Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care
Mezey, Jennifer, 2003
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.
A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
How welfare reform affects young children: Experimental findings from Connecticut
Loeb, Susanna, 2003
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 22(4), 537-550
A study of the effects of mothers’ rising employment levels and program participation on young children’s early learning and cognitive growth, comparing participant outcomes in Connecticut’s Jobs First program and a traditional welfare program
Reports & Papers
Inside the content: The breadth and depth of early learning standards
Scott-Little, Catherine, 2003
Greensboro, NC: SERVE.
A study of the content and development of state-level early learning standards for kindergarten through twelfth grade in 2004
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State policies that promote early childhood mathematics
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
A study by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) on state standards of early childhood mathematical education, educational level and professional development recommended for educators, curriculum and testing requirements
Reports & Papers
Supporting adolescent mothers and their children through a high school-based child care center and parent support program
Sadler, Lois, 2003
Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 17(3), 109-117
A study of adolescent parents and their children at a high school-based child care center, focusing on the influence of the program on parental competence, parent-child interaction, and child development
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