2005 Maine Children's Congress - Bibliography

Compiled by Marilyn Russell, Consultant to the 2005 Maine Children’s Congress on

Community Approaches to Pre-Kindergarten. April 2005.

Bailey, Don. (May 2002). What Can Universal Pre-kindergarten Learn From Special Education?
Working Paper Series, 19pp.New York,NY: Foundation for Child Development. http://www.fcd-us.org/uploaddocs

Barnett, Steven W., Jason T Hustedt, Kenneth B Robin, and Karen L Shulman, (2004). The State of Preschool: 2004 State Preschool Yearbook, 228pp.New Brunswick,NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers, TheStateUniversity ofNew Jersey. http://nieer.org/yearbook.

Belfield, Clive R. (March 2005). The Fiscal Impact of Universal Pre-K: Case Study Analysis for Three States, 23pp.New York,NY: Committee for Economic Development. http://www.ced.org/docs

Belfield, Clive R. (February 2004). Early Childhood Education: How Important Are the Cost-Savings to the School System?, 35 pp.Albany,New York: Center for Early Care and Education
http://www.winningbeginningny.org/databank.

Bellm, Dan, Alice Burton, Marcy Whitebook, Linda Broatch, Marci P Young, Eds. (2002).
Inside the Pre-K Classroom: A Study of Staffing and Stability In State Funded Pre-kindergarten Programs, 106pp. Washington,DC: The Center for the Child Care Workforce. http://www.ccw.org/pubs

Boyd, Judi, W. Steven Barnett, Elena Bodrova, Deborah Long, Deanna Gomby, Kenneth B. Robin and Jason T. Hustedt. (Undated). Promoting Children’s Social and Emotional Development Through Preschool. 20pp.New Brunswick,NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers, TheStateUniversity of New Jersey.

Bruner,CharlesState Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network, Ed. (May 2004).
Beyond the Usual Suspects: Developing New Allies to Invest in School Readiness, 22pp. Des Moines,IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network. http://www.finebynine.org.

Bruner, Charles. (2003). A Stitch in Time: Calculating the Costs of School Unreadiness, 54pp.Washington, DC: The Finance Project. http://www.financeproject.org

Committee for Economic Development, Research and Policy Committee. (2002). Pre-school for All: Investing in a Productive and Just Society, 54pp. New York,NY: Committee for Economic Development. http://www.ced.org/docs

Ewen, Danielle, Jennifer Mezey, and Hannah Matthews. (March 2005). Missed Opportunities: The Possibilities and Challenges of Funding High-Quality Preschool through Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act, 24 pp. Washington,DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. www.clasp.org

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, The. (Summer 2002). Set for Success: Building a Strong Foundation for School Readiness Based on the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children: Executive Summary, The Kauffman Early Exchange, 1, 1, 16pp. North Kansas City, Missouri: Kauffman Foundation Fulfillment Center. http://www.emkf.org

Gilliam, Walter and Crista M. Marschesseault. (March 30, 2005). From Capitols to Classrooms, Policies to Practice: State Funded Prekindergarten at the Classroom Level: Part 1 - Who’s Teaching Our Youngest Students? Teacher Education and Training, Experience, Compensation and Benefits, and Assistant Teachers.New Haven,CT: YaleUniversityChildStudyCenter.

www.nieer.org/resources

Gilliam, Walter S. and Zigler, Edward F. (April 19 2004). State Efforts to Evaluate the Effects of Pre-kindergarten: 1977 to 2003, 49pp.New Haven,CT: YaleUniversityChildStudyCenter. http://nieer.org/resources/research.

Golin, Stacie and Mitchell, Anne. (2004). The Price of School Readiness: A Tool for Estimating the Cost of Universal Preschool in the States, 58pp. Washington,DC: The Institute for Women’s Policy Research. http://www.iwpr.org

Kagan, Sharon Lynn and Elizabeth Rigby. (2003). Improving the Readiness of Children for School: A Discussion Paper for the Policy Matters Project, Policy Matters: Setting and Measuring Benchmarks for State Policies, 79pp. Washington,DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy. http://www.cssp.org/uploadFiles

Jane. (Fall 2002). Children's Readiness for School: Toward a Strategic Policy Framework. News & Issues, 12, 3, 12 pp.New York,NY: NationalCenter for Children in Poverty. http://www.nccp.org/pub

Levin-Epstein, Jodie (Moderator). Pre-K and Parental Work: Emerging Lessons from the States: An Audio Conference in the 2005 CLASP Audio Conference Series, “The Family Squeeze”. Washington,DC Center for Law and Social Policy. http://www.clasp.org/audio/ac_transcript_022505.pdf

Lombardi, Joan, Julie Cohen, Helen Stebbins, and Erica Lurie-Hurvitz. (April 2004). Building Bridges from Pre-kindergarten to Infants and Toddlers: A Preliminary Look at Issues in Four States: A Discussion Paper, pp. http://www.zerotothree.org/policy/policybriefs

Mitchell, Anne. (January 25-26 2004). Education Links: How Do We Establish Universal Preschool in a Way That Builds The Early Care and Education System as a Whole?, 5pp.
Alliance for Early Childhood Finance. http://www.earlychildhoodfinance.org/handouts.

