

A case study of the use of strength cards during parent-teacher conferences in a Swedish preschool, based on audio tapes and artifacts from two conferences

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Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership: 2010-2011 fourteenth annual report [Executive summary]
Taylor, Crystal, October, 2011
(No. T11-013). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

A summary of findings from an annual assessment of classroom quality, parent involvement, and child outcomes in early childhood programs in Rochester, New York, based on parent surveys and observations of children and their classrooms

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Investments in early learning in Michigan: A summary
Michigan's Children (Group), 17 March, 2011
Lansing, MI: Michigan's Children (Group).

An overview of funding trends for selected child care and early education programs in Michigan, including for child care subsidies, child care quality initiatives, state prekindergarten, and parenting education

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Investments in early childhood in Michigan: A summary of child care and early education programs and funding trends
Michigan's Children (Group), June, 2011
Lansing, MI: Michigan's Children (Group).

An overview of state and federal funding for early childhood education and care programs in Michigan, including for child care subsidies, child care quality initiatives, Head Start, Early Head Start, state prekindergarten, and parenting education

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Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2010-2011
Brotherson, Sean E., September, 2011
Fargo: North Dakota State University, Extension Service.

An evaluation of Gearing Up for Kindergarten, a preschool learning and parenting education program in North Dakota, that examines changes in parenting practices and children's readiness for school, based on pre- and post-program surveys from parents and teachers

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Parental notions of school readiness: Have they changed and has preschool made a difference?
Belfield, Clive R., 2011
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A study of changes in parent beliefs about school readiness skills, reports of their children's development, and activities to promote child development, and the relationship of these changes to children's enrollment in preschool, based on data from the nationally representative National Household Education Survey 1993 (NHES 1993) and NHES 2007

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Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership: 2010-2011 fourteenth annual report
Taylor, Crystal, October, 2011
(No. T11-013). Rochester, NY: Children's Institute.

Findings from an annual assessment of classroom quality, parent involvement, and child outcomes in early childhood programs in Rochester, New York, based on parent surveys and observations of children and their classrooms

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Assessment of early childcare programs in Jordan
Al-Omari, Aieman A., January 2011
Early Education and Development, 22(1), 128-150

A comparison of parental and caregiver perceptions of and satisfaction with infant and toddler care quality in Jordan, based on a survey of 45 child caregivers and 120 parents

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