2008 - 2009 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
Findings from an assessment of the quality of preschool classrooms, based on data on 1,213 Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) preschool classrooms in Michigan during the 2008 - 2009 program year
Reports & Papers
26 and counting: Examining the Early Launch to Learning Initiative (ELLI), New Jersey's effort towards creating a universal preschool system
An exploration the program quality of a stratified random sample of 13 Early Launch to Learning Initiative (ELLI) preschool classrooms, among the 26 districts that received ELLI funding during the 2006-2007 school year and an examination of 8 teacher and 8 administrator perceptions of their capacity to implement a high-quality preschool program
Reports & Papers
The ABCD Story: A model for learning
A description of the Affordable Buildings for Children?s Development (ABCD) Initiative and its influence on the promotion of the structural quality of child care and early education facilities in California, with a focus on the financing, capacity building, development assistance, and advocacy program components of the initiative
Reports & Papers
Accounting for quality in Australian childcare: A dilemma for policymakers
An argument for Australian child care policy to be based on evidence-based process quality in light of current policies based on structural quality, through an investigation of the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS) and its application in child care centers in Australia
Other
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
Afterschool and the environment: A natural fit
A discussion of the benefits of outdoor after school programs on children's health and development, and a profile of programs and initiatives incorporating out of school time programming with the outdoors
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Anthropomorphically speaking: On communication between teachers and children in early childhood biology education
An analysis of a type of figurative speech used in the context of science activities in a preschool, based on data collected from 3 teachers and 15 children
Reports & Papers
The art of teaching children the arts: Music, dance and poetry with children aged 2-8 years old
A theoretical framework of developmental pedagogy presented as a tool for studying and developing children's knowledge within the domains of music, poetry, and dance
Reports & Papers
Assessing after-school settings
An examination of methods for the assessment of youth engagement, content, content delivery and learning environments in after school settings
Other
Assessment of the system of professional development for West Virginia pre-K teachers
An examination of the system for professional development for education staff who teach in the West Virginia prekindergarten program, based on Workforce Designs: A Policy Blueprint for State Early Childhood Professional Development Systems, to support quality improvement as described by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Reports & Papers
Associations between provider training and education and other quality indicators in low-income children's primary care arrangements at 24 months of age
A comparison of quality indicators in home- and center-based child care settings serving two-year-old low income children, and of the relationship of quality indicators in those settings to provider training and education, based on an analysis of data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort
Reports & Papers
Associations between provider training and education and other quality indicators in low-income children's primary care arrangements at 24 months of age [Executive summary]
A summary of a comparison of quality indicators in home- and center-based child care settings serving two-year-old low income children, and of the relationship of quality indicators in those settings to provider training and education, based on an analysis of data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort
Executive Summary
Australian indigenous perspectives on quality assurance in children's services
An exploration of aboriginal perspectives of quality and quality rating of child care centers collected during focus groups and interviews with a total of 478 aboriginal stakeholders from across Australia
Reports & Papers
Building quality in summer learning programs: Approaches and recommendations
A definition of and typology for summer programs and an examination of resources to support quality in summer programs
Other
Building quality in summer learning programs: Approaches and recommendations [Executive summary]
A summary of a definition of and typology for summer programs and an examination of resources to support quality in summer programs
Executive Summary
Caregivers' use of metacognitive language in child care centers: Prevalence and predictors
An examination of metacognitive language use that includes mental-state talk, perspective-taking talk, and activity-relevant questioning with children by 148 child care center staff in 95 classrooms that serve preschool aged children in Toronto, Canada
Reports & Papers
Centre-based child care quality in urban Australia
A comparison of child care quality between urban center-based child care settings, based on an assessment of 35 randomly selected child care centers in Sydney, Australia
Reports & Papers
Chemung County school readiness project: Prekindergarten assessment community report: 2008-2009 ECERS-R results
An assessment of the classroom quality of prekindergarten programs in Chemung County, New York
Reports & Papers
Child Care Community Fund: Year 2 evaluation report
Findings from the second year of a process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Child Care Community Fund--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and individualized technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings
Reports & Papers
Child Care Community Fund: Year 2 evaluation report [Executive summary]
A summary of findings from the second year of a process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Child Care Community Fund--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and individualized technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings
Executive Summary
Child care quality study: The impact of Head Start partnership on child care quality: Final report
An examination of the influence of Head Start and child care provider partnerships on children’s outcomes and the quality of services provided, based on assessments of more that 600 children and surveys and observations of more than 200 child care centers and family child care providers in Ohio
Reports & Papers
Child care quality study: The impact of Head Start partnership on child care quality: Final report [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the influence of Head Start and child care provider partnerships on children’s outcomes and the quality of services provided, based on assessments of more that 600 children and surveys and observations of more than 200 child care centers and family child care providers in Ohio
Executive Summary
Childcare workers' and centre directors' beliefs about infant childcare quality and professional training
A qualitative study of the beliefs of child care center staff on the topics of staff training, program quality, and common practices in infant and toddler care environments, based on the interviews and observations of 6 workers and 6 directors from 6 center-based infant and toddler programs in an Australian city
Reports & Papers
The children's centre teacher role: Developing practice in the private, voluntary and independent sector
A 10-month study of the influence of two children's center teachers with graduate degrees on staff and children's learning at the four centers they worked with in a town and a rural area
Reports & Papers
Children's perspectives as 'touch downs' in time: Assessing and developing children's understanding simultaneously
A discussion of the collection of children's perspectives in the assessment and development of their learning and their environments, and a presentation of three examples from preschool environments in Sweden
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