A5046502371- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Education Systems and Policy
- Parental Involvement in Education
- School Choice and Performance
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Community Health and Development
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Education and Technology Integration
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Educational Methods and Media Use
- Smart Parking Systems Research
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
RAND Corporation
2003-2022
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Pierre
2021
California Department of Education
2020
Public Policy Institute of California
2011
University of Southern California
2005-2006
Lockheed Martin (Canada)
1995
This report examines evaluations of early childhood programs that meet criteria for scientific rigor and synthesizes their results to better understand program outcomes, costs, benefits. It focuses on serving children or parents from the prenatal period age 5. The reviewed use approaches alone in combination include care education, home visiting, parent government transfers.
Abstract Kindergarten policy varies widely both across and within states. Over the past decade, a number of states have instituted full‐day kindergarten requirement others are considering it as way to increase educational achievement. Many parents also support source child care. This paper uses Early Child Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten Class 1998–1999 evaluate efficacy this policy. In ordinary least squares, probit, county fixed effects, instrumental variables models, we find that there...
Community organizations can have difficulty implementing evidence-based prevention programs. More research is needed on implementation support interventions designed to help these implement programs with quality. Preparing Run Effective Programs (PREP) a randomized controlled trial testing Getting To Outcomes (GTO), 2-year intervention. It compares 15 Boys and Girls Club sites CHOICE (control group), five-session alcohol drug program, 14 similar supported by GTO (intervention group). PREP...
Abstract A significant and growing English learner (EL) population attends public schools in the United States. Evidence suggests they are at a disadvantage when entering school their achievement lags behind non‐EL students. Some educators have promoted full‐day kindergarten programs as especially helpful for EL We take advantage of large variation implementation Los Angeles Unified School District to examine impact on academic achievement, retention, language fluency using...
Evaluations of home visiting models have shown that they can reduce children's health care use in the first year life. Models exclusively nurses as visitors may cost more and be infeasible given nursing shortages some locations. The goal this study was to test whether a universal model employing nurse-parent educator team reduces life.This randomized controlled clinical trial an intensive program delivered homes primary caregivers their first-born children Santa Fe, New Mexico....
Abstract Many factors influence the health and well-being of children adults they will become. Yet there are significant gaps in how trajectories healthy development measured, potential for leading a life is evaluated, that information can guide upstream policies investments. The Gross Developmental Potential (GDP2) proposed as new capabilities-based framework assessing threats to thriving understanding progress achieving lifelong wellbeing. Moving beyond Domestic Product’s (GDP) focus on...
In this article, M. Rebecca Kilburn and Jill S. Cannon report on First Born, a targeted universal home visiting program operating in over half of New Mexico counties. Created small town response to lack support for pregnant women new parents, Born adapts features other programs, responding conditions common high-need, low-resource communities.
Kindergarten policy varies widely both across and within states. As high-stakes testing become more important, attention is being paid to the delivery of early education, states districts are considering moving full-day kindergarten increase educational attainment students. This paper uses Early Child Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort evaluate efficacy this policy. In ordinary least squares, probit, county-fixed effects, instrumental variable models, we find that there initial benefits...