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  • Impact Evaluation of BRAC’s Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Program

    Malnutrition is one of the most serious global health problems. Advancing the knowledge base about the effects of nutrition and early childhood development programs on nutrition outcomes is particularly important in Bangladesh. AIR is evaluating a large-scale nutrition program and a pilot program to combat malnutrition in the country. ...
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    Impact Evaluation of the Early Years Primary Program in Bangladesh

    Bangladesh has been recognized for its great success in improving educational and health outcomes during the past few decades. AIR is investigating the impacts of offering an additional year of preschool education in Bangladesh on child development outcomes (cognitive and social emotional), and will examine the benefits relative to the ...
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    Building Parental Capacity to Improve Child Development in Bangladesh

    Twenty-two percent of infants in Bangladesh have low birth weight, and 41% of children under age five have stunted growth; the majority of these children lack appropriate stimulation and early learning opportunities. This project evaluates the Save the Children Early Childhood Stimulation Program, which targets very poor, rural families with ...

  • Evaluation of the Early Childhood Readiness Demonstration Projects and School Readiness Certification System

    The Texas School Ready! (TSR!) Project consists of communities in which independent districts, Head Start agencies, and child care providers agree to collaborate as partners in providing high-quality instruction to 3- and 4-year-old, income-eligible, at-risk children to promote their readiness for school. AIR was one of three organizations that conducted ...

  • Evaluation of Early Childhood Programs for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

    The goal of this project is to assist NAEYC to revise and improve their existing tools and processes for accreditation of early childhood programs.

  • Improving Early Childhood in Zambia

    In resource-limited settings such as Southern Africa, malnutrition and infectious diseases need to be an integral part of thinking about early childhood interventions. AIR conducted a cluster-randomized trial to test the feasibility and preliminary impact of a package of community-based early childhood services in a rural area of Zambia. ...

  • Early Childhood and Youth Development Studies Programs

    The National Household Education Surveys Program within the National Center for Education Statistics assesses the nature and content of young Americans' educational experiences. A number of surveys administered over time cover all aspects of the learning process, such as school readiness and parental involvement. AIR provides expert support for ...

  • The Effects of Mainstreaming Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Under BRAC’s MNCH Programme

    01 Oct 2017
    To combat malnutrition, BRAC Bangladesh has implemented Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health programming focused on nutrition and early childhood development. This programming is designed to combat malnutrition in pregnant-lactating women and young children, as well as to implement multiple strategies to establish better practices for breastfeeding and child feeding, build ...

  • Long-Term Educational Outcomes of Children in the Positive Education Program’s Early Childhood Centers

    28 Sep 2005
    Slides from a presentation on September 28, 2005 to the Advisory Board for the Long Term Outcomes for Children Receiving Preschool Intervention for Behavioral and Developmental Concerns Project in Cleveland, OH.

  • Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS)

    The Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS) program offers the first nationally representative study of early childhood development and education in the United States. The ECLS program currently has three separate longitudinal studies fielded by the National Center for Education Statistics: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99; the ...