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Espinosa, Linda (2002). “High-Quality Preschool: Why We Need It and What it Looks Like”; Preschool Policy Matters: Rutgers.
Frede and Barnett; “Why Pre-K is Critical to Closing the Achievement Gap”. (2011); NAESP
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Barnett, W. Steven (2006). “A Review of the Reason Foundation’s Report on Preschool and Kindergarten.” National Institute for Early Education Research.
Perry Preschool - Schweinhart, L. J. (2005). Lifetime Effects: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40. (Ypsilanti, Mich.: High/Scope Press, 2005).; & Belfield, C. R., Nores, M., Barrnett, S., & Schweinhart, L. (2006). The High/Scope Perry Preschool Program: Cost-Benefit Analysis Using Data from the Age-40 Follow-up. The Journal of Human Resources.
Frede and Barnett; “Why Pre-K is Critical to Closing the Achievement Gap” (2011); NAESP www.naesp.org/principal-mayjune-2011-early-childhood/why-pre-k-critical-closing-achievement-gap
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Hart, B. & Risley, T.R. “The Early Catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3” (2003, Spring). American Educator, pp.4-9.
Carlsson-Paige, Nancy; Bywater-McLaughlin, Geralyn & Wolfsheimer-Almon, Joan (2015) “Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose”. Defending the Early Years/Alliance for Childhood.
Sun Lee, Joon & Ginsburg, Herbert (2007) “What is Appropriate Mathematics Education for Four-Year Olds”; Journal of Early Childhood Research Vol 5 (1) 2-31.
Belfield, Clive & Winters, Dennis (2005) “An Economic Analysis of Four-Year-Old Kindergarten in Wisconsin: Return to the Educational System”. Pre-K Now-Research Series.
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Additional Research Articles Cited:
Shellenback, K. (2004). ChildCare and Parent Productivity: Making the Business Case. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Department of City and Regional Planning.
Chicago Child-Parent Centers - Reynolds, A. J. et al. (2001). Long-term Effects of an Early Childhood Intervention on Educational Achievement and Juvenile Arrest. JAMA, 285(18), 2339-2346.; Reynolds, A.J. et al. (2002).
Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers. Education Evaluation Policy Analysis, 24(4), 267-303.; Reynolds, A. J. et al. (2007).
Effects of a School-Based, Early Childhood Intervention on Adult Health and Well-Being. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 161(8), 730-739.; Reynolds, A. J., Temple, J. A., & Ou, S. (2007).
“Impacts and Implications of the Child-Parent Center Preschool Program”. Paper presented at the National Invitational Conference of the Early Childhood Research Collaborative on “Critical Issues in Cost-effectiveness in Children’s First Decade” December 7-8th, 2007.; Temple, J. A. & Reynolds, A. J. (2007).
“Benefits and costs of investments in preschool education: Evidence from the Child Parent Centers and related programs. Economics of Education Review, 26, 126-144.; Reynolds, A. J. et al. (2011).
Abecedarian Project - Campbell, F. A. & Ramey, C. T. (1991). The Carolina Abecedarian Project. http://investinginkids.net/2012/01/24/new-long-term-estimates-of-the-effects-of-the-abecedarianprogram/
Perry Preschool - Schweinhart, L. J. (2005). Lifetime Effects: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40. (Ypsilanti, Mich.: High/Scope Press, 2005).; & Belfield, C. R., Nores, M., Barrnett, S., & Schweinhart, L. (2006). The High/Scope Perry Preschool Program: Cost-Benefit Analysis Using Data from the Age-40 Follow-up. The Journal of Human Resources.
Hart, B & Risley, T.R. “The Early Catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3” (2003, spring). American Educator, pp. 4-9.
http://www.aft.org//sites/default/files/periodicals/TheEarlyCatastrophe.pdf
Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners
http://www.collaboratingpartners.com/4k-community-approaches-about.php
Department of Public Instruction 4K Resource Bibliography: http://ec.dpi.wi.gov/ec_ec4k-research
Department of Public Instruction: Survey regarding Positive Impact of 4K Community Approach on Wisconsin communities:
http://4kca.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/4kca/pdf/survey_results_benefits_4kca.pdf
