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Evaluation of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program: Issue Brief 4: Findings from focus groups with participating parents
Minnesota Early Learning Foundation, September, 2011
Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.

Findings from an evaluation of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examine the program's influence on parent empowerment and child care decisionmaking, based on 4 parent focus groups

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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's early childhood programs: Powerful vision and pesky details
Hebbeler, Kathleen, December, 2011
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 31(4), 199-207

A discussion of the implementation history of the early intervention and early childhood special education components of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), with a focus on current implementation issues in the areas of access to services, quality of services, cost and funding, and outcomes

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Measuring quality of ECE programs for children with disabilities
Spiker, Donna, 2011
In M. Zaslow, I. Martinez-Beck, K. Tout, & T. Halle (Eds.), Quality measurement in early childhood settings (pp. 229-256). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

A discussion of the assessment of program quality in general early childhood education (GECE) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) programs for children with disabilities

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Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program evaluation: Annual report: Year 3
Minnesota Early Learning Foundation, 15 April, 2011
Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.

An evaluation of the third year of the pilot of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examines enrollment, participation, and characteristics of children and families, children's developmental outcomes, early childhood education program supply and quality in pilot communities, and the costs and uses of the scholarship funds

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Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program evaluation: Annual report: Year 3 [Executive summary]
Minnesota Early Learning Foundation, 15 April, 2011
Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.

A summary of an evaluation of the third year of the pilot of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examines enrollment, participation, and characteristics of children and families, children's developmental outcomes, early childhood education program supply and quality in pilot communities, and the costs and uses of the scholarship funds

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Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program evaluation: Final evaluation report: 2008-2011
Gaylor, Erika, 31 December, 2011
Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.

An evaluation of the pilot of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examines characteristics of participating children, families, and programs, developmental outcomes of participating and nonparticipating children, early childhood education program supply and quality in pilot communities, and the costs and uses of the scholarship funds

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Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program evaluation: Final evaluation report: 2008-2011 [Executive summary]
Gaylor, Erika, 31 December, 2011
Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.

A summary of an evaluation of the pilot of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examines characteristics of participating children, families, and programs, developmental outcomes of participating and nonparticipating children, early childhood education program supply and quality in pilot communities, and the costs and uses of the scholarship funds

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