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2007–2008 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
Michigan. Department of Education, August 2008
Lansing: Michigan, Department of Education.

Findings from an assessment of the quality of preschool classrooms, based on data on 1,129 Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) preschool classrooms in Michigan during the 2007 - 2008 program year

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2008 - 2009 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, September 2009
Lansing: Michigan, Department of Education.

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

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2009-2010 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, September, 2010
Lansing: Michigan, Department of Education.

Findings from an assessment of the quality of preschool classrooms in the Great Start Readiness Program, Michigan's publicly-funded preschool program for at-risk 4-year-olds, based on data from 1,436 classrooms

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2010-2011 Great Start Readiness Program: Program quality assessment: Statewide data report
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, September, 2011
Lansing: Michigan, Department of Education.

Findings from an examination of the quality of preschool classrooms and the characteristics of teaching staff in the Great Start Readiness Program, Michigan's publicly-funded preschool program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on data for 1,127 classrooms and more than 1,000 teachers

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26 and counting: Examining the Early Launch to Learning Initiative (ELLI), New Jersey's effort towards creating a universal preschool system
Ahmed, Kara H., 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York

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

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The ABCD Story: A model for learning
BTW Informing Change, January, 2009
(Report to the Community Issue VII). San Francisco: Low Income Investment Fund.

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

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ABC Learning Centres: A case study of Australia's largest child care corporation
Rush, Emma, 2006
(Discussion Paper No. 87). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia Institute.

A study of child care quality in child care centers operated by ABC Learning Centres Limited, the largest child care corporation in Australia, based on responses from ABC Learning Centres staff from a national survey of child care center staff and on detailed follow-up telephone interviews with staff

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Abuse and neglect in nonparental child care: A risk assessment
Margolin, Leslie, 1991
Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53(3), 694-704

A study evaluating the validity of risk factors typically associated with child abuse and neglect in nonparental child care settings

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Accentuating the positive?: An analysis of teacher verbalizations with young children
Cassidy, Deborah J., 1996
Child & Youth Care Forum, 25(6), 403-414

An evaluation of the quality of child care teachers' in-class verbalizations before and after receiving training at a local community college

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Accountability for after-school care: Devising standards and measuring adherence to them
Beckett, Megan, 2001
Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

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

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Accountability for quality: One state's experience in improving practice
Hooks, Laura McDonald, June 2006
Early Childhood Education Journal, 33(6), 399-403

A description of the initiative undertaken by the state of South Carolina to improve the quality of preschool and kindergarten classrooms in primary schools and an evaluation of the effects of the initiative

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Accounting for movement between childcare classrooms: Does it change teacher effects interpretations?
Setodji, Claude M., January-February 2012
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 33(1), 1-12

A study of the prevalence of teacher and child movement between classrooms, of the link between head and assistant teachers' qualifications and quality of care, and of the relationship between head and assistant teacher qualifications and children's literacy, receptive language, and mathematics skills that includes an examination of the mediating influence of child and teacher movement on that relationship, based on data from community-based child care centers serving 790 primarily low-income children in Colorado

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Accreditation as an alternative pathway to quality in QRIS
National-Louis University. McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, Winter 2013
Wheeling, IL: National-Louis University, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

A comparison of the Illinois child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) ratings that child care centers would receive through either their accreditation status or their observed quality, based on data for 55 accredited child care centers applying to the Illinois QRIS

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ACF-OPRE report: A year in Head Start: Children, families and programs
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments from fall 2006 through spring 2007, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula and activities, based on data collected from a sample of 60 Head Start programs, 135 centers, 410 classrooms, 365 teachers, and 3,315 children and their parents

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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

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Activity settings and daily routines in preschool classrooms: Diverse experiences in early learning settings for low-income children
Fuligni, Allison Sidle, Q2 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(2), 198-209

An identification of two routines profiles--structured-balanced and high free choice, derived from varying proportions of teacher-directed and child-initiated activities during the preschool day, and a study of the relationship between those routine profiles and structural program characteristics, measures of process quality, children's engagement in activities of various academic contents, teachers' instructional strategies, and children's school readiness skills, based on data from 53 public preschool classrooms, 47 private preschool classrooms, and 25 family child care homes that serve low-income children in Los Angeles, California

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The added value of the School of the 21st Century when combined with a statewide preschool program
Ginicola, Misty M., January, 2013
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83(1), 89-93

A comparison of child developmental outcomes and classroom quality in school-based early care and education centers that offered either Arkansas Better Chance program (ABC) services alone or a combination of ABC and School of the 21st Century services, based on data from 8,745 4-year-olds in ABC classrooms in Arkansas

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Adding two school age children: Does it change quality in family child care?
Howes, Carollee, 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(3), 327-342

A study of family child care provider quality and caregiver sensitivity before and after enrolling two additional school-age children to these programs

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Addressing disruptive behaviors in the preschool classroom: An adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Head Start teachers
Collett, Brent R., 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Utah State University, Logan

A study describing the development, implementation, and evaluation of an early intervention program designed to improve teaching strategies and practices for Head Start children with behavioral problems

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Adult-child processes and early schooling
Pianta, Robert C., 1997
Early Education and Development, 8(1), 11-26

A discussion on the relationship of school outcomes to social processes

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African American, White and Hispanic child care preferences: A factorial survey analysis of welfare leavers by race and ethnicity
Shlay, Anne B., January 2010
Social Science Research, 39(1), 125-141

An examination of race and ethnicity differences in child care preferences and definitions of child care quality from a survey of 97 low income adults whose TANF benefits have been terminated in Pennsylvania

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AFS consumer survey: From parents receiving child-care assistance
Oregon. Adult and Family Services Division, 1998
Salem, OR: Oregon, Adult and Family Services Division.

A report of findings from a statewide consumer survey of parents receiving child care assistance through Oregon's Integrated Child Care Program

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After-School Initiative evaluation
Colorado Trust, August, 2005
Denver, CO: Colorado Trust.

An assessment of a five-year after-school project that provided support to over 30 after school providers across Colorado, based on a survey of program administrators that reported youth outcomes and described program activities, resources, partnerships and environments, including a literature review of after-school programming and evaluation

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After-school programs in Taiwan: Program features and child adjustment
Su, Hsiu-Chih, 2001
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin--Madison

A study of after school programs in Taiwan, investigating children's experiences in four different types of programs, family and child characteristics associated with program participation, and relations among program quality and participation and child adjustment

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AfterZones: Creating a citywide system to support and sustain high-quality after-school programs
Kotloff, Lauren, April, 2010
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.

An account of the implementation of AfterZones, a city-wide after school program for middle-school students in Providence, Rhode Island, with a focus on program structure, quality, and student engagement and participation

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