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Children Succeeding in School

A collection of brief research summaries from 2011-2012 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.


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Language Impairment in Children Perinatally Infected with HIV Compared with Children Exposed and Without Infection — Dec. 2011

Large City Schools Improve from 2003 to 2011, Says Nation's Report Card — Dec. 2011

More Schooling Might Raise IQ — Dec. 2011

State High School Tests: Changes in State Policies and the Impact of the College and Career Readiness Movement — Dec. 2011


Complete List for 2011 - 2012

Language Impairment in Children Perinatally Infected with HIV Compared with Children Exposed and Without Infection — Dec. 2011

Large City Schools Improve from 2003 to 2011, Says Nation's Report Card — Dec. 2011

More Schooling Might Raise IQ — Dec. 2011

State High School Tests: Changes in State Policies and the Impact of the College and Career Readiness Movement — Dec. 2011

Enrollment Decisions in a Child Development Accounts Program for Low-Income Families — Nov. 2011

Today's Promise, Tomorrow's Future: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Hispanics in Urban Schools — Nov. 2011

Children's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Other Family Violence — Oct. 2011

Do Youth in Out-of-Home Care Receive Recommended Mental Health and Educational Services Following Screening Evaluations? — Oct. 2011

Inequities in Educational and Psychological Outcomes Between LGBTQ and Straight Students in Middle and High School — Oct. 2011

The Long-Term Effects on Children and Adolescents of a Policy Providing Work Supports for Low-Income Parents — Fall 2011

Common Core State Standards: Progress and Challenges in School Districts' Implementation — Sep. 2011

The Effectiveness of a Technologically Facilitated Classroom-Based Early Reading Intervention — Sep. 2011

Examining the Relationship Between Literacy Coaching and Student Reading Gains in Grades K-3 — Sep. 2011

The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation, 2007 — Sep. 2011

Reducing the Impact of Children's Exposure to Violence: Results of the National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches — Sep. 2011

Stability and Change in Rural Youths' Educational Outcomes Through the Middle and High School Years — Sep. 2011

The Toll of the Great Recession: Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation — Sep. 2011

2011 Kids Count Data Book — Aug. 2011

Apgar Scores at 5 Minutes After Birth in Relation to School Performance at 16 Years of Age — Aug. 2011

Early Childhood Mathematics Intervention — Aug. 2011

Educational Interventions to Advance Children's Scientific Thinking — Aug. 2011

Effectiveness of Early Educational Intervention — Aug. 2011

Interventions Shown to Aid Executive Function Development in Children 4 to 12 Years Old — Aug. 2011

Late Talking and the Risk for Psychosocial Problems During Childhood and Adolescence — Aug. 2011

School Outcomes of Children With Special Health Care Needs — Aug. 2011

State Test Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 4: Is Achievement Improving and Are Gaps Narrowing for Title I Students? — Aug. 2011

Teachers' Language Practices and Academic Outcomes of Preschool Children — Aug. 2011

Types and Timing of Child Maltreatment and Early School Success: A Population-Based Investigation — Aug. 2011

Effects of Nonmaternal Care in the First 3 Years on Children's Academic Skills and Behavioral Functioning in Childhood and Early Adolescence: A Sibling Comparison Study — July/Aug. 2011

Trajectories of the Home Learning Environment Across the First 5 Years: Associations With Children's Vocabulary and Literacy Skills at Prekindergarten — July/Aug. 2011

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011 — July 2011

Early Care and Education Measures: A Critical Review of the Research Related to Dual Language Learners — July 2011

Social-Emotional Development of Dual Language Learners: A Critical Review of the Research — July 2011

The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement — Summer 2011

Making a Difference? The Effects of Teach For America in High School — Summer 2011

Achievement Gaps: How Hispanic and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress — June 2011

Early Childhood Development of Late-Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review — June 2011

High School Longitudinal Study of 2009: A First Look at Fall 2009 Ninth-Graders — June 2011

The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on an Urban Pediatric Population — June 2011

Summer Counts: Making Summer Programs Part of the Learning Equation — June 2011

Trends in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in U.S. Children, 1997-2008 — June 2011

Relation Between Language Experiences in Preschool Classrooms and Children's Kindergarten and Fourth-Grade Language and Reading Abilities — May/June 2011

The Condition of Education 2011 — May 2011

A Longitudinal Study of the Social and Academic Competence of Economically Disadvantaged Bilingual Preschool Children — May 2011

Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study — May 2011

Reading Levels of Rural and Urban Third Graders Lag Behind Their Suburban Peers — May 2011

Do Low-Income Students Have Equal Access to the Highest-Performing Teachers? — Apr. 2011

The Effects of Charter High Schools on Educational Attainment — Apr. 2011

Effects of Soldiers' Deployment on Children's Academic Performance and Behavioral Health — Apr. 2011

Incarceration and Prisoner Reentry in the United States — Apr. 2011

School-Based Strategies to Prevent Violence, Trauma, and Psychopathology: The Challenges of Going to Scale — Apr. 2011

State Test Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 3: Student Achievement at 8th Grade — Apr. 2011

Trauma in Early Childhood: Empirical Evidence and Clinical Implications — Apr. 2011

Early Care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families — Spring 2011

The Physical and Psychological Well-Being of Immigrant Children — Spring 2011

Getting a Job is Only Half the Battle: Maternal Job Loss and Child Classroom Behavior in Low-Income Families — Spring 2011

Education in Chronically Poor Rural Areas Lags Across Generations — Mar. 2011

Executive and Memory Function in Adolescents Born Very Preterm — Mar. 2011

Patterns of Comorbidity, Functioning, and Service Use for U.S. Children with ADHD, 2007 — Mar. 2011

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure is Associated with Conduct Disorder in Adolescence: Findings from a Birth Cohort — Mar. 2011

Trajectories of School Engagement During Adolescence: Implications for Grades, Depression, Delinquency, and Substance Use — Jan. 2011

An Experimental Study of the Effects of Monetary Incentives on Performance on the 12th-Grade NAEP Reading Assessment — 2011