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Teacher and classroom characteristics associated with teachers' ratings of prekindergartners' relationships and behaviors An investigation of the effects of teacher and classroom characteristics on their ratings of preschool socioemotional competence using data from the National Center for Early Development and Learning Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003 |
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Observations of teacher-child interactions in classrooms serving Latinos and dual language learners: Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in diverse settings A test of the validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for the prediction of academic outcomes and the measurement of social interactions in classrooms with varying compositions of English only and dual language learners, based on a secondary analysis of data collected in 721 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states |
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What is pre-kindergarten?: Characteristics of public pre-kindergarten programs A study of the demographics and staff and structural quality of publicly-funded prekindergarten programs across 6 states |
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Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten? An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements |
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Parental conceptions of school readiness: Relation to ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and children’s skills A study of the family demographic characteristics and child skills associated with parental conceptions of school readiness, based on interviews with 452 parents of 4-year-olds enrolled public prekindergarten programs |
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Mental health screening of preschool children: Validity and reliability of ABLE An assessment of a screening tool used to identify preschool children potentially suffering from attention, behavior, language, and emotional difficulties |
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Ethnic differences in social-emotional development in preschool: The impact of teacher child relationships and classroom quality A study of differences in teachers' perceptions of prekindergarten children's behavior problems by ethnic group and gender, and a second study of the relationship between both classroom and teacher quality and children's behavior problems, based on a secondary analysis of two multi-state prekindergarten studies |
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Spanish-speaking children's social and language development in pre-kindergarten classrooms A discussion of the Spanish and English language interactions that Spanish-speaking children experience in the pre-K classroom in relation to their social and cognitive outcomes, based on data from 345 Spanish-speaking students in pre-K programs |
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Threshold analysis of association between child care quality and child outcomes for low-income children in pre-kindergarten programs An examination of the relationship between child care quality and child academic and language skills outcomes of 1129 children from low income families enrolled in 671 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states from the National Center for Early Development and Learning’s (NCEDL) Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the NCEDL/National Institute for Early Education (NIEER) State-Wide Early Education Programs Study |
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Family-school connectedness and children's early social development An examination of the relationship between the qualities of family-school interactions and teacher ratings of child social abilities, and an examination of the moderating influences of family characteristics, based on data collected from 2966 children, their parents, their preschool teachers, and some of their kindergarten teachers |
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Pre-kindergarten in eleven states: NCEDL's Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP): Preliminary descriptive report An outline of key descriptive findings about the characteristics of prekindergarten children and their families, teachers and their classes, classroom quality, and academic assessments, from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the Study of State-Wide Early Education Programs (SWEEP) |
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Instruction in Spanish in pre-kindergarten classrooms and child outcomes for English language learners An examination of the relationship between the language, reading, and math skills of English language learners and both the proportion of instruction in Spanish and observed quality of teacher-child interactions, based on data from 357 Spanish-speaking 4-year-old children who attended state-funded pre-kindergarten programs in 11 states |
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Diversity and directions in state pre-kindergarten programs A survey of the diversity and standards of state-sponsored prekindergarten programs |
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Features of pre-kindergarten programs, classrooms, and teachers: Do they predict observed classroom quality and child-teacher interaction? An observational study of the extent to which features of programs, classrooms, and teachers contribute to quality and teacher–child interactions in a sample of 238 classrooms in 6 state-funded pre-kindergarten programs |
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Inside the pre-kindergarten door: Classroom climate and instructional time allocation in Tulsa's pre-K programs A study of the quality of Tulsa prekindergarten and Head Start classrooms and a comparison of the quality of classrooms in Tulsa with sample of classrooms from across 11 states, based on observations of 106 public prekindergarten and Head Start classrooms in Tulsa, Oklahoma and data collected from 241 prekindergarten and 25 Head Start classrooms from 11 states |
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Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence |
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Observed classroom quality profiles in state-funded pre-kindergarten programs and associations with teacher, program, and classroom characteristics An examination of early childhood education classrooms to determine variations in classroom quality as well as differences in program characteristics in terms of teacher characteristics as well as differences in child/adult ratios, program length, and number of enrolled students |
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Guide to datasets for research and policymaking in child care and early education An annotated bibliography of existing large-scale datasets that provide useful information to policymakers, researchers, and others in the field of child care and early education in the United States |
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The Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Findings from the prekindergarten year An observational study evaluating the reliability and validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), an instrument designed to evaluate prekindergarten classroom quality focusing on emotional and instructional classroom elements |
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Stability and change in early childhood classroom interactions during the first two hours of a day A study of the stability of quality and the relationships between instructional support, classroom organization, emotional support, and classroom management during the first two hours of a typical prekindergarten day, from a secondary analysis of data collected from observations of 693 classrooms |
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Building a science of classrooms: Application of the CLASS framework in over 4,000 U.S. early childhood and elementary classrooms An assessment of the extent to which the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Framework, a theoretical model of classroom practice, can be applied to a broad spectrum of early childhood and elementary settings, based on data from four large-scale national research projects conducted from 1998 to 2005 in over 4,000 preschool to fifth grade classrooms |
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Peer effects on children’s language achievement during pre-kindergarten An inquiry into the role of children’s peer interactions in the acquisition of language skills, based on a subsample of 1,812 children from 453 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states |
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Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs A comparison of classroom characteristics and preschooler achievement outcomes in universal and targeted pre-k programs based on a sample of over 400 children in over 800 classrooms |
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Measures of classroom quality in prekindergarten and children’s development of academic, language, and social skills A study of the relationships between common measures of quality in prekindergarten programs and children’s academic, language, and social outcomes |
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What we know about pre-kindergarten programs A summary of results from the National Center for Early Development and Learning's pre-kindergarten study, including program quality and student and teacher characteristics |
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Quality in kindergarten classrooms: Observational evidence for the need to increase children’s learning opportunities in early education classrooms An investigation of the quality and content of children’s learning experiences in kindergarten and how individual children experience classroom quality, based on data from 240 prekindergarten classroons and a subsample of 730 kindergarten classrooms attended by participants of a larger study |
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Inside the pre-kindergarten door: Classroom climate and instructional time allocation in Tulsa's pre-k programs A study of classroom climate and academic instruction in public prekindergarten programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a comparison of classroom climate and academic instruction in Tulsa prekindergarten classrooms to classroom processes in Head Start and other state prekindergarten classrooms, and an examination of classroom and teacher characteristics associated with variations in classroom climate and academic instruction |
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Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten A study of the relationship between child engagement in public prekindergarten classrooms and school readiness gains, based on data from 2,751 children from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP) |
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The relations of observed pre-k classroom quality profiles to children's achievement and social competence A study of the relationship between the growth in social and academic competence of children in the prekindergarten year and the level of emotional support measured in classroom teacher-child interactions, based on data collected about 2,028 prekindergarten children from several states |
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Teachers' perceptions of conflict with young students: Looking beyond problem behaviors A study of the correlations between levels of student-teacher conflict, child problem behavior, and child, teacher, and classroom characteristics, based on data collected from 2282 children, 597 teachers, and 597 classrooms in several states |
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Teachers' education, classroom quality, and young children's academic skills: Results from seven studies of preschool programs An examination of the connections between preschool teachers' academic degrees and major courses of study and classroom quality and children's academic skills during the year before entering kindergarten, based on data from multiple studies, including the Early Head Start (EHS) Follow-Up, Georgia Early Care Study (GECS), and Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2003) |
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