The transition into school occurs at the intersection of multiple environmental settings. This
study applied growth curve modeling to a sample of 1,364 American children, followed from …

Early home learning environments are the result of interactions between the developing
children and the opportunity structures provided by their families. Income is one of several …

A cluster analysis identified three different preschool models operating in a large, urban
school district. The social, motor, language, and adaptive development of 295 four-year-olds …

This study examined the frequency with which children were exposed to various parental
actions, materials, events, and conditions as part of their home environments, and how those …

This study investigates the influence of aspects of home and preschool environments upon
literacy and numeracy achievement at school entry and at the end of the 3rd year of school …

Abstract Data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of
Early Child Care and Youth Development (N= 1,307) were used to estimate the additive and …

This paper combines multiple sources of information on early childhood development in a
unified model for analysis of a wide range of early childhood policy interventions. We …

The extent to which early childhood programs produce long-term benefits in children's
cognitive development, socialization, and school success is a matter of some controversy …

This paper examines the effects of different child-care arrangements on children's cognitive
and social proficiencies at the start of kindergarten. Using data from the Early Childhood …

This chapter seeks to resolve at least some of the disagreements and provide a stronger
knowledge base for policy making through a critical review of research on the effects of early …