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The Assessment of Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT): Findings from the APT Validation Study Findings from an exploration of the validity and reliability of the Assessment of Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT), an observational measure of quality in after school programs, based on observations conducted in 25 after school programs in Massachusetts and on survey responses from 824 children in the programs |
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Child care and child development: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care A description of the theoretical framework for the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care, assessing relationships among family life, child care processes and child behavioral development |
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Counting the child care workforce: A catalog of state data sources to quantify and describe child caregivers in the fifty states and the District of Columbia A report on data sources suitable for use in calculating the size of the child care workforce for individual states |
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Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? A study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Empirically-derived, person-oriented patterns of school readiness in typically-developing children: Description and prediction to first-grade achievement A study using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between young children's school readiness and variables including social skill, parent interactions, problem behavior, cognitive processes, and self regulation |
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Estimating the unmet need for child care: A practical approach using a child care illustration A description and illustration of a method for locating and estimating unmet demand for child care services in Massachusetts neighborhoods, redesigned for social agency interpretation and practical application |
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Estimating the unmet need for services: A middling approach A description of the method and results of an unmet demand estimate for child care services in neighborhoods in Hampden County, Massachusetts |
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Evaluation of the Expanded Learning Time initiative: Year one report: 2006-2007 A planning and early implementation evaluation and an examination of early outcomes during the first year of the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiative, a grant program for schools to expand learning time by 30 percent, based on interviews and focus groups with district and school administrators, teachers, parents, and school partners, as well as on teacher and student surveys, and on a matched comparison of ELT and non-ELT schools |
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K-2 standards and assessments: A 50-state review A descriptive study of each state's kindergarten, first grade, and second grade content standards and mandatory assessments |
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Keeping the promise: A study of the Massachusetts child care voucher system: Final report A multimethod study of the impacts of the Massachusetts child care voucher system on children, families, and child care providers, based on in-depth interviews with mothers, child care center directors, and family child care providers; surveys of child care resource and referral agency staff, and families; and tracking the flow of vouchers through child care centers over a 12 month period |
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Language environments and language outcomes: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development An overview of the purpose, methods, and findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, including study characteristics that set it apart from other large scale, longitudinal studies |
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A map for you?: Geographic information systems in the social services A presentation of geographic information systems and its illustrative application to the social services, such as creating a map showing child care service providers’ location and characteristics and mapping the ratio of child care slots to the number of children in a population to locate areas with potential service-availability gaps |
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National Household Education Surveys program of 2005: After-school programs and activities: 2005 An examination of data from the After-School Programs and Activities survey on the participation of kindergarteners through eighth graders in after school programs, with discussion of the survey’s design, the different types of after school care, their participation rates, and the expenses surrounding various types of after school care |
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Observations of teacher-child interactions in classrooms serving Latinos and dual language learners: Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in diverse settings A test of the validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for the prediction of academic outcomes and the measurement of social interactions in classrooms with varying compositions of English only and dual language learners, based on a secondary analysis of data collected in 721 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states |
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Practices and policies: Market rate surveys in states, territories, and tribes Findings from a study examining current child care market rate survey methods, practices, and policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribes, including descriptions of challenges faced by jurisdictions in conducting surveys, and methods of providing study data |
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