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Farran, Dale C.; Meador, Deanna; Christopher, Caroline; Nesbitt, Kimberly T.; Bilbrey, Laura E. – Child Development, 2017
In 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, a metropolitan school system in the southern United States embarked on a unique mission to improve the quality of its public prekindergarten programs through a partnership with a group of developmental researchers in an iterative, data-based venture. Data on 407 children in Year 1 and 433 in Year 2 (who were enrolled in…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Bassok, Daphna; Fitzpatrick, Maria; Greenberg, Erica; Loeb, Susanna – Child Development, 2016
This study leverages nationally representative data (N ˜ 6,000) to examine the magnitude of quality differences between (a) formal and informal early childhood education and care providers; (b) Head Start, prekindergarten, and other center-based care; and (c) programs serving toddlers and those serving preschoolers. It then documents differences…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Development
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Reynolds, Arthur J.; Hayakawa, Momoko; Ou, Suh-Ruu; Mondi, Christina F.; Englund, Michelle M.; Candee, Allyson J.; Smerillo, Nicole E. – Child Development, 2017
We describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive preschool to third grade prevention program for the goals of sustaining services at a large scale. The Midwest Child-Parent Center (CPC) Expansion is a multilevel collaborative school reform model designed to improve school achievement and parental involvement from ages…
Descriptors: Scaling, Sustainability, Program Development, Program Implementation