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			Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality Porter, Toni, 2002 New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012) A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers
			Assessing child-care quality with a telephone interview Holloway, Susan D., 2001 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 16(2), 165-189 A test of the viability of telephone surveys as an alternative to direct observation methods to assess quality in child care sites, based on a comparison of assessments of 89 family child-care homes and 92 centers using both methods	Reports & Papers
			Benefits of intergenerational staffing in preschools Larkin, Elizabeth, 2001 Educational Gerontology, 27(5), 373-385 A study of the contributions that older adults, who have not been formally trained, had on early childhood educators and programs	Reports & Papers
			Best practices in summer learning programs for middle and high school youth National Summer Learning Association, Baltimore: National Summer Learning Association. A study to identify best practices in high-quality summer learning programs serving middle school and high school students, based on a literature review, surveys from 25 programs, and follow-up interviews with some programs	Reports & Papers
			Caregiver training and classroom quality in child care centers Burchinal, Margaret, 2002 Applied Developmental Science, 6(1), 2-11 A study of the association between classroom quality and both formal education and informal training of caregivers, based on data from 533 child care center classrooms in four states	Reports & Papers
			Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care Mocan, H. Naci, October, 2007 Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 743-780 A study and comparison of parent and trained observer ratings of child care quality based on data from a stratified random sample of infant-toddler and preschool classrooms in approximately 100 child care centers	Reports & Papers
			Can consumers detect lemons?: An empirical analysis of information asymmetry in the market for child care Mocan, H. Naci, October, 2007 Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 743-780 An examination of the influence of asymmetrical information and adverse selection on the quality of available child care, as well as parents' ability to discern different qualities of care, based on data gathered from 228 infant and toddler classrooms and 518 preschool rooms from 100 programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina	Reports & Papers
			The child care arrangements of preschool-age children in immigrant families in the United States Brandon, Peter D., 2004 International Migration, 42(2), 65-87 A comparison of the use of child care arrangements among immigrant families to non-immigrant families	Reports & Papers
			Child care center quality differences: The role of profit status, client preferences, and trust Morris, John R., 2000 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 29(3), 377-399 An investigation of the view that in a mixed child care industry providing services to poorly informed customers, for-profit producers provide lower quality care than non-profit producers by skimping on quality characteristics that buyers cannot easily observe	Reports & Papers
			Child care licensing regulations and child care quality in four states Gallagher, James J., 1999 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(3), 285-312 An analysis of child care regulations in four states, comparing regulations aimed at child welfare and safety versus those aimed at child development	Reports & Papers
			The children of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study go to school Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 1999 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. The longitudinal follow up to the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, following children for five years to assess the impact of quality of child care experiences on later development.	Reports & Papers
			Children's experiences in center-based child care as a function of teacher background and adult:child ratio Howes, Carollee, 1997 Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 404-425 An examination of child care quality in relation to adult: child ratio and teacher education, using the Cost, Quality and Outcome (CQO) and Florida Quality Improvement study datasets	Reports & Papers
			Children's social and cognitive development and child-care quality: Testing for differential associations related to poverty, gender, or ethnicity Burchinal, Margaret, 2000 Applied Developmental Science, 4(3), 149-165 A study of the influence of poverty, minority ethnic background, gender, and parental authoritarian beliefs on the relationship between child care quality and children�s developmental outcomes	Reports & Papers
			Collaborative agents in the Discovery Initiative as of mid-2007 Stephens, Samuel A., February 21, 2008 Trenton, NJ: Center for Assessment and Policy Development. An inquiry into the role of collaborating organizations in the Discovery Initiative in Connecticut, an initiative to improve the quality and supply of early childhood services, promote coordination in children�s transition to school, and to improve children�s socioemotional outcomes and academic performance	Reports & Papers
			Community use of capacity-building supports as of mid-2007 Stephens, Samuel A., April 2008 Trenton, NJ: Center for Assessment and Policy Development. An examination of the influence of the capacity building approach of the Discovery Initiative in Connecticut on communities' collaboration with policymakers and engagement of parents	Reports & Papers
			Cost, quality, and child outcomes in child care centers: Public report Helburn, Suzanne W., April, 1995 Denver: University of Colorado at Denver, Department of Economics Findings from a study of the relationship between child care costs and quality and the concurrent effects of child care quality on children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, based on data from licensed community childcare sites in Los Angeles County in California, the Hartford corridor in Connecticut, the Frontal range in Colorado, and the Piedmont region in North Carolina	Reports & Papers
			Cost, quality and child outcomes in child care centers: Technical report Helburn, Suzanne W., June, 1995 University of Colorado at Denver, Center for Research in Economic and Social Policy An outline of the structure and design of the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, with descriptive comparisons of the centers from which data was drawn, and a presentation of analytic study results	Reports & Papers
			The Discovery Initiative: 2004-2007: Interim summative evaluation report Stephens, Samuel A., June 23, 2009 Trenton, NJ: Center for Assessment and Policy Development. Findings from an evaluation of the Discovery Initiative in Connecticut, an initiative to improve the quality and supply of early childhood services, promote coordination in children�s transition to school, and to improve children�s socioemotional outcomes and academic performance	Reports & Papers
			Diversity, child care quality, and developmental outcomes Burchinal, Margaret, 2003 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(4), 401-426 A study investigating the relationship between children's ethnicities and the validity of standardized child care quality measures, using data from the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes Study and the NICHD Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Doting on kids: Understanding quality in kith and kin child care Porter, Toni, 2003 New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of December 10, 2012). A report on kith and kin child care providers' perceptions of child care quality	Reports & Papers
			Ensuring health and safety in Connecticut�s early care and education programs: An analysis of Department of Public Health child care licensing specialists� reports of unannounced inspections Crowley, Angela A., December 2009 Farmington, CT: Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut. An examination of child care quality of early childhood education and care programs in Connecticut, based on data from the random inspections of 676 child care centers and 746 family child care homes collected by the Department of Public Health	Reports & Papers
			In the neighborhood: Programs that strengthen family day care for low-income families Larner, Mary, 1994 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty A study designed to seek strategies to increase the availability and improve the quality of family day care homes in poor, stressed communities based on a survey of best practice from 10 programs in nine states	Reports & Papers
			The market for child care Mocan, H. Naci, Spring 2002 NBER Reporter, Spring 2002, 12-15. An analysis of the relationships among child care center producer and consumer costs, structural and process quality, and information asymmetry, based on data from a stratified random sample of approximately 100 centers in four states	Reports & Papers
			Parents as child care consumers Cryer, Debby, 1997 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(1), 35-58 A study of how parental quality ratings of aspects of child care are influenced by parental values, a selection from a larger study, Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers	Reports & Papers
			Parents' perceptions of their children's child care: A cross-national comparison Cryer, Debby, 2002 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(2), 259-277 An examination of how American parents perceive their children's early child care and education programs as compared with German parents' perceptions of their country's system	Reports & Papers

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