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Oscar A. Barbarin

Researcher at University of Maryland, College Park

Publications -  153
Citations -  12095

Oscar A. Barbarin is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Socioeconomic status & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 151 publications receiving 11226 citations. Previous affiliations of Oscar A. Barbarin include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & University of Michigan.

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Measures of classroom quality in prekindergarten and children's development of academic, language, and social skills.

TL;DR: Analysis of prekindergarten programs in 11 states suggests that policies, program development, and professional development efforts that improve teacher-child interactions can facilitate children's school readiness.
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Ready to learn? Children's pre-academic achievement in pre-Kindergarten programs

TL;DR: The authors examined children's growth in school-related learning and social skills over the pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) year in state-funded programs designed to prepare children for kindergarten.
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Features of Pre-Kindergarten Programs, Classrooms, and Teachers: Do They Predict Observed Classroom Quality and Child-Teacher Interactions?

TL;DR: The authors examined the extent to which program, classroom, and teacher attributes of the program ecology predict observed quality and teacher-child interactions in a sample of 238 classrooms representing 6 states' pre-kindergarten programs.
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Socioeconomic Differences in Reading Trajectories: The Contribution of Family, Neighborhood, and School Contexts.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort of 1998-1999 to examine the extent to which family, school, and neighborhood factors account for the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on children's early reading.
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Socioeconomic Differences in Reading Trajectories: The Contribution of Family, Neighborhood, and School Contexts

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort of 1998-1999, to examine the extent to which family, school, and neighborhood factors account for the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on children's early reading.