Accountability for after-school care: Devising standards and measuring adherence to them
A report evaluating school-based after-school programs administered by Stone Soup Child Care Programs, using a methodology and instruments developed from a review of good after-school program practices
Reports & Papers
Achieving excellence in early care for Virginia's infants and toddlers
A discussion of the role of data collection in the improvement of the quality of early childhood education and care programs in Virginia
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Alternative methods for Minnesota's market rate study of child care prices
A proposal of changes to the design and data collection methods used in market rate studies of child care prices conducted by Minnesota, including a discussion on the treatment of geographic locations, price modes and conversions, school-aged care, and non-standard hour care
Reports & Papers
Alternative methods for Minnesota’s market rate study of child care prices [Executive summary]
A summary of a proposal of changes to the design and data collection methods used in market rate studies of child care prices conducted by Minnesota, including a discussion on the treatment of geographic locations, price modes and conversions, school-aged care, and non-standard hour care
Executive Summary
Alternative methods for Minnesota's market rate study of child care prices: Technical appendices
An appendix to a proposal of changes to the design and data collection methods used in market rate studies of child care prices conducted by Minnesota, including a discussion on the treatment of geographic locations, price modes and conversions, school-aged care, and non-standard hour care
Other
Assessing the quality of early years learning environments
A study on the design and validation of instruments used to measure aspects of high quality in early child learning environments in Northern Irish primary schools and Danish kindergartens
Reports & Papers
Assessment of preschool classroom practices: Application of Q-sort methodology
An evaluation of the Preschool Classroom Practices Q-Sort, a measure designed to assess the relation between preschool educator's beliefs and practices and the effectiveness of their classroom practices
Reports & Papers
Attachment behavior of day-care children: Naturalistic and laboratory observations
A study of the relationships between child care and attachment behavior through naturalistic and laboratory observations
Reports & Papers
A birth cohort study: Conceptual design considerations and rationale
A discussion of issues related to the conceptualization and design of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort
Other
Building an educative community for early childhood development
A report on a pilot project to implement action research in a South African early care and education setting
Other
Building futures: The Head Start impact study: Research design plan
A report describing the sampling, data collection, and analytical techniques to be used in the Head Start impact evaluation.
Other
By default or by design?: Variations in higher education programs for early care and education teachers and their implications for research methodology, policy, and practice
An examination of conceptual and methodological issues in the study of early care and education higher education programs, based on a case study of two early childhood Bachelor of Arts degree completion cohort programs
Reports & Papers
By default or by design?: Variations in higher education programs for early care and education teachers and their implications for research methodology, policy, and practice: Executive summary
A summary of an examination of conceptual and methodological issues in the study of early care and education higher education programs, based on a case study of two early childhood Bachelor of Arts degree completion cohort programs
Executive Summary
The Chicago Program Evaluation Project: C-PEP: What is C-PEP?: An independent evaluation of early childhood education conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. with funding support from McCormick Foundation
An overview of the methodology used to conduct a study of four-year-old children and their experiences in early childhood education programs in Chicago in the 2006-2007 school year
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Improper payments data collection pilot project
A comparison of the quality and costs of four methods for estimating the true number of meals served by family child care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program in order to reduce improper payments to providers for submitting erroneous meal counts
Reports & Papers
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Improper payments data collection pilot project [Executive summary]
A summary of a comparison of the quality and costs of four methods for estimating the true number of meals served by family child care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program in order to reduce improper payments to providers for submitting erroneous meal counts
Executive Summary
Child care and child health: Use of population surveys
A discussion of the use of a population-based sample survey approach to the study of the health of children in child care
Other
Childcare and early years providers survey 2010: Survey materials
Survey materials from a study of child care and early education provider characteristics in England by provider type, including characteristics related to children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training
Other
Childcare and early years providers survey 2010: Technical report
Methods used in a study of child care and early education provider characteristics in England by provider type, including characteristics related to children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training
Other
Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2011: Technical report
An overview of the research design, data collection, and sample weighting for a study of child care and early education provider characteristics in England by provider type, including enrollment, profitability, and staff characteristics and qualifications
Other
Child care costs in the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC): A comparison to SIPP
A comparison of household child care expenses estimates in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement and the Survey of Income and Program Participation
Methods
Children, labour supply and child care: Challenges for empirical analysis
An economic discussion of the relationships between labor supply, child care, and work, as well as analytical problems and challenges
Other
Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: A unique research opportunity
A description of the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) data set and its importance and relevance to future studies in multiple disciplines
Reports & Papers
Children's perspectives on their learning: Exploring methods
A discussion of conversational contexts and methods used to study 4 year old children’s interpretations of their school activities and learning experiences, in a sample of 27 children attending 5 early childhood centers
Reports & Papers
Common challenges in the study of continuity of child care subsidy participation: CCPRC subsidy workgroup methodology research brief series
A discussion of issues in designing studies of the dynamics of child care subsidy receipt
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