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Observations and ratings of preschool children's social behavior: Issues of representativeness and validity
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Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten? [Abridged]
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Child care structure, process, outcome: Direct and indirect effects of child care quality on young children's development
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Child care structure, process, outcome: Direct and indirect effects of child care quality on young children's development [Abridged]
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Effects of a family literacy program on low-literate children and their parents: Findings from an evaluation of the Even Start family literacy program
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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
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Social risk and protective child, parenting, and child care factors in early elementary school years
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Educational effectiveness of a Vygotskian approach to preschool education: A randomized trial
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Examination of Head Start children's social competence and social cognitions after participating in a universal violence prevention program
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Head Start children with a putative diagnosis of ADHD: A four-year follow-up of special education placement
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Special education placements among former Head Start children in kindergarten: A descriptive multi-site study
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The effects of targeted positive behavior support strategies on preschoolers externalizing behavior
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Effects of a Head Start to elementary school transition service program on children's behavioral and cognitive outcomes: Direct, mediated, and moderated pathways
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A curriculum-based approach for social-cognitive skills training: An intervention targeting aggression in Head Start preschoolers
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A longitudinal investigation of preschoolers' Head Start experience and subsequent school readiness
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Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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Empirically-derived, person-oriented patterns of school readiness in typically-developing children: Description and prediction to first-grade achievement
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Does amount of time spent in child care predict socioemotional adjustment during the transition to kindergarten?
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Contributions of protective and risk factors to literacy and socioemotional competency in former Head Start children attending kindergarten
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Social functioning in first grade: Associations with earlier home and child care predictors and with current classroom experiences
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Use of different measures to identify preschoolers at-risk for emotional or behavioral disorders: Impact on gender and ethnicity
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The transition to school: Adaptation in young children with and without intellectual disability
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Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program: Year 2 report: July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003
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Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four pre-kindergarten program year 6 report (July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007): Children's longitudinal outcomes and program quality over time (2003-2007)
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Effects of preschool curriculum programs on school readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative
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Academic and cognitive functioning in first grade: Associations with earlier home and child care predictors and with concurrent home and classroom experiences
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Contributions of children's temperament to teachers' judgments of social competence from kindergarten through sixth grade
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Associations of warmth and control of Filipina domestic helpers and mothers to Hong Kong kindergarten children?s social competence
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Access to the general education curriculum for preschoolers with disabilities: Children?s school success
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Teacher and parent expectations of preschoolers? behavior: Social skills necessary for success
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Identifying and supporting behaviours associated with co-operation, assertion and self-control in young children starting school
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From implementation to impact: An evaluation of the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness program
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Project Early Kindergarten-Early Reading First: Evaluation report on the second year of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
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Project Early Kindergarten evaluation: Results through 2009-10 of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
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Shared-reading versus oral storytelling: Associations with preschoolers' prosocial skills and problem behaviours
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Factors associated with South Korean early childhood educators' observed behavior support strategies
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A strategy to increase the social interactions of 3-year-old children with disabilities in an inclusive classroom
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Patterns of school readiness among Head Start children: Meaningful within-group variability during the transition to kindergarten
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New evidence on the validity of the Arnett Caregiver Interaction Scale: Results from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort
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The long-term effects on children and adolescents of a policy providing work supports for low-income parents
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Can preschool socioeconomic composition moderate relationships between family environment and Chinese children's early academic and social outcomes?
