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			Achieving high-quality child care: How ten programs deliver excellence parents can afford Kinch, Amy, Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children. A study of the characteristics and fundamentals of a high quality and affordable early childhood program by highlighting ten highly-rated child care programs	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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
			An assessment of the North Carolina school-age child care accreditation initiative Hall, Alice H., 2002 Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 17(1), 84-96 A study of the child care quality effects of participation in the North Carolina Quality Enhancement Initiative, an accreditation initiative for school age child care programs, based on program observations	Reports & Papers
			The association between the occupational stress of early childhood teachers and their beliefs and practices concerning the assessment of young children Brewer, Denise M., 2006 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Charlotte A survey-based examination of the relations among preschool teachers' occupational stress and their beliefs and practices in terms of assessment of young children	Reports & Papers
			Breastfeeding support in child care: An international comparison of findings from Australia and the United States Cameron, Barbara, June, 2012 Breastfeeding Medicine, 7(3), 163-166 A comparison of breastfeeding support for mothers found at the child care settings of Adelaide, Australia and Wake County, North Carolina, based on a survey of several dozen centers in each locality	Reports & Papers
			''Bringing reality to the table'': Contributors to the lack of parent participation in an early childhood service program Peart, Norman A., 2000 Administration in Social Work, 24(4), 21-38 An examination of hindrances to parent participation in an early childhood service program, Smart Start, focusing on enhancing family involvement in collaborative social service partnerships	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
			Center-based child care in the pioneer Smart Start partnerships of North Carolina Maxwell, Kelly, 1996 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center An exploration of North Carolina�s Smart Start program, a partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families, concerned with improving the quality of the state�s center-based child care institutions	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000 Applied Developmental Science, 4(3), 116-135 An investigation of the relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and child care quality, based on a data from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 91-104). New York: Guilford Press The relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and observed caregiver behavior in producing positive caregiving, as well as levels of positive caregiving associated with types of child care at 15, 24, and 36 months of age	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1996 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(3), 269-306 An analysis of the structural and caregiver characteristics that predict high caregiving quality for infants using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001 Child Development, 72(5), 1478-1500 A study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157(2), 196-200 A study of the relationship between experience in child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months	Reports & Papers
			Child-care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001 Developmental Psychology, 37(6), 847-862 An analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 208-223). New York: Guilford Press An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1999 Developmental Psychology, 35(6), 1399-1413 An analysis of the effects of child care on maternal sensitivity and child engagement during the first three years of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	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
			The childcare environment and children's physical activity Bower, Julie K., January 2008 American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(1) A study of the relationship between child care environment and children's physical activities from direct observations in 20 child care centers over 2 days	Reports & Papers
			The Child Care HOME Inventories: Assessing the quality of family child care homes Bradley, Robert H., 2003 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(3), 294-309 An overview of the different versions of the HOME Inventory for use in assessing quality of family child care homes	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Child care in the pioneer partnerships: 1994 and 1996 Maxwell, Kelly, 1997 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. An evaluation of North Carolina?s Smart Start pioneer partnerships in 1994 and 1996, building on the earlier Effects of Smart Start on the Quality of Preschool Child Care evaluation, focusing on services provided, teacher education and training, and overall quality	Reports & Papers

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