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15 by 15: A comprehensive policy framework for early human capital investment in BC [Executive summary]
Kershaw, Paul, August 2009
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: University of British Columbia, Human Early Learning Partnership.

A summary of an argument for reducing the percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in British Columbia, Canada, to 15 by 2015, including a policy framework to achieve the goal

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Childminders [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, May, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A survey of the child care and early education workforce in England employed as childminders, including the characteristics of provision of the childminders, their places of operation and the children they serve, the characteristics of the staff, their training, and childminder qualifications

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Day nurseries and other full-day care provision [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, May, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A survey of the child care and early education workforce in the United Kingdom that work in day nurseries and other full-day care provisions; the study looks at the distribution of these child care services throughout the nation, the number of children they serve, the staffs? characteristics, staff training and qualifications, and staff recruitment and retention

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Holiday clubs [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, April, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A summary of a comprehensive survey of England?s holiday club child care provider workforce characteristics, 2002-2003

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Nursery schools [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, April, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A summary of a comprehensive survey of the educational play time supervisor workforce characteristics at child care centers in England, 2002-2003

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Out of school clubs [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, May, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A summary of a comprehensive survey of England?s out-of-school club child care provider workforce characteristics, 2002-2003

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Playgroups and pre-schools [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, May, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A survey of the child care and early education workforce in England that work in playgroups and preschools, including the distribution of child care programs throughout the nation, the number of children they serve, the staffs? characteristics, staff training and qualifications, and staff recruitment and retention

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Primary schools with nursery and reception classes [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, April, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A survey of the child care and early education workforce in England employed in primary schools with reception and nursery classes, including the distribution of these schools throughout the nation, the number of children they serve, staff training and qualifications, and staff recruitment and retention

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2002/03 Childcare and Early Years Workforce survey: Primary schools with reception but no nursery classes [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, April, 2004
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A survey of the child care and early education workforce in England employed in primary schools with reception but no nursery classes, including the distribution of these schools throughout the nation, the number of children they serve, staff training and qualifications, and staff recruitment and retention

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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs [Executive summary]
Ball, Jessica, April, 2007
London, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.

A summary of a compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children

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Accessing kindergarten in Queensland [Executive summary]
Thorpe, Karen, 2011
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Queensland, Office for Early Childhood Education and Care.

A summary of a study of parents' beliefs about child development and early education services, barriers to early education access, and factors to facilitate access in Queensland, Australia, based on interviews with 30 mothers

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Access to early childhood education in Australia [Executive summary]
Baxter, Jennifer, April, 2013
(Research Report No. 24). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Australian Institute of Family Studies.

A summary of an examination of the concept and measurement of access to early childhood education in Australia, and of a study of variation in access to early childhood education by child characteristics, based on consultations with key stakeholders, a literature review, and secondary analyses of four national data sets

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Accumulated experience, quality of services, family characteristics and development of three-year-old children in various types of child care beginning in the first year of life: Summary
Bigras, Nathalie, November 2009
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Council on Learning.

A summary of an inquiry into the relationship between child care quality, and family characteristics during a child's first year, and children's development at age 36 months

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After School Science and Engineering Clubs evaluation [Executive summary]
Mannion, Ken, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW071). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A summary of an evaluation of After School Science and Engineering Clubs, which were established by selected schools in England using government funding to promote middle-school-age children's interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education

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Alberta Inclusive Child Care Project [Executive summary]
Wiart, Lesley, June, 2011
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research.

A summary of a study of the barriers to and facilitators of access to inclusive child care programs in Alberta, Canada, based on focus groups with parents, child care providers, and program directors, and a survey of child care programs

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'Am I staying for lunch today?': A consultation project with 3 and 4 year olds to find out about their experience of the Free Entitlement
Williams, Lucy, February, 2010
London: National Children's Bureau. February 6, 2012, from http://www.ncb.org.uk/media/74214/exec_summary_free_entitlement.pdf

A summary of an examination of 3- and 4-year-old children's experiences of free, universal, part-time early education in England, based on a consultation with 58 children in 10 settings

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Arab Republic of Egypt strategic options for early childhood education [Executive summary]
World Bank. Middle East and North Africa Region. Human Development Group, September 2002
(Report No. 24772-EGT). Washington, DC: World Bank, Middle East and North Africa Region.

A summary of a presentation of strategies for the expansion of early childhood and kindergarten programs in Egypt

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Assessing inclusion quality in early learning and child care in Canada with the SpeciaLink Child Care Inclusion Practices Profile and Principles Scale [Executive summary]
Lero, Donna S., February 2010
Syndey, Nova Scotia, Canada: SpeciaLink.

A summary of a study of the internal reliability and structural properties of the SpeciaLink Inclusion Principles Scale and the SpeciaLink Inclusion Practices Profile, two measures of inclusion quality, based on data collected in almost 600 classrooms in 216 child care centers and preschool programs in Canada

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Assessment practices and aspects of curriculum in early childhood education: Results of the 2007 NZCER national survey for ECE services
Mitchell, Linda, 2008
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

A summary of findings from a national study on assessment practices and curricular content in early childhood education programs in New Zealand

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Attitudes towards child support and knowledge of the Child Support Agency, 2004 [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2004
(Research Report No. 226). Leeds, United Kingdom: Corporate Document Services.

A summary of a study of changes in attitudes concerning non-resident parents' financial responsibility to children since 2000 in the United Kingdom

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The barriers to childcare provision: Executive summary
Callender, Claire, 2000
(Research Brief No. 231). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment.

An assessment of the nature and extent of both the demand for and supply of different types of childcare provision in Great Britain for children under the age of 16

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Barriers to participation: The experiences of disadvantaged young children, their families and professionals in engaging with early childhood services [Executive summary]
Grace, Rebekah, 2010
North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia: Macquarie University, Children and Families Research Centre.

A summary of a study in disadvantaged communities in New South Wales, Australia, of children's and parents' experiences of participation in early childhood settings and parents' and early childhood workers' perspectives on barriers to accessing early childhood services, based on questionnaires and in-depth interviews with 101 parents, interviews with 60 children, and focus groups with 40 early childhood workers

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A better beginning: Easing the cost of childcare [Executive summary]
Shorthouse, Ryan, February, 2012
London: Social Market Foundation.

A summary of a presentation of a policy proposal for public child care support in the United Kingdom and an analysis of fiscal models of the policy and a poll of 502 parents to gauge interest in the policy

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Better serving our children: An action plan for increasing volunteering in the early years and childcare sector [Executive summary]
Groucutt, Kate, March, 2012
London: Daycare Trust.

A summary of an examination of patterns of parent and community volunteering in early childhood settings in the United Kingdom, with a discussion of the benefits of and strategies to support volunteering, based on a survey of 2,000 pregnant women and mothers of infants and on interviews and a roundtable with stakeholders

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A better start in life: The early childhood development program in the Philippines [Executive summary]
Behrman, Jere R., 2004
Washington, DC: World Bank.

A summary of an overview of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project and impact evaluation strategies in the Philippines, and an evaluation of the program’s influence on children’s health and development

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