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Links between preschool children's social skills and observed pretend play in outdoor childcare environments
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Using bifactor models to measure teacher-child interaction quality in early childhood: Evidence from the Caregiver Interaction Scale
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Exploring teachers' depressive symptoms, interaction quality, and children's social-emotional development in Head Start
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Comparing public, private, and informal preschool programs in a national sample of low-income children
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Predicting growth trajectories in early academic learning: Evidence from growth curve modeling with Head Start children
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Classroom age composition and the school readiness of 3- and 4-year-olds in the Head Start program
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Peer interaction in rural preschool classrooms: Contributions of children's learning-related behaviors, language and literacy skills, and problem behaviors
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Early childhood mental health consultation: Results of a statewide random-controlled evaluation
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The effects of Head Start duration on the behavioral competence of socially disadvantaged children
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The effectiveness of two universal behavioral supports for children with externalizing behavior in Head Start classrooms
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Body mass index mediates the effects of low income on preschool children's executive control, with implications for behavior and academics
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Genetic moderation of early child-care effects on social functioning across childhood: A developmental analysis
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The effects of spatial density on the social interaction of preschool children with disabilities
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Communication skill building in young children with and without disabilities in a preschool classroom
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Alberta Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities: Longitudinal study pilot phase
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Conventional and piecewise growth modeling techniques: Applications and implications for investigating Head Start children's early literacy learning
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An assessment of the validity of the ECERS-R with implications for measures of child care quality and relations to child development
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A behavior-genetic study of the legacy of early caregiving experiences: Academic skills, social competence, and externalizing behavior in kindergarten
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Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Year 8 report (July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009): A look across time at children's outcomes and classroom quality from pre-k through kindergarten
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Project Early Kindergarten evaluation: Results through 2010-11 of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
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Project Early Kindergarten evaluation: Results of a longitudinal study of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative, 2005-06 through 2011-12
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BEST in CLASS: A classroom-based model for ameliorating problem behavior in early childhood settings
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Differential contributions of three parenting dimensions to preschool literacy and social skills in a middle-income sample
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Randomized, controlled trial of the LEAP model of early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorders
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In the running for successful outcomes: Exploring the evidence for thresholds of school readiness
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Does child-care quality mediate associations between type of care and development?
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Getting ready for kindergarten: Children's progress during Head Start: FACES 2009 report
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Identification of disabilities and service receipt among preschool children living in poverty
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Vocabulary learning in Head Start: Nature and extent of classroom instruction and its contributions to children's learning
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Identifying family and classroom practices associated with stability and change of social-emotional readiness for a national sample of low-income children
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Mathematics instruction in Head Start: Nature, extent, and contributions to children's learning
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Effects of a multifocused prevention program on preschool children's competencies and behavior problems
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The longitudinal effects of after-school program experiences, quantity, and regulatable features on children's social-emotional development
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Language performance of low-income African American and European American preschool children on the PPVT-III
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ECE quality indicators and child outcomes: Analyses of six large child care studies
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The relationship between increases in low-income mothers' education and children's early outcomes: Variation by developmental stage and domain
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Classroom age composition and preschoolers' school readiness: The implications of classroom quality and teacher qualifications
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Impact findings from the Head Start CARES demonstration: National evaluation of three approaches to improving preschoolers' social and emotional competence
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Examining the relationships between behavior policies and procedures, teachers' perceptions of efficacy and job satisfaction, and children's social skills and challenging behaviors in Head Start settings
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Income and the development of effortful control as predictors of teacher reports of preschool adjustment
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Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and children's functioning at school entry
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How home gets to school: Parental control strategies predict children's school readiness
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The three dimensions of the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale: CFA validation in a preschool sample
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Improving school readiness: A multi-systemic examination of early childhood education
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Understanding relational aggression during early childhood: An examination of the association with language and other social and cognitive skills
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Preschool and children's outcomes in elementary school: Have patterns changed nationwide between 1998 and 2010?
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Integrative Consensus: A systematic approach to integrating comprehensive assessment data for young children with behavior problems
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Marital status, home environments, and family strain: Complex effects on preschool children's school readiness skills
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Preschool and kindergarten teachers' beliefs about early school competencies: Misalignment matters for kindergarten adjustment
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National profiles of school readiness skills for Head Start children: An investigation of stability and change
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Student characteristics as predictors of teachers' implementation of a kindergarten readiness program
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The association between preschool children's social functioning and their emergent academic skills
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A quantitative study of Head Start children's strengths, families' perspectives, and teachers' ratings in the transition to kindergarten
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Preschool-age problem behavior and teacher-child conflict in school: Direct and moderation effects by preschool organization
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Quality rating and improvement systems: Secondary data analyses of psychometric properties of scale development
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Are all Head Start Classrooms created equal?: Variation in classroom quality within Head Start centers and implications for accountability systems
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Preschool teachers' transition practices and parents' perceptions as predictors of involvement and children's school readiness
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School readiness of children with language impairment: Predicting literacy skills from pre-literacy and social-behavioural dimensions
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Early physical health problems as developmental liabilities for school readiness: Associations with early learning contexts and family socioeconomic status
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Classroom language contexts as predictors of Latinx preschool dual language learners' school readiness
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Childcare experiences and early school outcomes: The mediating role of executive functions and emotionality
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Living with a grandparent and parent in early childhood: Associations with school readiness and differences by demographic characteristics
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Is full day better than half day?: A propensity score analysis of the association between Head Start program intensity and children's school performance in kindergarten
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Child and family outcomes during the Head Start year: FACES 2014-2015 data tables and study design
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An evaluation of graduates of a toddlerhood home visiting program at kindergarten age
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Early physical health conditions and school readiness skills in a prospective birth cohort of U.S. children
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Psychometric analyses of child outcome measures with American Indian and Alaska Native preschoolers: Initial evidence from AI/AN FACES 2015: Technical report
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Partnering to encourage transfer of learning: Providing professional development follow-up supports to Head Start teachers
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Do academic preschools yield stronger benefits?: Cognitive emphasis, dosage, and early learning
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Trajectories of parental involvement in home learning activities across the early years: Associations with socio-demographic characteristics and children's learning outcomes
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Associations between publicly funded preschool and low-income children's kindergarten readiness: The moderating role of child temperament
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Two-year versus one-year Head Start program impact: Addressing selection bias by comparing regression modeling with propensity score analysis
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An implementation science framework for conceptualizing and operationalizing fidelity in early childhood intervention studies
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Preparing the future workforce: Early care and education participation among children of immigrants
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Social and emotional learning services and child outcomes in third grade: Evidence from a cohort of Head Start participants
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Privileging the participant: The importance of sub-group analysis in social welfare evaluations
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Preschool and children's outcomes in elementary school: Have patterns changed nationwide between 1998 and 2010?
