Child Behavior Rating Scale
Bronson, Martha B., 1990
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates
Instruments
Child Observation
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
Instruments
Defining and measuring quality in family child care
Goodson, Barbara D., 2001
Reports & Papers
Defining and measuring quality in home-based settings
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December 2010
(Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2011-10d). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A discussion of the characteristics of home-based early care and education program quality observational measures
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Developmental Practices Inventory
Goodson, Barbara D., 1990
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates [Primary source]
Instruments
The effectiveness of comprehensive case management interventions: Findings from the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program
St. Pierre, Robert G., 1997
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.
An evaluation of case management interventions, using as the case study the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP)
Reports & Papers
Effectiveness of a comprehensive, five-year family support program for low-income children and their families: Findings from the Comprehensive Child Development Program
Goodson, Barbara D., 2000
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(1), 5-39
A randomized experiment to evaluate the effects of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), a two-generation program that includes case management and home visiting on the cognitive and socioemotional development of children and the socioeconomic status of their families, from 21 CCDP projects that tracked 4,410 families for five years
Reports & Papers
Effectiveness of a program to accelerate vocabulary development in kindergarten (VOCAB): First grade follow-up impact report and exploratory analyses of kindergarten impacts
Goodson, Barbara D., December, 2011
(NCEE 2012-4009). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
An evaluation of the first grade impact of Kindergarten PAVEd for Success (K-PAVE), a kindergarten vocabulary intervention, on children's expressive vocabulary, academic knowledge, and passage comprehension, and an examination of differences in K-PAVE impact by subgroups, based on child assessment and classroom observation data collected from a sample of 65 randomly assigned schools, 130 kindergarten classrooms (2 per school), and 1,296 children
Reports & Papers
The effectiveness of a program to accelerate vocabulary development in kindergarten (VOCAB): Kindergarten final evaluation report
Goodson, Barbara D., November 2010
(NCEE 2010-4014). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
An evaluation of the impact of Kindergarten PAVEd for Success (K-PAVE), a kindergarten vocabulary intervention, on children's expressive vocabulary, academic knowledge, and listening comprehension, and on classroom instruction, based on child assessment and classroom observation data collected from a sample of 33 school districts, 65 randomly assigned schools, 130 kindergarten classrooms (2 per school), and 1,296 children
Reports & Papers
The effectiveness of a program to accelerate vocabulary development in kindergarten (VOCAB): Kindergarten final evaluation report [Executive summary]
Goodson, Barbara D., November 2010
(NCEE 2010-4014). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
A summary of an evaluation of the impact of Kindergarten PAVEd for Success (K-PAVE), a kindergarten vocabulary intervention, on children's expressive vocabulary, academic knowledge, and listening comprehension, and on classroom instruction, based on child assessment and classroom observation data collected from a sample of 33 school districts, 65 randomly assigned schools, 130 kindergarten classrooms (2 per school), and 1,296 children
Executive Summary
Environment Checklist
Goodson, Barbara D.,
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates
Instruments
Environment Checklist
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
Instruments
Environment Snapshot
Goodson, Barbara D.,
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates
Instruments
Environment Snapshot
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
Instruments
Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Findings from an experimental test of three language/literacy interventions in child care centers in Miami-Dade County: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 2009
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Findings from a two-year experimental study of the impacts of three different language and literacy interventions on teacher behavior, classroom environment, and children's language development and early literacy skills in classrooms of 4-year-olds at child care centers serving children from low-income families in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Reports & Papers
Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Findings from Project Upgrade in Miami-Dade County
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 2007
Washington, DC: U.S., Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Findings from an experimental study of the impacts of three different language and literacy interventions on teacher behavior, classroom environment, and children's language development and early literacy skills in classrooms of 4-year-olds at child care centers serving children from low-income families in Miami-Dade County
Reports & Papers
Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Massachusetts family child care study
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June 2010
(OPRE 2011-1). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
An implementation and impact evaluation of LearningGames, an intervention to promote children's development through language-rich interactions between caregivers and children, in family child care homes in Massachusetts, based on pre- and post-test observations of 173 experimental and 180 control providers
Reports & Papers
Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Massachusetts family child care study: Executive summary
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June 2010
(OPRE 2011-1). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A summary of an implementation and impact evaluation of LearningGames, an intervention to promote children's development through language-rich interactions between caregivers and children, in family child care homes in Massachusetts, based on pre- and post-test observations of 173 experimental and 180 control providers
Executive Summary
Family Child Care Home Observation: Information Sheet, Physical Description of Setting, Roster of Children Enrolled and Present
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
Instruments
Family Child Care Provider Interview
United States. Administration for Children and Families, August 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families.
Instruments
First year report for Early Get smART study: Implementation of Early Get smART in early childhood education programs
Goodson, Barbara D., October 31, 2007
Miami, FL: Children's Trust.
Findings from the first year of the implementation of Early Get smARTin Miami, Florida, an initiative to integrate the arts into early childhood education programs
Reports & Papers
Good intentions are not enough: A response to Gilliam, Ripple, Zigler, and Leiter
Goodson, Barbara D., 2000
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 15(1), 61-66
A response to Gilliam, Ripple, Zigler, and Leiter’s critique of the Comprehensive Child Development Program, where the evaluators restate the policy implications of the study, comment on the design of the intervention and the evaluation, and conclude with recommendations on
approaches to evaluation and research to help low-income families
Other
Identifying quality where it counts: New measures of the literacy and language instruction in early childhood education classrooms
Goodson, Barbara D., April 2005
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A description of the development of the Observation Measures of Instruction in Language and Literacy (OMLIT) instrument--a battery of measures for assessing the quality of instructional and environmental support for children’s language development and early literacy skills
Other
The impacts of welfare reform on children: The Indiana welfare reform evaluation
Indiana. Division of Family and Children, 2002
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.
An evaluation of the impacts of welfare reform on children in Indiana
Reports & Papers
The impacts of welfare reform on children: The Indiana welfare reform evaluation [Executive summary]
Indiana. Division of Family and Children, 2002
Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.
A summary of an evaluation of the impacts of welfare reform on children in Indiana
Executive Summary