2009 childcare and early years provider survey
An overview of a comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with only transition classes for four- and five-year-old children, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom
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Better beginnings: The Seeds to Success Modified Field Test: Impact evaluation findings
Findings from an impact evaluation of Seeds to Success, a quality rating and improvement system developed as part of the Early Learning Initiative in White Center and East Yakima, Washington
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Assessment of sponsor tiering determinations 2009
A summary of an estimate of improper payments made in 2009 to family child care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) as a result of misclassification in provider tiering status, which is determined by a provider's low-income status or operation in a low-income area and which determines the rate at which providers are reimbursed for the meals and snacks they provide
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Childcare in the pre-school years
A summary of a study of the quality of center-based child care for children aged 3 to 5 in England, based on observations of 301 child care settings attended by children in the longitudinal Millennium Cohort Study
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Measuring education quality in Brazil
A summary of a study of child care center quality in Brazil, based on observations and surveys of 150 centers in 6 cities
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Promoting school readiness by improving family, friend, and neighbor care
A discussion of strategies for the improvement of family, friend, and neighbor child care services to promote children's school readiness
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A window on early childhood administrative practices
An overview of an examination of the relationship between administrative practices and the quality of services of early childhood programs, based on an analysis of data on 564 child care centers in 25 states
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