Maryland Cooperative Agreement to Merge Data Files to Research the Effect of Subsidy Programs on School Readiness

Principal Investigator(s): Grafwallner, Rolf;
Date Issued: 2008
Description: A recent shift of the child care subsidy program to the Maryland State Department of Education in 2006 has allowed for increased collaboration among the child care licensing, subsidy, and credentialing offices and the State education system. The goal of this project is to examine associations between child care subsidy receipt and kindergarteners' school readiness. The three main components of this project include: (1) enhancing and analyzing administrative data; (2) contextualizing findings from administrative data through findings from focus groups; and (3) building a research consortium with the goal of refining early childhood education policy. Research questions include: (1) How do children who received a child care subsidy the year prior to kindergarten perform on assessments of school readiness upon kindergarten entry? How do these children compare with children from low-income families who did not receive a subsidy?; (2) How do parents and community-based child care providers define high quality care and school readiness? What challenges and supports do providers experience when preparing children for kindergarten?; and (3) What is the quality of providers who accept child care subsidies, and those who actually serve subsidized children throughout the state?
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Grantee(s)/ Contractor(s): Maryland. State Department of Education
Funder(s): United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Contact(s): Spears, John
Source: Maryland, State Department of Education
Topics: Research & Evaluation Methods > Research Methods > Data Collection

Child Care & Early Education Quality

Policies > Child Care & Early Education Policies > Subsidies
Start Date: 09/30/2008
End Date: 09/29/2011
Project Type: State Child Care Data and Research Capacity Projects
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