The Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives
Instruments
Child-Caregiver Observation System
Instruments
Design for a study of Los Angeles Universal Preschool's Quality Support Coaching model: Final report
A discussion of the design of a formative study of the Quality Support Coaching model for center-based and family child care providers in the universal prekindergarten program of Los Angeles County
Other
Design options for the assessment of Head Start quality enhancements: Final report. Volume I
A study of quality enhancement and assessment designs for Head Start programs
Other
FACES 2006 study design
Highlights of the 2006 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) study design
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Growing Up in Poverty Project
A longitudinal study of the effects of mothers moving from welfare-to-work on their economic well-being, home environment, child care quality and use, and their young children's early development
Major Research Projects
Implementation of the Head Start National Reporting System: Spring 2005 update: Executive summary
A summary of a study providing updated findings from the Head Start Quality Assurance Study, which examined Head Start staff fidelity to protocol in administering the National Reporting System Child Assessment, based on site visits to Head Start programs
Executive Summary
Language Interaction Snapshot
Instruments
Language Interaction Snapshot with End of Visit Ratings
Instruments
Los Angeles Universal Preschool programs, children served, and children’s progress in the preschool year: Final report of the First 5 LA Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study: Final report
An inquiry into the academic, developmental, and health related outcomes of the children enrolled in the universal prekindergarten program of Los Angeles County, California, based on direct assessments and interviews with parents and teachers
Reports & Papers
Measuring the quality of program environments in Head Start and other early childhood programs: A review and recommendations for future research
A report identifying the dimensions of children's early childhood program experience and instruments to measure them
Other
New lives for poor families?: Mothers and young children move through welfare reform: The Growing Up in Poverty Project: Wave 2 findings: California, Connecticut, and Florida: Executive summary
A summary of a study of 948 mothers and their preschool-age children who entered new welfare-to-work programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida
Executive Summary
New lives for poor families?: Mothers and young children move through welfare reform: The Growing Up in Poverty Project: Wave 2 findings: California, Connecticut, and Florida: Technical report
A study of the long-term effects of welfare reform on mothers' employment, children's development, and family well-being among a sample of mothers and preschool-age children who entered new welfare programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida
Reports & Papers
A pilot study of quality support coaching in LAUP: Findings from the 2010-2011 program year: Final report
A pilot study of quality support coaching for center-based and family child care providers in the universal prekindergarten program of Los Angeles County that examines coaching implementation, stakeholder perceptions of coaching, and characteristics of coaching across different contexts, based on key informant interviews, coach and provider focus groups, coaching record reviews, and provider case studies
Reports & Papers
A pilot study of quality support coaching in LAUP: Findings from the 2010-2011 program year: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a pilot study of quality support coaching for center-based and family child care providers in the universal prekindergarten program of Los Angeles County that examines coaching implementation, stakeholder perceptions of coaching, and characteristics of coaching across different contexts, based on key informant interviews, coach and provider focus groups, coaching record reviews, and provider case studies
Executive Summary
Quality Support Coaching in LAUP: Baseline findings from the 2011-2012 program year: Final report
Preliminary findings from a study of a coaching professional development model for center-based and family child care teachers in Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) that document and explain the coaching process, based on interviews with 42 teachers, 64 conversations with coaches and teachers, and 43 activity logs from coaches
Reports & Papers
Quality Support Coaching in LAUP: Baseline findings from the 2011-2012 program year: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of preliminary findings from a study of a coaching professional development model for center-based and family child care teachers in Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) that document and explain the coaching process, based on interviews with 42 teachers, 64 conversations with coaches and teachers, and 43 activity logs from coaches
Executive Summary
Quality Support Coaching in LAUP: Findings from the 2011-2012 program year: Final report
A study of a coaching professional development model for center-based and family child care teachers in Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) that: documents and explains the coaching process; identifies successes, challenges, and lessons learned; and defines the logic model for the coaching, based on 159 conversations with coaches and teachers, 78 activity logs from coaches, fall and spring interviews with 42 teachers, and questionnaires from 16 coaches
Reports & Papers
Quality Support Coaching in LAUP: Findings from the 2011-2012 program year: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of a coaching professional development model for center-based and family child care teachers in Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) that: documents and explains the coaching process; identifies successes, challenges, and lessons learned; and defines the logic model for the coaching, based on 159 conversations with coaches and teachers, 78 activity logs from coaches, fall and spring interviews with 42 teachers, and questionnaires from 16 coaches
Executive Summary
Reliability and validity of child outcome measures with culturally and linguistically diverse preschoolers: The First 5 LA Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study spring 2007 pilot study
A pilot study identifying culturally and linguistically appropriate child developmental measures to be used in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study, a study of children enrolled in Los Angeles Universal Preschool
Reports & Papers
Remember the children: Mothers balance work and child care under welfare reform: Growing Up in Poverty Project 2000: Wave 1 findings: California, Connecticut, Florida
A study of the employment, child care, and child outcomes of low-income single mothers, and their children, entering new welfare programs in California, Connecticut, and Florida in 1998
Reports & Papers
Remember the children: Mothers balance work and child care under welfare reform: Growing Up in Poverty Project 2000: Wave 1 findings: California, Connecticut, Florida [Executive summary]
A study of the impact of welfare reform on the upbringing and development
job based on detailed information of 948 baseline families spread
across three states
Executive Summary
