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Access to programs
Ranck, Edna R., 2003
In D. Cryer & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Early childhood education and care in the USA (pp. 47-63). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

A review of longstanding problems involved with the supply and demand of early childhood education and care, which offers potential solutions to these problems

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Assessing program quality
Aytch, Lynette S., February 1999
(NCEDL Spotlights No. 7). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.

A discussion of the purposes, strengths and opportunities of the Early Intervention Services Assessment Scale (EISAS) for the comprehensive assessment of the quality of early intervention programs and services

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Caregiver training and classroom quality in child care centers
Burchinal, Margaret, 2002
Applied Developmental Science, 6(1), 2-11

A study of the association between classroom quality and both formal education and informal training of caregivers, based on data from 533 child care center classrooms in four states

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Comparisons of observed process quality in early child care and education programs in five countries
Tietze, Wolfgang, 1996
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(4), 447-475

A process quality analysis and comparison of child care facilities in Austria, Germany, Portugal, Spain and the United States

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Comparisons of observed process quality in German and American infant/toddler programs
Tietze, Wolfgang, 2004
International Journal of Early Years Education, 12(1), 43-62

A comparison of observed process quality in infant and toddler classrooms in a sample of 75 German children and 219 American children, using the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS) and the ITERS Parent Questionnaire (ITERSPQ)

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Continuity of caregiver for infants and toddlers in center-based child care: Report on a survey of center practices
Cryer, Debby, 2001
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(4), 497-514

A study of child care centers' reported practices regarding continuity of care and class transition for infants and toddlers

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Cost, quality and child outcomes in child care centers: Executive summary
Helburn, Suzanne W., April, 1995
Denver: University of Colorado at Denver, Department of Economics

A summary of findings from a study of the relationship between child care costs and quality and the concurrent effects of child care quality on children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, based on data from licensed community childcare sites in Los Angeles County in California, the Hartford corridor in Connecticut, the Frontal range in Colorado, and the Piedmont region in North Carolina

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Cost, quality, and child outcomes in child care centers: Public report
Helburn, Suzanne W., April, 1995
Denver: University of Colorado at Denver, Department of Economics

Findings from a study of the relationship between child care costs and quality and the concurrent effects of child care quality on children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, based on data from licensed community childcare sites in Los Angeles County in California, the Hartford corridor in Connecticut, the Frontal range in Colorado, and the Piedmont region in North Carolina

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Cost, quality and child outcomes in child care centers: Technical report
Helburn, Suzanne W., June, 1995
University of Colorado at Denver, Center for Research in Economic and Social Policy

An outline of the structure and design of the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, with descriptive comparisons of the centers from which data was drawn, and a presentation of analytic study results

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Current trends in European early child care and education
Tietze, Wolfgang, 1999
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 563(1), 175-193

An exploration of factors influencing the quality of early childhood education and care services in fifteen European countries

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Defining and assessing early childhood program quality
Cryer, Debby, 1999
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 563(1), 39-55

A discussion of child care process quality and instruments used to assess it

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Defining and assessing quality in early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families: Challenges and unresolved issues
Aytch, Lynette S., 1999
Early Education and Development, 10(1), 7-23

A discussion of the use of methods to determine program quality of intervention services for children with disabilities and their families

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Defining program quality
Cryer, Debby, 2003
In D. Cryer & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Early childhood and care in the USA (pp. 31-46). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

An examination of two different conceptions of quality within early childhood education and care (ECEC): process quality and structural quality

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Diversity, child care quality, and developmental outcomes
Burchinal, Margaret, 2003
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(4), 401-426

A study investigating the relationship between children's ethnicities and the validity of standardized child care quality measures, using data from the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes Study and the NICHD Study of Early Child Care

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Early childhood education and care in the USA
Cryer, Debby, 2003
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

A research-based investigation of key areas in early childhood care and education, including the definition of program quality, program content and curriculum, regulatory policy, financing issues, and staff training and compensation

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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Parent Questionnaire
Cryer, Debby, 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(1), 35-58

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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (Rev. ed.)
Harms, Thelma, 1998
New York: Teachers College Press

A revised version of the original ECERS, designed to assess the quality of environments in preschool, kindergarten, and child care programs for children ages 2.5 to 5 years

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Effects of transitions to new child care classes on infant/toddler distress and behavior
Cryer, Debby, 2005
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(1), 37-56

An examination of the emotional and behavioral effects of infants' and toddlers' transitions to new child care classrooms

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Evaluation and research
Moore, Kristin A., 2003
In D. Cryer & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Early childhood education and care in the USA (pp. 167-175). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

An overview of empirically tested indicators, concepts, and measures used to evaluate the quality of early childhood education and care programs in the United States

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Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (Rev. ed.)
Harms, Thelma, April 2007
New York: Teachers College Press [Primary source]

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From one class to another: How transitions may affect infants and toddlers
Cryer, Debby, 2005
(FPG Snapshot No. 25). Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

A study of the effects that transitions have on infants and toddlers examining stress reactions when caregiver continuity is not offered; the study included 19 child care centers in North Carolina and 46 classrooms in which direct observations of children’s social activity and their emotional behavior were assessed

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Infants and toddlers in out-of-home care
Cryer, Debby, 2000
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing

An examination of the characteristics, developmental appropriateness, and quality of out-of-home child care arrangements for children aged birth through 3 years old in the United States

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Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale
Harms, Thelma, 1990
New York: Teachers College Press

A scale for the assessment of center-based child care programs for infants and toddlers up to 30 months of age

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New book examines out-of-home care
Harms, Thelma, January 2001
(NCEDL Spotlights No. 30). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.

An overview of an examination of the characteristics, developmental appropriateness, and quality of out-of-home child care arrangements for children aged birth through 3 years old in the United States

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Parents as child care consumers
Cryer, Debby, 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(1), 35-58

A study of how parental quality ratings of aspects of child care are influenced by parental values, a selection from a larger study, Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers

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