National Profiles of classroom quality and family involvement: A multilevel examination of proximal influences on Head Start children's school readiness

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 627-639

  Bulotsky Shearer, Rebecca J ^a   Wen, Xiaoli ^b   Faria, Ann Marie ^c   Hahs Vaughn, Debbie L ^d   Korfmacher, Jon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e ERIKSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom quality; Developmental ecological model; Head Start; Latent profile analysis; Parent involvement; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869068536     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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