National Association of State Boards of Education. (2005). From Planning to Practice: State Efforts to Improve Early Childhood Education. Alexandria,VA. 44 pp. www.nasbe.org.

NationalCenter for Early Development and Learning. (Spring 2005.) NCEDL Pre-Kindergarten Study. Early Developments, Vol. 9, No. 1, 32pp.FrankPorterGrahamChildDevelopmentCenter,University ofNorth Carolina atChapel Hill. http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl

NationalCenter for Early Development and Learning. (January 01 2002). Transition to Kindergarten, Early Childhood Research and Policy Briefs , 6pp.FrankPorterGrahamChildDevelopmentCenter,University ofNorth Carolina atChapel Hill. http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl

National Governors Association. (2005). Building the Foundation for Bright Futures: Final Report of the NGA Task Force on School Readiness, 40pp. Washington,DC. http://www.nga.org/cda.

NationalGovernorsAssociationCenter for Best Practices. (2005). Building the Foundation for Bright Futures: A Governor’s Guide to School Readiness, 36pp.

National Institute for Child Health and Development. Early Childhood Education and School Readiness: Conceptual Models, Constructs, and Measures. Workshop Summary, presented by the USDHHS/ACF National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, June 17-18, 2002, Washington, DC, 50pp. http://www.nichd.nih.gov

National Institute for Early Education Research. (2003). The State ofPreschool: 2003 State Preschool Yearbook, 178pp. NJ: RutgersUniversity.

NationalPre-kindergartenCenter. (2004). Pre-kindergarten Policy Framework., 57pp.Chapel Hill,NC:FrankPorterGrahamChildDevelopmentCenter,University ofNorth Carolina atChapel Hill. http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npc/framework.

Ounce of Prevention Fund. (2003). Ready for School: The Case for Including Babies and Toddlers As We Expand Preschool Opportunities, 12 pp. Chicago,IL: Ounce of Prevention Fund. http://www.ounceofprevention.org/downloads/publications

Progressive Policy Institute Policy Report. (September, 2004). Open the Preschool Door, Close the Preparation Gap, 23pp. Washington,DC: Progressive Policy Institute. http://www.ppionline.org/documents/PreK.

Raden, Anthony and Lisa McCabe. (2004). Researching Universal Pre-kindergarten: Thoughts on Critical Questions and Research Domains from Policy Makers, Child Advocates and Researchers, 84pp.New York: Institute for Child and Family Policy, ColumbiaUniversity. http://fcd-us.org/uploadDocs.

Schumacher, Rachel, Danielle Ewen and Katherine Hart. (Revised February 2005). All Together Now: State Experiences in using Community-based Child Care to Provide Pre-Kindergarten, 60pp. Washington,DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. www.clasp.org

Segal, Ann and Charles Bruner. (2004). On the Path to School Readiness: Key Questions to Consider Before Establishing Universal Pre-Kindergarten, 16pp. Des Moines,IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network. http://www.finebynine.org

Shore, Rima, Elena Bodrova, and Deborah Leong. (March 2004). Child Outcome Standards in Pre-K Programs: What Are Standards; What Is Needed to Make Them Work? Pre-school Policy Matters, 12pp.New Brunswick,NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers, TheStateUniversity of New Jersey. http://nieer.org/resources/policybriefs

The Trust for Early Education. (2004). A Policy Primer: Quality Pre-Kindergarten. Washington,DC. http://www.trustforearlyed.org.

The Trust for Early Education. (2004). Quality Pre-Kindergarten for All: State Legislative Report. Washington,DC. http://www.trustforearlyed.org.

The Trust for Early Education. (April 14, 2004). The Trust for Early Education: State of the State (SOS) Analysis, 12 pp. Washington,DC: Trust for Early Education. http://www.trustforearlyed.org.

U.S. General Accounting Office. (September 2004). Pre-kindergarten: Four Selected States Expanded Access by Relying on Schools and Existing Providers of Early Education and Care to Provide Services, 42pp. Washington,DC: U.S. General Accounting Office. http://www.gao.gov/new.items.

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2005 Maine Children's Congress - Bibliography