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4K teachers in community approach and comparison districts: 2005-06
Adams, Diane B., 2006
(Report E). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A survey-based study comparing characteristics (experience, salary, education, professional development, curricula) of Wisconsin four-year-old kindergarten (4K) teachers from districts that use a community approach to 4K to teachers from districts that offer 4K without a collaborative effort

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Alternative models for an early care and education system
Edie, David, 2004

A report analyzing early care and education (ECE) developments and policies and presenting models for a potential Wisconsin ECE system

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Alternative policy options for child care subsidy programs
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Options for Early Care and Education Report No. 1). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A description of Wisconsin's child care subsidy policies and an outline of the potential consequences of four options for funding-related policy change

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Demographic profile of 21 EEM minigrant communities
Adams, Diane B., 2006
(Report C). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A study comparing characteristics of the 13 Wisconsin school districts that implemented four-year-old kindergarten in the first year of the Early Education Matters (EEM) project with 21 Wisconsin school districts that received EEM mini-grants

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Evaluation of a state initiative to improve child care quality
Roach, Mary A., 2005
Early Education and Development, 16(1), 69-84

A quasi-experimental study compared the quality of child care in 28 centers participating in the Wisconsin Early Childhood Excellence Initiative to child care in Comparison centers

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Family child care
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Series on Alternative Policy Options Report No. 3). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A report on the policy and practice of family child care in Wisconsin and alternative policy options

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Family experiences and parent satisfaction with 4-year-old kindergarten in Wisconsin
Adams, Diane B., 2006
(Report A). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

An evaluation of parents' experiences and satisfaction with a public pre-kindergarten program for four-year-old children in Wisconsin

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Final report: Year 1: Charting progress in 4-year-old kindergarten (4K) in Wisconsin: Focus on the ''community approach'': 2003-04 and 2004-05
Adams, Diane B., 2005
Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A survey-based longitudinal study of Wisconsin school districts that offer four-year-old kindergarten (4K), looking at enrollment rates for all districts and baseline characteristics of 13 school districts that offer 4K using a community approach (collaborating with child care or Head Start)

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From research to policy: In search of an affordable statewide system for rating child care quality
Riley, Dave A., 2005
Early Education and Development, 16(4), 493-504

An analysis of rationales for promoting statewide child care quality rating systems identifying quality measures used in states’ rating systems, and a description of a research-based plan for a quality rating system in Wisconsin

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Impact of a statewide collaborative on strengthening families through early care and education
Roach, Mary A., September 2009
Early Education and Development, 20(5), 865-879

An exploration of the perceptions of early childhood programs on their participation in the the Strengthening Families through Early Care and Education statewide initiative and their role in the improvement of families' and children's outcomes through the provision of early childhood services, with a comparison of results between Head Start programs, mainstream programs, and programs accredited through the National Association for the Education of Young Children, based on self-assessments of 186 early childhood programs across Wisconsin

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Improving child care quality
Edie, David, 2003
(Public Policy Series on Alternative Policy Options Report No. 2). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A study of improving child care quality policy and initiatives in Wisconsin

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Losing ground or keeping up?: A report on the Wisconsin early care and education workforce, 2001
Adams, Diane B., 2001
Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A study on the education, wages, experience and staff turnover of child care providers in Wisconsin, including demographic characteristics and changes over time

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Mapping child care quality: Wisconsin's "Grow in Quality" project: Final report
Roach, Mary A., June 2007
Madison: Wisconsin, Department of Workforce Development.

An account of the development of a system for the rating of child care quality, and an exploration of the validity of this system in measuring quality improvement, based on an assessment of 68 licensed child care centers from four counties in Wisconsin who received ten hours of technical assistance on quality improvement

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Report on baseline communities: Structure of collaborations and contractual relationships
Adams, Diane B., 2006
(Report B). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

An examination of characteristics of Wisconsin school districts that have a ''community approach'' to 4-year-old kindergarten (i.e, collaboration between the district's schools and child care or Head Start), including contractual agreements, type and frequency of collaboration activities, and provision of transportation for the children

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T.E.A.C.H. early childhood Wisconsin evaluation report: August 1999-June 2003
Adams, Diane B., 2003

The evaluation of a scholarship program designed to improve the educational qualifications, wages and retention rates of child care workers in Wisconsin

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Trends over time: Wisconsin's child care workforce
Adams, Diane B., 2003

A report summarizing the data on the education, compensation and turnover of the child care workforce in Wisconsin between 1980 and 2001

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Update on community approach districts: 2005-06
Adams, Diane B., 2006
(Report D). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A survey-based study of Wisconsin elementary districts to create baseline data on districts with a ''community approach'' to four-year-old kindergarten (collaboration with child care or Head Start) and to compare the community approach districts to districts that offer four-year-old kindergarten without a collaborative arrangement

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