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Impacts of teacher-child managed whole-group language and literacy instruction on the depth of preschoolers' social interaction
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Proximal processes in the school readiness of Head Start children from immigrant families: Contributions of region of origin and the home learning environment
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Head Start children at third grade: Preliminary special education identification and placement of children with emotional, learning, and related disabilities
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Teacher decision factors that lead to preschool expulsion: Scale development and preliminary validation of the Preschool Expulsion Risk Measure
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Examining the benefits of participation in BOKS for K-3rd grade children in an urban school district
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Investigating the relation between kindergarten preparation and child socio-behavioral school outcomes
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Late talkers: A population-based study of risk factors and school readiness consequences
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A year in Head Start: Findings from FACES 2014 on children's progress toward school readiness during the 2014-2015 program year
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Exploring factors that support the kindergarten transition patterns of Latino boys
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Impacts of social-emotional curricula on three-year-olds: Exploratory findings from the Head Start CARES demonstration
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Caregiver responsiveness during preschool supports cooperation in kindergarten: Moderation by children's early compliance
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Effect of classroom language diversity on Head Start ELL and non-ELL children’s social-emotional development
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School-readiness profiles of children with language impairment: Linkages to home and classroom experiences
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Boosting school readiness: Should preschool teachers target skills or the whole child?
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Transitioning across systems: Head Start and elementary school coordination efforts to enhance low-income children's academic and social success in kindergarten
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Descriptive data on Head Start children and families from FACES 2014: Fall 2014 data tables and study design
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Teacher (mis)perceptions of preschoolers' academic skills: Predictors and associations with longitudinal outcomes
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Descriptive data on Region XI Head Start children and families: AI/AN FACES Fall 2015-Spring 2016 data tables and study design
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Using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised in high stakes contexts: Does evidence warrant the practice?
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Early childcare and family experiences predict development of prosocial behaviour in first grade
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The evaluation of a three-tier model of positive behavior interventions and supports for preschoolers in Head Start
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Latino children's academic and behavioral trajectories in early elementary school: Examining home language differences within preschool types
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Quality of childcare and school readiness of children in poverty: A South Korean study
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More than words: The relations between teacher-child interactions, classroom context, and Latino DLLs' school readiness
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Understanding Head Start children and families in spring 2020: FACES 2019 descriptive data tables and study design
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Exploring the associations of the Pre-K CLASS with children’s school readiness in FACES 2014: Associations for subgroups and thresholds of quality
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Family routines and practices that support the school readiness of young children living in poverty
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Supporting Spanish-English DLLs in Head Start: Peer language match, instructional language match, emotional support as predictors of approaches to learning and social skills
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Exploring variability in social and behavioral adjustment among children in Head Start experiencing homelessness
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Pre‐K attendance and social development: The moderating role of kindergarten classroom experiences
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Can early childhood education be compensatory? Examining the benefits of child care among children who experience neglect
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NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase I, 1991-1994 [United States]
NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase II, 1995-1999 [United States]
NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase III, 2000-2004 [United States]
NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase IV, 2005-2007 [United States]
Kentucky Professional Development Framework Impact on Quality and Child Outcomes, 2006-2007
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS)
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