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REFERENCES

Administration for Children and Families. Making a Difference in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Impacts of Early Head Start. Washington, DC: DHHS, June 2002.

Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start Programs Are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-Income Families. Washington, DC: DHHS, June 2001.

Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected First-Wave Early Head Start Programs. Volume III: Program Implementation. Washington, DC: DHHS, 2000a.

Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected First-Wave Early Head Start Programs. Executive Summary. Washington, DC: DHHS, 2000b.

Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected First-Wave Early Head Start Programs. Volume I: Cross-Site Perspectives. Washington, DC: DHHS, 1999a.

Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected First-Wave Early Head Start Programs. Volume II: Program Profiles. Washington, DC: DHHS, 1999b.

Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. Head Start Program Performance Measures: Second Progress Report. Washington, DC: DHHS, June 1998.

Birckmayer, Johanna D., and Carol H. Weiss. “Theory-Based Evaluation in Practice: What Do We Learn?” Evaluation Review, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000.

Blank, Helen, Andrea Behr, and Karen Schulman. State Developments in Child Care, Early Education, and School-Are Care 2000. Washington, DC: Children’s Defense Fund, March 2001.

Carnegie Corporation of New York. Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1994.

Connell, James P., and Anne C. Kubish. “Applying a Theory of Change Approach to the Evaluation of Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Progress, Prospects, and Problems.” In New Approaches to Evaluating Community Initiatives: Volume 2, Theory, Measurement, and Analysis, edited by Karen Fulbright-Anderson, Anne C. Kubish, and James P. Connell. Washington, DC: Aspen Institute, 1998.

Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes Study Team. Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers; Public Report. Denver: University of Colorado at Denver, January 1995.

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Harms, T., and R. Clifford. Family Day Care Rating Scale. New York: Teachers College Press, 1989.

Harms, T., D. Cryer, and R. Clifford. Infant-Toddler Environment Rating Scale. New York: Teachers College Press, 1990.

Kisker, Ellen Eliason, Sandra L. Hofferth, Deborah A. Phillips, and Elizabeth Farquhar. A Profile of Child Care Settings: Early Education and Care in 1990. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, 1991.

Layzer, Jean I., Barbara D. Goodson, and Marc Moss. Observational Study of Early Childhood Programs, Final Report Volume 1: Life in Preschool. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, 1993.

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Mitchell, Anne. Prekindergarten Programs in the States: Trends and Issues. Climax, NY: Early Childhood Policy Research, October 18, 2000.

Olds, David L., Charles R. Henderson, Jr., Harriet Kitzman, John Eckenrode, Robert Cole, and Robert Tatelbaum. “The Promise of Home Visitation: Results of Two Randomized Trials.” Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 26, no. 1, January 1998, pp. 5-21.

Phillips, Deborah A., and Carollee Howes. “Indicators of Quality in Child Care: Review of Research.” In Quality in Child Care: What Does Research Tell Us? edited by Deborah A. Phillips. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1987.

Raikes, H., K. Boller, W. van Kammen, J. Summers, A. Raikes, D. Laible, B. Wilcox, L. Ontai, and L. Christensen. “Father Involvement in Early Head Start Programs: A Practitioners Study.” Lincoln, NE, and Princeton, NJ: The Gallup Organization, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Mathematica Policy Research, August 2002.

Shonkoff, Jack and Deborah Phillips. From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early childhood Development. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.

St. Pierre, R.G., J.I. Layzer, B.D. Goodson, and L. Bernstein. National Impact Evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program: Final Report. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Inc., 1997.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. “Early Head Start Program Grant Availability: Notice.” Federal Register, vol. 60, no. 52, March 17, 1995, pp. 14,548-14,578.

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Weiss, Carol H. “Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory: Exploring Theory-Based Evaluation for Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families.” In New Approaches to Evaluating Community Initiatives: Concepts, Methods, and Contexts, edited by J.P. Connell, A.C. Kubisch, L.B. Schorr, and C.H. Weiss. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute, 1995.



 

 

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