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Healthy Steps for Young Children Program National Evaluation, 1996-2001: [United States] The primary goal of the National Evaluation was to access whether the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program was successful in reorienting pediatric practice to emphasize child development issues, increasing parents' knowledge about early nurturing of infants and parents' involvement in their children's development, and in promoting parents' practices that improve the health, safety and health care utilization of their children. |
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Chicago Longitudinal Study, 1986-1989 The Chicago Longitudinal Study investigates the educational and social development of a same-age cohort of 1,539 low-income, minority children (93 percent African American) who grew up in high-poverty neighborhoods in central-city Chicago and attended government-funded kindergarten programs in the Chicago Public Schools in 1985-1986. Children were at risk of poor outcomes because they face social-environmental disadvantages including neighborhood poverty, family low-income status, and other economic and educational hardships. The CLS is guided by four major goals: 1. To document patterns of school performance and social competence throughout the school-age years, including their school achievement and attitudes, academic progress, and psychosocial development. 2. To evaluate the effects of the Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program on child and youth development. Children and families had the opportunity to participate in this unique Head Start type early childhood intervention from ages three to nine (preschool to third grade). 3. To identify and better understand the educational and psychosocial pathways through which the effects of early childhood experiences are manifested, and more generally, through which scholastic and behavioral development proceeds. 4. To investigate the contributions to children?s educational and social development of a variety of personal, family, school, and community factors, especially those that can be altered by program or policy interventions to prevent learning difficulties and promote positive outcomes. Studies addressing the first two goals have been reported extensively. Participation in the Child-Parent Center Program for different lengths of time, for example, has been found to be significantly associated with higher levels of school achievement into adolescence, with higher levels of consumer skills, with enhanced parent involvement in children?s education, and with lower rates of grade retention and special education, lower rates of early school dropout, and with lower rates of delinquent behavior (Reynolds, 1994, 1995, 2000; Reynolds and Temple, 1995, 1998; Temple, Reynolds, and Miedel, in press). Children?s patterns of school and social adjustment over time (Reynolds and Bezruczko, 1993; Reynolds and Gill, 1994; Reynolds, 2000) as well as several methodological contributions (Reynolds and Temple, 1995; Reynolds, 1998a, 1998b) also have been reported elsewhere. Examples of studies addressing goals three and four are reported in a special issue of the Journal of School Psychology (Reynolds, 1999). The Chicago Longitudinal Study is particularly appropriate for addressing these and other goals for two reasons. First, the CLS is one of the most extensive and comprehensive studies undertaken of a low-income, urban sample. Data were collected beginning during children?s preschool years and have continued on a yearly basis throughout the school-age years. Multiple sources of data have been utilized in this on-going study, including teacher surveys, child surveys and interviews, parent surveys and interviews, school administrative records, standardized tests, and classroom observations. Thus, the impact of a variety of individual, family, and school-related factors can be investigated. A second unique feature of the CLS is that although the project concerns child development, an emphasis is given to factors and experiences that are alterable by program or policy intervention both within and outside of schools. Besides information on early childhood intervention, information has been collected on classroom adjustment, parent involvement and parenting practices, grade retention and special education placement, school mobility, educational expectations of children, teachers, and parents, and on the school learning environment. |
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National Household Education Survey, 1991 A cross-sectional survey of data on educational activities in the United States containing questions about child care and early childhood program experience, kindergarten and primary school entry, retention in early grades, parental involvement in center-based child care and school, and the educational environment in the home. |
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National Household Education Survey, 1991: Revised Version A cross-sectional survey of data on educational activities in the United States containing questions about child care and early childhood program experience, kindergarten and primary school entry, retention in early grades, parental involvement in center-based child care and school, and the educational environment in the home. |
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New Americans: The Child Care Choices of Parents of English Language Learners Immigration to this country has increased significantly in recent years. While Mexican immigrants are the largest population of immigrants in the United States (39%), the rest of the population is widely varied, with no one nation accounting for more than 3% of all immigrants. Despite the significant benefits quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs offer to immigrant children, their rates of enrollment are significantly lower than for comparable children of U.S. born parents. In order to better address the needs of these new American families, providers and state policymakers need more in-depth knowledge about the perceptions of these families and the factors that influence their choice of care. This study is an in-depth, exploratory study in two cities which reflect the diversity of experience with immigration across the country: Denver, Colorado, where the focus is on Mexican immigrants and Portland, Maine, where the focus is on three of the many refugee populations which have newly settled here. The contrasts, not only in the immigrant populations themselves, but also in the political and historical contexts of the communities in which they live, will offer an opportunity to enrich the field of research on child care choices for this vulnerable population of children and families. The overarching research question for this study is: What factors influence the child care choices of low income immigrant and refugee families of English Language Learners? The mixed methods employed, and the diversity of data sources used, including parents, community leaders, service agency staff, and ECE providers, permits contrasting what immigrant parents express about their needs and preferences for care with providers' understanding and insights about those perceptions and needs. Surveys were administered to child care providers to assess their experiences and challenges with new American families, accomodations made for families, communication with families and level of parent involvement. A brief survey was also given to child care providers to assess training needs on immigrant and refugee issues in childcare and beliefs about English language acquisition. A survey was also administered to K-2 teachers to obtain their perceptions about the impact of attendance in early care and education programs on the school readiness of children from these populations. These findings are useful to those who design and implement ECE programs and policies affecting this population, and for those working directly with these families and children. |
