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21st Century Community Learning Centers: A descriptive evaluation for 2011-2012
West Virginia. Department of Education. Office of Research, December, 2012
Charleston: West Virginia, Department of Education, Office of Research.

A summary of an evaluation of West Virginia 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines student participation, volunteers and partnerships, professional development and technical assistance, parent and community involvement, substance abuse prevention, and improvement and accountability processes, based on teacher surveys for 3,131 students, director surveys for 28 programs, and state educational administrative data

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Additional child care funding is essential to stop state cuts
National Women's Law Center, July, 2012
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

An overview of recent and proposed cuts to state child care assistance programs

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Affordable child care for families
Child Care Aware of America, March, 2012
Arlington, VA: Child Care Aware of America.

A summary of a state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, 4-year-old children, and school-age children in 2010, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies

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Afterschool: A key to successful parent engagement
Afterschool Alliance, October, 2012
(Afterschool Alert Issue Brief No. 57). Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A discussion of the role that after school programs can play in supporting parental engagement with their middle school-age children

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Approaches to assessing the language and literacy skills of young dual language learners: A review of the research
Aikens, Nikki, 2012
(Research Brief No. 10). Chapel Hill, NC: Center for Early Care and Education Research: Dual Language Learners.

A summary of a review of the procedures used to assess the language and literacy development of young dual language learners, based on 80 studies from Canada and the United States

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ASES and 21st CCLC policy brief: What have we learned from the California statewide evaluation
Huang, Denise, February, 2012
Sacramento: California, Department of Education.

A summary of findings from a four-year longitudinal evaluation of two publicly-funded California after school programs, After School Education and Safety (ASES) and 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), that examine program characteristics and implementation, local program partnerships, the relationship of program participation to student behavior and academic outcomes, and stakeholder satisfaction with the programs, based on analyses of four separate study samples that variously comprise longitudinal administrative data, program observations, student surveys and focus groups, and program staff surveys, interviews, and focus groups

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Assessment tools for language and literacy development of young dual language learners (DLLs)
Atkins-Burnett, Sally, 2012
(Research Brief No. 9). Chapel Hill, NC: Center for Early Care and Education Research: Dual Language Learners.

A summary of a review of the reliability and validity of measures used to assess the language and literacy development of young dual language learners, based on 7 large-scale government studies and 30 research studies from Canada and the United States

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Backgrounder: Developmental screening in childcare
Ounce of Prevention Fund (Chicago, Ill.), 28 March, 2012
Chicago: Ounce of Prevention Fund.

An overview of state approaches to the introduction and implementation of developmental screening in child care settings

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Ballot initiative -- Proposition 38 -- "Our Children, Our Future: Local Schools and Early Education Investment and Bond Reduction Act": Potential impact on early care and education in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Policy Roundtable for Child Care, 01 October, 2012
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County, Policy Roundtable for Child Care.

A discussion of a California ballot proposition for a bond to raise funds for local schools and early education, including its implications for early care and education funding across the state

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The benefit of after school programs
Healthy City, 22 June, 2012
Los Angeles: Healthy City.

Findings from research on the relationship of after school programs to educational performance, health and public safety, and economic and societal outcomes

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Building a system of safe medication administration in child care settings
Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, 24 August, 2012
(Issue Brief No. 15). Farmington, CT: Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut.

A discussion of medication administration practices in child care programs in Connecticut, and a summary of recent efforts in Connecticut to train child care staff on appropriate medication administration

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Child & Adult Care Food Program: Participation trends 2012
Food Research and Action Center, March, 2012
Washington, DC: Food Research and Action Center.

An overview of trends in child care provider participation in and individuals served by the Child and Adult Care Food Program

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