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			Academic achievement programs and youth development: A synthesis Redd, Zakia, 2002 Washington, DC: Child Trends. A study evaluating the impact of after-school, community-based academic oriented youth programs as it relates to improving child development and educational outcomes	Other
			Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers Meisels, Samuel J., 2006 (Occasional Paper No. 6). Chicago: Herr Research Center. A critical discussion of accountability testing in early childhood education with recommendations for more effective early childhood program evaluation	Other
			Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers [Executive summary] Meisels, Samuel J., 2006 (Occasional Paper No. 6). Chicago: Herr Research Center. A summary of a critical discussion of accountability testing in early childhood education, with recommendations for more effective early childhood program evaluation	Executive Summary
			Afterschool evaluation practices in California: Site-level perspectives Erbstein, Nancy, November 2005 Davis: University of California, Davis, Center for Community School Partnerships. An exploration of evaluation practices used by after school programs and a discussion of the evaluation needs of programs to improve service delivery, based on a survey of program coordinators of 271 after school programs funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program and the After School Education and Safety (ASES) initiative in California	Reports & Papers
			Afterschool evaluation practices in California: Site-level perspectives [Executive summary] Erbstein, Nancy, November 2005 Davis: University of California, Davis, Center for Community School Partnerships. A summary of an exploration of evaluation practices used by after school programs and a discussion of the evaluation needs of programs to improve service delivery, based on a survey of program coordinators of 271 after school programs funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program and the After School Education and Safety (ASES) initiative in California	Executive Summary
			Assessing costs and benefits of early childhood intervention programs: Overview and applications to the Starting Early Starting Smart program Karoly, Lynn A., 2001 Seattle: Casey Family Programs; Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. A discussion of issues for policymakers to consider in assessing the direct, monetary costs and benefits to early childhood intervention programs, based on information from the assessment of Starting Early Starting Smart (SESS)	Reports & Papers
			Assessing costs and benefits of early childhood intervention programs: Overview and application to the Starting Early Starting Smart program: Executive summary Karoly, Lynn A., 2001 Seattle: Casey Family Programs; Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. A report summarizing the methodological issues in developing a cost benefit analysis for early childhood programs and their implications for the Starting Early Starting Smart intervention.	Executive Summary
			Assessing quality in childminding Owen, Sue, 2000 Children & Society, 14(2), 147-153 A discussion of child care quality assessments for child care centers in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom	Other
			Assessing the role of Head Start family service workers Franze, Sarah, 1999 NHSA Dialog, 2(1), 57-64 An exploration of the role of family service workers in Head Start programs, with a proposal of methods to evaluate Head Start�s social service components, based on focus group interviews with 66 family service workers from three urban and rural Head Start programs in the Southeastern United States	Reports & Papers
			Assessment and accountability for programs serving young children with disabilities Hebbeler, Kathleen, 2008 Exceptionality, 16(1), 48-63 A discussion of national and state accountability and outcome demands for Part C and Part B preschool programs for children with disabilities, and a discussion of the assessment methods used to measure these outcomes	Other
			Attachment behavior of day-care children: Naturalistic and laboratory observations Ragozin, Arlene S., 1980 Child Development, 51(2), 409-415 A study of the relationships between child care and attachment behavior through naturalistic and laboratory observations	Reports & Papers
			Beyond the head count: Evaluating family involvement in out-of-school time Caspe, Margaret, 2002 (Issues and Opportunities in Out-of-School Time Evaluation Brief No. 4). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project. A brief on methods used in the evaluation of family involvement in out-of-school-time programs	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Beyond looking backward: Child care and the hypothetical extraction method Pratt, James Edward, 2004 Paper presented at the Mid-western Regional Science Association, Madison WI Eight case studies examining the linkages from staff development, to teacher use of instructional strategies, to the performance of K-3 students in early literacy skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension	Other
			Building better child care: An evaluation of the Pennsylvania Child Care Challenge Grant Program Weinraub, Marsha, June 2006 Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative. An evaluation of the Pennsylvania Child Care Challenge Grant Program, a program to increase child care capacity in high-demand areas of Pennsylvania through physical expansion and renovation of child care premises, based on a survey of and interviews with grantees	Reports & Papers
			Celebrating childhood: Research to inform improvement in provision Brown, Sally, 2004 European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 12(1), 5-14 A description of an investigation of the differing perspectives of positive child outcomes held by child care center evaluators and workers in Scotland	Other
			The child-care environment: Conceptualizations, assessments, and issues Friedman, Sarah, 1999 In Measuring environment across the life span: Emerging methods and concepts (pp. 127-165). Washington, DC: APA Publishing. A discussion of child care environment measures and their use in evaluations for licensing, accreditation, and research purposes	Other
			Child care quality: A model for examining relevant variables Essa, Eva L., 2001 In S. Reifel & M.H. Brown (Eds.), Advances in early education and day care: Vol. 11. Early education and care, and reconceptualizing play (pp. 59-113). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press A presentation of the Child Care Quality Model for understanding literature and studies on the quality of child care	Other
			Children's readiness for school: Issues in assessment Kagan, Sharon Lynn, 2003 International Journal of Early Childhood, 35(1/2), 114-120 A discussion of the purpose, content, and process of assessing children's readiness for school	Other
			Colorado's school readiness indicators: Making progress for young children Colorado School Readiness Indicators Task Force, 2004 Denver: Colorado Children's Campaign. A study of a set of indicators to measure the school readiness of the children from birth to eight years of age and their families in the communities in which they live in Colorado	Other
			Comprehensive evidence-based social-emotional curricula for young children: An analysis of efficacious adoption potential Joseph, Gail E., 2003 Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 23(2), 62-73 A literature review describing the efficacy of eight comprehensive social�emotional curricula for children under 6 years of age	Literature Review
			Confirmatory program evaluation: Applications to early childhood interventions Reynolds, Arthur J., 2005 Teachers College Record, 107(10), 2401-2425 A discussion of confirmatory program evaluation as a method for conducting theory driven evaluations, and its role in identifying causal mechanisms of change in early childhood interventions, with examples from the Chicago Longitudinal Study and studies of the Chicago Child-Parent Centers	Reports & Papers
			Confronting the big lie: The need to reframe expectations of afterschool programs Halpern, Robert, New York: Partnership for After School Education. Arguments for the need to view after school programs as child development institutions with functions other than to aid in children�s academic success in public school	Other
			Considerations for evaluation 'good care' in Aboriginal early childhood settings Stairs, Arlene Holland, 2002 McGill Journal of Education, 37(3), 309-330 A discussion of the various evaluation methods in indigenous Canadian early childhood settings	Reports & Papers
			Defining and assessing quality in early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families: Challenges and unresolved issues Aytch, Lynette S., 1999 Early Education and Development, 10(1), 7-23 A discussion of the use of methods to determine program quality of intervention services for children with disabilities and their families	Reports & Papers
			Democratic evaluation Harvard Family Research Project, 2005 The Evaluation Exchange, 11(3). A description of a theoretical, democratic approach to evaluating child care programs in an attempt to address social equity and inclusion	Other

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