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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) [United States] A nationally representative longitudinal study of early childhood development and educational experiences collecting data on child development and home and school environment. |
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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999, Third Grade [United States] A nationally representative longitudinal study of early childhood development and educational experiences collecting data on child development and home and school environment. |
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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, Fifth Grade [United States] The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K) focuses on children's early school experiences beginning with kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a nationally representative sample that collects information from children, their families, their teachers, and their schools. ECLS-K provides data about the effects of a wide range of family, school, community, and individual variables on children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, their early learning and early performance in school, as well as their home environment, home educational practices, school environment, classroom environment, classroom curriculum, and teacher qualifications. |
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): School and Day Care Screen, Wave 2, 1997-2000 The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. It was designed to advance the understanding of the developmental pathways of both positive and negative human social behaviors. In particular, the project examined the causes and pathways of juvenile delinquency, adult crime, substance abuse, and violence. At the same time, the project provided a detailed look at the environments in which these social behaviors took place by collecting substantial amounts of data about urban Chicago, including its people, institutions, and resources. |
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): School Screen, Wave 3, 2000-2002 The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and their primary caregivers over time to examine the changing circumstances of their lives, as well as the personal characteristics, that might lead them toward or away from a variety of antisocial behaviors. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to gauge various aspects of human development, including individual differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences. The School Screen obtained information regarding schools attended, involvement in day care and after-school programming, and enrollment in any special programming. |
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Japan 2000 National Survey on Family and Economic Conditions (NSFEC) The 2000 National Survey on Family and Economic Conditions (NSFEC) was collected by the Keio University Center of Excellence (COE) program. It is a national, two-stage stratified probability sample of Japanese men and women aged 20-49. The survey focused on aspects of early life course such as educational objectives and employment, as well as marriage, family life, child rearing, household management, and gender roles. Topics of particular interest to the child care and early education research community include parental education, access to early care, early education enrollment, child care arrangements, work schedule flexibility and the effect of work on family time, the effect of work on motherhood, unmarried motherhood, quality of life with and without children, and social pressure to have children. |
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Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Study, 1996-2010 The Early Head Start findings are based on a mixture of direct child assessments, observations of children's behavior by in-person interviewers, ratings of videotaped parent-child interactions in standardized ways, ratings of children's behaviors by their parents, and parents' self-reports of their own behaviors, attitudes, and circumstances. |
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National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study, 1991-1999 The National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study data contain information about the Transition Demonstration Programs and their impact on children, families, schools, and communities. Schools were randomly assigned to either a Transition Demonstration group or to a Comparison group with a total of 7,515 former Head Start children and families enrolling in the study during 1992/93 and 1993/94 school years. Thousands of other children and families, however, participated in the Transition Demonstration Program, since supports and educational enhancements were offered to all children and families in the classrooms. |
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Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), 1997 Cohort The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is an ongoing, national, longitudinal study of the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of Head Start children. It examines the characteristics, well-being, and accomplishments, of families, the observed quality of Head Start classrooms, and the characteristics and opinions of Head Start teachers and other program staff. |
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Child Care Licensing Study, 2011 [United States] The purpose of the 2011 Child Care Licensing Study is to report two aspects of child care licensing from 2008 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia (not including Idaho): (1) state child care licensing programs and policies and (2) child care center and family child care home licensing regulations. The study focuses on the processes and policies in each state related to staffing for the licensing program, monitoring facilities, and enforcement of licensing regulations. |
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Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), 2000 Cohort The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is an ongoing, national, longitudinal study of the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of Head Start children. It examines the characteristics, well-being, and accomplishments, of families, the observed quality of Head Start classrooms, and the characteristics and opinions of Head Start teachers and other program staff. |
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