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Air Force/NACCRRA Quality Family Child Care (QFCC) project: Final report
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, January, 2007
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

An evaluation of a joint Air Force-National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies initiative to increase the supply of high-quality family child care in civilian communities near Air Force bases by implementing the Air Force model of family child care among local providers

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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)

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Assessing the quality of child care using longitudinal, administrative data: What can it tell us and how can it be used?
Witte, Ann D., 2005
Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics.

A study analyzing administrative data from Miami-Dade County, Florida to determine the impact of welfare reform on child care quality

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Associations between center-based care accreditation status and the early educational outcomes of children in the child welfare system
Dinehart, Laura H., May, 2012
Children and Youth Services Review, 34(5), 1072-1080

A study of the relationship between child care center accreditation and the developmental and early academic outcomes of children in the child welfare system receiving child care subsidies, based on data from two groups of 82 low income three- and four-year old children, one group in the child welfare system and one not, enrolled in community-based early care and education centers in Miami-Dade County, Florida

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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

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Center-based care for young children: Examining predictors of quality
Ghazvini, Alisa, 2002
The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 163(1), 112-125

An exploration of the impact of program quality and process indicators on predictors of high quality care and sensitive caregiver-child interaction, based on a sample of 75 parents of children aged 15 to 36 months and caregivers from 13 child care centers in a southeastern state

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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

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Child care in the American South: Poverty, costs, and quality
Collins, Vikki K., Spring 2012
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 14(1)

A study of the relationship between the use of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) in southern states and family poverty, child care costs, and a variety of related socioeconomic variables, based on data from the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2010, for 14 southern states

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Child care in poor communities: Early learning effects of type, quality, and stability
Loeb, Susanna, 2003
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 9954). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A study on the influence of child care type, quality, and stability on the social and cognitive development of the preschool children of low-income single mothers

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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states

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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

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Can quality improvement system improve childcare site performance in school readiness?
Ma, Xin, February, 2013
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 106(2), 146-156

A comparison of growth in children's school readiness over three years in child care sites using a Quality Improvement System (QIS) versus non-QIS sites, based on data from 79 children in 46 sites in Palm Beach County, Florida

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The culture of child care in North America found in three distant geographical locations
Field, Harriet, 2008
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 15(1), 97-108

An inquiry into the services delivery of early childhood education and care in North America, based on a sample of 15 child care centers in Nova Scotia in Canada, and Florida and Washington in the United States

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report: 2005-06
Florida Institute of Education, October, 2006
Jacksonville, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

An account of participant experiences in the Guiding Start of Duval initiative, a three-phase initiative to improve the quality of early childhood education and care programs in Duval County, Florida, during the 2005-2006 year, including information on children's school readiness, the development of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), and community organizational support

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report: 2006-07
Wehry, Stephanie, September, 2007
Jacksonville, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

An account of participant experiences in the Guiding Start of Duval initiative, a three-phase initiative to improve the quality of early childhood education and care programs in Duval County, Florida, during the 2006-2007 year, including information on children's school readiness, the development of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), and community organizational support

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report: 2007-08 final report
Wehry, Stephanie, August, 2008
Jacksonville, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

An account of participant experiences in the Guiding Start of Duval initiative, a three-phase initiative to improve the quality of early childhood education and care programs in Duval County, Florida, during the 2007-2008 year, including information on children's school readiness, the development of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), and community organizational support

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report: 2008-09
Wehry, Stephanie, August, 2009
Jacksonville, FL: Florida Institute of Education.

An account of participant experiences in the Guiding Start of Duval initiative, a three-phase initiative to improve the quality of early childhood education and care programs in Duval County, Florida, during the 2008-2009 year, including information on children's school readiness, the development of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), and community organizational support

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report 2009-10
Wehry, Stephanie, Fall 2010
Jacksonville, FL: Early Learning Coalition of Duval.

An examination of the school readiness skills and gains of children who attend early care and learning centers that participate in Guiding Stars of Duval, an initiative to improve the quality of early learning and care services in Jacksonville, Florida, based on pre- and posttest assessments of participants and public school kindergarten readiness administrative data

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report 2010-11
Wehry, Stephanie, Fall 2011
Jacksonville, FL: Early Learning Coalition of Duval.

An examination of the school readiness skills and gains of children who attend early care and learning centers that participate in Guiding Stars of Duval, an initiative to improve the quality of early learning and care services in Jacksonville, Florida, based on pre- and posttest assessments of participants and public school kindergarten readiness administrative data

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Early Learning Coalition of Duval report 2011-12
Wehry, Stephanie, Fall 2011
Jacksonville, FL: Early Learning Coalition of Duval.

An examination of the school readiness skills and gains of children who attend early care and learning centers that participate in Guiding Stars of Duval, an initiative to improve the quality of early learning and care services in Jacksonville, Florida, based on pre- and posttest assessments of participants and on public school kindergarten readiness administrative data

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Ecological features of preschools and the social engagement of children with autism
Reszka, Stephanie S., March, 2012
Journal of Early Intervention, 34(1), 40-56

A study of the peer engagement of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in classroom activity areas, by type of engagement, and by group arrangement, as well as a comparison of the likelihood of their peer engagement during child-initiated or adult-initiated activities, based on data from 68 preschoolers with ASD in 24 classrooms across North Carolina, Colorado, and Florida, at the beginning of the school year

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Educare implementation study findings--August 2012
Yazejian, Noreen, 2012
Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

Findings from an implementation study of Educare, a full-day, full-year high-quality early care and education program for at risk children from birth to age 5, that examine children's school readiness, vocabulary, and socioemotional outcomes and classroom quality, based on data collected at 12 programs from the fall 2007 through spring 2011 school years

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Effects of preschool curriculum programs on school readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative
Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Consortium, July 2008
(NCER 2008-2009). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Research.

The final report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative, which conducted multi-site experimental evaluations of 14 preschool curricula's impacts on child outcomes (including behavior and early language, literacy, and math skills) at the end of preschool and in kindergarten, and on preschool classroom outcomes (including classroom quality, teacher-child interactions, and instructional practices)

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Effects of quality improvement system for child care centers
Ma, Xin, October-December 2011
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 25(4), 399-414

An account of changes in classroom quality following implementations of a comprehensive quality improvement system (QIS), based on data from a random selection of classrooms from dozens of child care centers in Palm Beach County, Florida

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Enhancing quality in afterschool programs: Fifth-year report on a process evaluation of Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc.
Baker, Stephen, 2010
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children.

Findings from the second year of the implementation of a quality improvement system (QIS) for after school programs, following a three-year pilot period, by the Prime Time Initiative of Palm Beach County, Florida, focusing on the relationship between QIS services and participating after school programs, based on informant interviews, observations of programs and QIS services, and document review and analysis representing 90 service providers in the county

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