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Louisiana's early childhood comprehensive system: A HRSA-MCHB grant initiative: Progress report [Executive summary] A summary of an account of the influence of Louisiana's BrightStart initiative--the state's program to coordinate efforts to ensure that children enter school healthy and ready to learn--on children's development, families' well-being, and the quality improvement of early childhood education and care in the first six months of 2009 |
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Making a case for child care: An evaluation of a Pennsylvania-based intervention called Child Care Matters [Executive summary] An executive summary of an evaluation of the overall implementation, effectiveness at changing child care policy, influence on the media, effect on business practices, and impact of child care investments of Child Care Matters, a Pennsylvania initiative to shift the focus of the child care agenda to improving accessibility, affordability, and quality |
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Making quality child care possible: Lessons learned from NACCRRA's military partnerships [Executive summary] A summary of a discussion of lessons learned from efforts to improve military child care that can be used to improve the quality of civilian child care |
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Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Pilot Program: FY08 evaluation: Executive summary A summary of an implementation and early outcome evaluation of the Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Pilot Program, which disbursed grants to improve classroom quality in early childhood programs, that examined programs' allocation of funds to improve quality, perceptions of quality increases, and remaining program needs |
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Oregon Child Care Health Consultation Program: 2008 status report [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of the first year of implementation of the Child Care Health Consultation (CCHC) program, Oregon's initiative to improve children's health and safety in child care programs, from July 2007 through June 2008 |
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Oregon Child Care Health Consultation program: 2009 status report [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of the second year of implementation of the Child Care Health Consultation (CCHC) program, Oregon's initiative to improve children's health and safety in child care programs, from July 2008 through June 2009 |
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Out-of-school time: Leveraging higher education for quality [Executive summary] A summary of an exploration of partnerships between higher education institutions and out of school time programs, with a focus on the relationship between such partnerships and the quality of out of school time programs |
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Partners in Family Child Care: 2008-2009 year 1 report [Executive summary] A summary of findings from the first year of the implementation of Partners in Family Child Care, an initiative to improve the early literacy and socioemotional outcomes of children in family child care, based on data from 30 urban family child care providers in Rochester, New York |
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Partners in Family Child Care: 2009-2010 year 2 report [Executive summary] A summary of findings from the second year of the implementation of Partners in Family Child Care, an initiative to improve the early literacy and socioemotional outcomes of children in family child care, based on data from 60 urban family child care providers in Rochester, New York |
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Paths to QUALITY: A child care quality rating system for Indiana: What is its scientific basis? [Executive summary] A summary of an analysis of the validity of the quality standards used in Paths to QUALITY, Indiana's child care quality rating system, based on results from pilot sites and a review of research literature related to quality indicators in the standards |
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The Prime Time Initiative of Palm Beach County, Florida: QIS development process evaluation: Year 2 report: Executive summary A summary of the second year of a three-year process evaluation of the implementation of a quality improvement system (QIS) by the Prime Time Initiative of Palm Beach County, Florida, for after school programs, 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 |
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Quality early learning: Key to school success: A first-phase 3-year program evaluation research report for Pittsburgh's Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) [Executive summary] A summary of a longitudinal evaluation of the first phase of the Early Childhood Initiative (ECI), a large-scale early care and education program serving high-risk neighborhoods in Pittsburgh and other communities in Allengheny County, Pennsylvania, measuring it against a series of child, parent, program, community, and early school success benchmarks |
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Ready for prime time: Implementing a formal afterschool quality improvement system by Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc. [Executive summary] A summary of a process evaluation of the county-wide implementation of a quality improvement system (QIS) for after school programs by the Prime Time Initiative of Palm Beach County, Florida, that focused on participating after school programs' experiences with QIS services, based on informant interviews, observations of programs and QIS services, and document review and analysis |
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Recommendations to promote quality in Pennsylvania regulations exempt child care settings [Executive summary] A summary of a proposal of recommendations for the improvement of child care quality of unregulared family, friend, and neighbor child care providers in Pennsylvania |
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Report on the second round of the Quality Child Care Initiative (QCCI): Executive summary A summary of the history of the history, implementation, and funding activities of the second round of the Quality Child Care Initiative, a Bay Area, California, collaborative of funders whose grantmaking efforts aimed to improve child care quality, based on document analysis and review and interviews with funders and grantees |
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Six years of improvements in quality early care and education in Mid Coast Maine [Executive summary] A summary of a discussion of the use of Early Learning Opportunity Act (ELOA) funding to improve the quality of early childhood education and care in Mid Coast Maine through the promotion of children’s early literacy, emphasis of professional development and credentialing efforts of the early childhood workforce, support of programs to become nationally accredited, and an increase in the provision of inclusive early childhood services |
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Smart Start and local inter-organizational collaboration [Executive summary] A summary of a longitudinal study on the efficacy of Smart Start in improving agency integration and collaboration |
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Sparking Connections: Oklahoma tribal connection: Report on outcomes of Cherokee Nation Sparking Connections program [Executive summary] A summary of an outcome evaluation of Oklahoma Tribal Connection, an initiative to improve the quality of Cherokee Nation family, friend, and neighbor child care providers, based on surveys of and focus groups with providers |
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Starting off right: Promoting child development from birth in state early care and education initiatives [Executive summary] A summary of descriptions of state strategies to improve infant and toddler child care quality |
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Strategies for supporting quality in kith and kin child care: Findings from the Early Head Start Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot evaluation [Executive summary] A summary of a descriptive evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, an initiative supporting the quality of kith and kin child care provision for infants and toddlers in Early Head Start, based on site visits, staff telephone interviews, quality observations, caregiver interviews, and administrative records |
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Supply, demand and accountability: Effective strategies to enhance the quality of early learning experiences through workforce improvement [Executive summary] A summary of a discussion of strategies to be used for improving the quality of teaching and caregiving by early care and education staff, both nationally and for Washington State |
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