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EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES
& FULL REPORTS
Funders often times ask Child Trends staff to turn the results of their findings into executive summaries and/or reports. They are listed below by research area. |
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Child Poverty
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Child Welfare
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act: Implementation Issues and a Look Ahead at Additional Child Welfare Reforms
Rob Geen
January 2009
Child Trends
State Kinship Care Policies for Children That Come to the Attention of Child Welfare Agencies and and the Casey Kinship Foster Care Survey
Tiffany Allen; Kerry DeVooght; Rob Geen
December 2008
Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse & Neglect in SFY 2006
Kerry DeVooght; Tiffany Allen;
Rob Geen
December 2008
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Early Childhood Development
Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures (Second Edition)
Tamara Halle; Jessica Vick Whittaker; Rachel Anderson (Project Managers)
March 2010
This report was written to provide a consistent framework with which to review the existing measures of the quality of early care and education settings. The aim is to provide uniform information about quality measures. It is hoped that such information will be useful to researchers and practitioners, and help to inform the measurement of quality for policy-related purposes.
Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (Executive Summary)
Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry; Elizabeth Hair; Kate Perper;
Laura Wandner; Julia Wessel; Jessica Vick
June 2009
Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (Full Report)
Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry; Elizabeth Hair; Kate Perper;
Laura Wandner; Julia Wessel; and Jessica Vick
June 2009
Early Childhood Predictors of Early School Success: A Selected Review of the Literature
Susmita Pati; Kyleen Hashim; Brett Brown; Alex Fiks; Christopher B. Forrest
May 2009
Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures
Tamara Halle; Jessica Vick
November 2007
See also Early Childhood Measures Profile
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Education
World Family Map Project: Prototype Report
W. Bradford Wilcox; Laura Lippman; Camille Whitney
August 2009
The World Family Map Project (WFMP) will track international indicators of family structure, process, and values, and child well-being outcomes. Child Trends has partnered on this initiative with the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, and is forming additional partnerships with foundations, research organizations, and universities worldwide. This prototype report outlines what the WFMP will accomplish. It tracks three family indicators and explores how family structure is related to educational enrollment.
A Developmental Perspective on College & Workplace Readiness
Laura Lippman; Astrid Atienza; Andrew Rivers; Julie Keith
September 2008
Washington, DC: Child Trends
Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures
Tamara Halle; Jessica Vick
November 2007
See also Early Childhood Measures Profile
Child Health and Well-Being in Miami-Dade County: 2007 Baseline Survey Results
Laura Lippman; Lina Guzman; Sharon Vandivere; Astrid Atienza; Andrew Rivers
October 18, 2007
This report describes the results of a population-based survey administered from January through April 2007 by Child Trends and Florida International University’s Institute for Public Opinion Research for the Children’s Trust. Parents of children ages birth through 17 in Miami-Dade County were surveyed to provide a baseline of data on child health and well-being and to discern unmet needs for services in the Trust’s primary impact areas.
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Fatherhood & Parenting
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Health
Early Childhood Predictors of Early School Success: A Selected Review of the Literature
Susmita Pati; Kyleen Hashim; Brett Brown; Alex Fiks; Christopher B. Forrest
May 2009
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Indicators of Child Well-Being
What Gets Measured Gets Done: High Priority Opportunities to Improve Our Nation’s Capacity to Monitor Child and Youth Well-Being
Brett Brown; Kristin Anderson Moore
Child Trends
January 2009
A Guide to Resources for Creating, Locating, and Using Child and Youth Indicator Data
Brett Brown; Kyleen Hashim; Pilar Marin
Child Trends and KIDS COUNT
November 2008
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Marriage & the Family
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Positive Development
Parent and Family Religiosity During Adolescence: The Influence on Risky Behaviors during the Transition to Adulthood
Elizabeth C. Hair; Kristin A. Moore
October 2009
Few studies have examined the potential lasting effects of family religious activities and parental religious beliefs during adolescence on well-being into young adulthood.
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School Readiness
Early Childhood Predictors of Early School Success: A Selected Review of the Literature
Susmita Pati; Kyleen Hashim; Brett Brown; Alex Fiks; Christopher B. Forrest
May 2009
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Teen Sex/Pregnancy
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Youth Development
Results and Indicators for Children: An Analysis to Inform Discussions About Promise Neighborhoods
Kristin Anderson Moore; David Murphey; Carol Emig; Kathleen Hamilton; Alena Hadley; Katie Sidorowicz
November 2009
President Obama has proposed creation of up to 20 Promise Neighborhoods in communities experiencing poverty, crime, and low student achievement...
Effective and Promising Summer Learning Programs and Approaches for Economically-Disadvantaged Children and Youth
This White Paper summarizes findings from an extensive literature review that was conducted to identify the most promising models and approaches for meeting the needs of low-income children, youth, and families during the summer months. Special attention is paid to summer learning programs that serve diverse, urban low-income children and youth. Data on program participation suggest that children and youth who would stand to benefit the most from summer learning programs (i.e., children and youth who are economically disadvantaged, have low school engagement, and/or exhibit problem behavior) are the least likely to participate.
Mary Terzian; Kristin Anderson Moore; Kathleen Hamilton
June 17, 2009
The Role of Organizational Context and External Influences in the Implementation of Evidence-Based Programs: An Exploratory Study, Report IV
Allison Metz; Ashleigh Collins; Mary Burkhauser
August 2008
Washington, DC: Child Trends
The Role of Organizational Context and External Influences in the Implementation of Evidence-Based Programs: Report III
Allison Metz; Mary Burkhauser; Ashleigh Collins; Tawana Bandy
August 2008
Washington, DC: Child Trends
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