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Implementation of the Head Start National Reporting System: Spring 2007: Final report A study providing findings from the fourth year of the Head Start Quality Assurance Study, which examined Head Start programs' experiences implementing the Head Start National Reporting System (NRS), including: the quality of their administration of the NRS Child Assessment; their approaches to training staff to conduct the NRS Child Assessment; their experiences with a new NRS social-emotional development component; their use of NRS results for program improvement; and program staff perspectives of the NRS, all based on site visits to a nationally representative sample of 40 Head Start programs with an oversample of American Indian/Alaska Native programs |
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Implementation of the Head Start National Reporting System: Spring 2007: Final report [Executive summary] A summary of a study providing findings from the fourth year of the Head Start Quality Assurance Study, which examined Head Start programs' experiences implementing the Head Start National Reporting System (NRS), including: the quality of their administration of the NRS Child Assessment; their approaches to training staff to conduct the NRS Child Assessment; their experiences with a new NRS social-emotional development component; their use of NRS results for program improvement; and program staff perspectives of the NRS, all based on site visits to a nationally representative sample of 40 Head Start programs with an oversample of American Indian/Alaska Native programs |
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Implementation of the National Reporting System in Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs: Year two update: Final report A study providing findings for Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs in the second year of the Head Start Quality Assurance Study, which examined Head Start programs' experiences implementing the Head Start National Reporting System (NRS), including: the quality of their administration of the NRS Child Assessment; their approaches to training staff to conduct the NRS Child Assessment; their use of NRS results for program improvement; and program staff perspectives of the NRS, all based on site visits to a sample of eight Migrant/Seasonal Head Start programs |
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Improving business skills in the early years and childcare sector A study of business skills training and support for early years and child care providers in England, based on interviews, focus groups, and surveys of 636 providers and interviews with 17 local authority representatives |
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Improving business skills in the early years and childcare sector [Executive summary] A summary of a study of business skills training and support for early years and child care providers in England, based on interviews, focus groups, and surveys of 636 providers and interviews with 17 local authority representatives |
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The interplay between organisation and pedagogic content: Results from a study reflecting the changes within 12 preschools in Stockholm during a three-year period A study of the changes of a preschool’s organization in Stockholm, Sweden, and the effect on staff, parents, children, and pedagogy |
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The iron triangle: A simple formula for financial policy in ECE programs A discussion of the components of a formula to represent early childhood program budgets |
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Lessons from cost modeling: The link between ECE business management and program quality A discussion of child care center management and administration challenges to providing high-quality services while meeting costs |
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Lifelong learning and social policy for early childhood Excerpts from an interview with Einar Juell, an early childhood specialist in Education Union Norway, on the administrative responsibility for Barnehager, the country’s integrated early childhood care and education services for 0-5 year olds |
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Lighting the path: Developing leadership in early education A summary of a discussion on leadership in early childhood education, taking place at the Early Childhood Symposium, sponsored by the Hawaii State Department of Human Services |
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A ''noble bet'' in early care and education: Lessons from one community's experience An evaluation of the Pittsburgh area Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) across three domains: program scale, community participation, and program sustainability. |
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A ''noble bet'' in early care and education: Lessons from one community's experience: Executive summary A summary of the Pittsburgh area Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) program evaluation. |
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The perceived needs of child care center directors in preventing injuries and infectious diseases A letter to the editor reporting on the findings of a telephone survey of child care facility directors regarding their knowledge of injury and disease prevention. |
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Predictors of preschool process quality in a Chinese context A journal article examining structural and management-related measures of quality as predictors of process quality in Hong Kong preschools |
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Preliminary findings from interviews with child care program managers: A product of the Study of Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas A report on the effects of the devolution of child care subsidy programs on local child care subsidy administration in Texas |
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Preliminary findings from interviews with child care program managers: A product of the Study of Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas [Executive Summary] Summary of a report on the effects of the devolution of child care subsidy programs on local child care subsidy administration in Texas |
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Program performance measures for Head Start programs serving infants and toddlers A brief presenting the program performance measures framework for Head Start programs serving infants and toddlers |
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Provision of out of school care (OSC) management models and business planning A study in Scotland of different models used in the management of out-of-school time child care programs and practices used in the provision of business support, based on a survey of local government authorities and case studies of individual programs |
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Provision of out of school care (OSC) management models and business planning [Executive summary] A summary of a study in Scotland of different models used in the management of out-of-school time child care programs and practices used in the provision of business support, based on a survey of local government authorities and case studies of individual programs |
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Quality New York: Assessment of its contributions to program improvement in early care and education programs in New York City An examination of the impact of Quality New York (QNY), a professional development intervention with both group and individual components for early childhood program directors, on the management and administration early childhood programs, based on data for 11 programs that participated in the (QNY) initiative for at least 18 months |
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Quality New York: Assessment of its contributions to program improvement in early care and education programs in New York City [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of the impact of Quality New York (QNY), a professional development intervention with both group and individual components for early childhood program directors, on the management and administration early childhood programs, based on data for 11 programs that participated in the (QNY) initiative for at least 18 months |
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Rescuing the childcare center: One community's efforts to manage change through generating and coordinating resources A description of the guidelines used by one community that collaborated to save a child care center, including strategies to establish a network, create a plan of action, and constantly plan for change |
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The role of training and technical assistance in supporting the delivery of high quality services in Early Head Start An examination of Early Head Starts (EHS) supports, challenges and its effects on training and technical assistance |
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Shining a light on supervision: Lessons from the Beacons An exploration of the role of supervision to child care workers in out of school time programs in the form of feedback, training, and guidance, using the Beacon Centers’ after school programs as a model |
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State administration of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: Structure, process and practices A description of all major areas of Even Start Family Literacy Program administration at the state level and the factors that facilitate or impede program improvement activities conducted by Even Start state coordinators |
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