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			Improving early education programs through data-based decision making Riley-Ayers, Shannon, 2011 New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research. A discussion of five methods to evaluate the effectiveness of state-funded preschool programs	Methods
			Key elements of a QRIS validation plan: Guidance and planning template United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, February, 2013 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A guide and tools to ensure that child care quality rating and improvement systems accurately measure and rate quality	Methods
			Market rate study guidebook: A guide to implementing a child care market rate study using child care resource and referral data Grobe, Deana, 2003 Corvallis: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership. A guide to conducting state child care market rate surveys using data from child care resource and referral databases	Methods
			Measurement of physical activity in preschool children Pate, Russell R., March 2010 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 42(3), 508-512 An overview of the methods for measurement of physical activity in children of preschool age from articles detailing the measurement properties of direct observational systems, accelerometry, pedometry, heart rate monitoring, and proxy reporting	Methods
			Measurement tools for evaluating out-of-school time programs: An evaluation resource Wimer, Christopher, 2005 (Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot No. 6). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project. A description of instruments used to measure quality outcomes for after school child care programs	Methods
			Measurement tools for evaluating out-of-school time programs: An evaluation resource Wimer, Christopher, August 2008 (Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot No. 6). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project. An updated and expanded table of instruments used to evaluate out-of-school time child care programs and participants	Methods
			Measuring collaboration among grant partners Frey, Bruce B., September 2006 American Journal of Evaluation, 27(3), 383-392 An overview of the development, display, and reliability of the Levels of Collaboration Scale among 10 grant partners	Methods
			Measuring early literacy skills: A latent variable investigation of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool Townsend, Monika, April 2010 Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 28(2), 115-128 An investigation of the psychometric properties of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool (PALS-PreK) instrument, that includes an examination of gender invariance, with a split sample of 4,518 preschool children in Virginia	Methods
			Measuring implementation of early childhood interventions at multiple system levels United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2013 (Research Brief OPRE 2013-16). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A discussion of measuring the implementation of early childhood interventions within multiple-level service delivery systems, with examples of tools for multiple-level assessments	Methods
			Measuring youth program quality: A guide to assessment tools Yohalem, Nicole, January, 2009 (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment. A guide to observational instruments for measuring out-of-school time program quality, including the instruments' purpose, structure, content, and technical properties	Methods
			Methodologies to evaluate early childhood development programs Behrman, Jere R., December 2007 (Doing Impact Evaluation No. 9). Washington, DC: World Bank. A discussion of methodological considerations involved in evaluating the impacts of early childhood development programs	Methods
			Methods paper: Defining a local childcare market Corlyon, Judy, 2004 (Research Report RR526MP). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills. A study of methodology for research on which to base policy interactions among states and localities in England	Methods
			National Household Education Surveys Program of 2007: Methodology report Hagedorn, Mary, March 2009 (NCES 2009-029). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. A description of the methodology and surveys used in the National Household Education Surveys Program in 2007, with a focus on questionnaire and sample design, data collection methods, response rate calculations, and nonresponse bias analyses	Methods
			An overview of Markov Chain Methods for the study of stage-sequential developmental processes Kaplan, David, March 2008 Developmental Psychology, 44(2), 457-467 An overview of selected statistical methodologies for the study of stage-sequential development, using as an example the reading proficiency of children above and below the poverty line	Methods
			Parental use of child care: A guide for constructing parent surveys Emlen, Arthur, January 2007 Corvallis: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership A guide for constructing surveys on factors driving parental use of supplemental child care, including discussions of constructs and variables related to household, parent, work, and child characteristics, child care arrangements, and parent choice	Methods
			Paths to QUALITY: A child care quality rating & improvement system for Indiana: Evaluation methods and measures Langill, Carolyn, January, 2009 West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families. A description of the methodology and measures used in the evaluation of Paths to QUALITY, the quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) in Indiana, with a focus on data collection and quality and outcome measures	Methods
			Preparing the early education and care workforce: A guide to conducting a study of the capacity of higher education institutions Dennehy, Julie, 2006 Wellesley, MA: Wellesley Centers for Women. A guide to conducting research studies of the capacity of institutes of higher education to prepare and educate the current and future child care and early education workforce	Methods
			Putting administrative data to work: A toolkit for state agencies on advancing data integration and data sharing efforts to support sound policy and program development Duran, Frances, 2005 Farmington, CT: Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut. An assessment, implementation, and reference guide for state agencies seeking to enhance and strengthen their data and research infrastructures	Methods
			Quality in early childhood care and education settings: A compendium of measures United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 2010 (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Profiles of instruments designed to measure the quality of early care and education settings, including information on instrument program target age and setting, purpose, administration, key constructs and scoring, and reliability and validity	Methods
			Report to Congress on a plan for an Indian Head Start study United States. Administration for Children and Families, January 12, 2010 Washington, DC: United States, Administration for Children and Families. A description of proposed methodology and data to be used in an evaluation of Indian Head Start programs, with a focus on geographic and population data, limitations of the methodology, and alternative study methods	Methods
			A review of methods and instruments used in state and local school readiness evaluations Brown, Elizabeth Glyn, August 2007 (Issues & Answers, REL 2007-No. 004). Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. A review of methods and instruments used to measure child outcomes in state and local school readiness initiatives	Methods
			Studying child care subsidies with secondary data sources: CCPRC subsidy workgroup methodology research brief series United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December, 2012 (Methodological Brief OPRE 2012-54). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A discussion of the features of four large-scale data sets relevant to the study of child care subsidies	Methods
			Study of market prices: Validating child care market rate surveys Grobe, Deana, September 2008 (Technical Report) Corvallis: Oregon State University Family Policy Program Guidance for increasing the validity of child care market rate surveys, including the selection of survey design, data sources, and data collection methods, and a discussion of cost considerations	Methods
			A tale of two methods: Comparing regression and instrumental variables estimates of the effects of preschool child care type on the subsequent externalizing behavior of children in low-income families Crosby, Danielle A., September 2010 Developmental Psychology, 46(5), 1030-1048 A comparison of ordinary least squares regression and instrumental variable analysis, two analytic methods for the estimation of relationships between child care type and externalizing problems, in order to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of each, and an analysis of the relationship between child developmental and different care settings for children in low-income, single-mother families	Methods
			Toward standardization of benefit-cost analyses of early childhood interventions Karoly, Lynn A., December 2010 (WR-823). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. A discussion of standards for conducting benefit-cost analyses of early childhood programs	Methods

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