Parent involvement and extended learning activities in school improvement plans in the Midwest Region
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
Reports & Papers
A type of parental involvement with an isomorphic effect on urban children's mathematics, reading, science, and social studies achievement at kindergarten entry
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)
Reports & Papers
Case study of the Mesed project
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
Reports & Papers
Great Parents, Great Start evaluation report: 2010-2011 program year
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
Reports & Papers
Strengthening families in Head Start: The impact of a parent education programme on the emotional well-being of Latino families
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
Reports & Papers
Fort Worth After School
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
Reports & Papers
Children's schooling and parents' investment in children: Evidence from the Head Start Impact Study
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
Reports & Papers
Enhancing home-school collaboration through children's expression
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
Reports & Papers
Family concerns and involvement during kindergarten transition
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
Reports & Papers
Family income, parent education, and perceived constraints as predictors of observed program quality and parent rated program quality
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
Reports & Papers
Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in K-12 and beyond: FY 2009-10 final evaluation report
An evaluation of the Nevada 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 third and fifth grade outcomes of participants and nonparticipants
Reports & Papers
Improving family engagement: The organizational context and its influence on partnering with parents in formal child care settings
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
Reports & Papers
To involve parents in the assessment of the child in parent-teacher conferences: A case study
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
Reports & Papers
Parental notions of school readiness: Have they changed and has preschool made a difference?
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
Reports & Papers
Gearing Up for Kindergarten: Project overview & year-end report for 2010-2011
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
Reports & Papers
Assessment of early childcare programs in Jordan
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
Reports & Papers
Family literacy in Europe: Using parental support initiatives to enhance early literacy development
An examination of research findings, policies, initiatives, and programs in Europe related to assisting parents of disadvantaged families to support their young children's literacy development, based on a literature review, case studies, and interviews with policymakers, stakeholders, and experts
Reports & Papers
Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership: 2010-2011 fourteenth annual report
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
Reports & Papers
The relation of maternal emotional and cognitive support during problem solving to pre-academic skills in preschoolers
A study of the relationships between pre-academic skills at age 4 and age 3 maternal emotional and cognitive support during a problem-solving task, the quality of the home learning environment, and child emotional responsiveness, based on data from 263 mother-child dyads from preschools and child care centers in a small Southeastern city
Reports & Papers
Evaluation of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program: Issue Brief 4: Findings from focus groups with participating parents
Findings from an evaluation of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examine the program's influence on parent empowerment and child care decisionmaking, based on 4 parent focus groups
Reports & Papers
Constructions of girls in preschool parent-teacher conferences
An exploration of discourses regarding the images of preschool girls and both their development and behavior in the dialogue exhibited at 28 parent-teacher conferences concerning 15 girls in preschool in Sweden
Reports & Papers
The Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program final report: Parent mentoring services and activities: Supporting families' engagement with early care and education
A study of the parent mentoring component of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examines providers and recipients of mentoring and characteristics of mentoring services, based on data collected by mentors during each visit
Reports & Papers
Building family partnerships: The journey from preservice preparation to classroom practice
A study of the effect of the Family and Community Relations course on the post-graduation family involvement practices of 60 early and elementary educators
Reports & Papers
How home gets to school: Parental control strategies predict children's school readiness
Two studies of the relationship between both family autonomy support and coercive control and children's school readiness, with an examination of children's social skills and mastery motivation as mediators, based on data from a preschool sample of 199 children in Head Start and a preschool to elementary transition sample of 344 children
Reports & Papers
Social disparities in children's vocabulary in early childhood: Does pre-school education help to close the gap?
A study of the relationships between language abilities, parental education level, and preschool attendance, based on data from 5,422 children 3- through 5-years-old and 4,936 of their parents participating in the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Reports & Papers
