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Assessing the New Federalism A multi-year, multi-pronged project that analyzes state policy choices, including policy development and implementation, and family well-being in the context of the significant devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations [Executive summary] A summary of a compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Measuring quality across three child care quality rating and improvement systems: Findings from secondary analyses A study of the prevalence of quality components among participating child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) providers and their relationship to observed quality, based on analyses of QRIS administrative data, professional development registries, and observation data in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, and Tennessee |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Measuring quality across three child care quality rating and improvement systems: Findings from secondary analyses [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the prevalence of quality components among participating child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) providers and their relationship to observed quality, based on analyses of QRIS administrative data, professional development registries, and observation data in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, and Tennessee |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: The Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Evaluation Toolkit A guide to planning and conducting child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) evaluations |
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Coaching for quality improvement: Lessons learned from quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) A summary of an examination of features of coaching and other on-site, individualized professional development strategies associated with positive outcomes for early childhood practitioners and children, based on a research review and a multi-case study of coaching in quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) |
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Coaching in early care and education programs and quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS): Identifying promising features An examination of features of coaching and other on-site, individualized professional development strategies associated with positive outcomes for early childhood practitioners and children, based on a research review and a multi-case study of coaching in quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) |
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Data-driven decision making in preparation for large-scale quality rating system implementation An account of the development and implementation of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) and its implementation procedures, based on information from Missouri's experiences with the development of a QRIS |
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Early care and education for children in low-income families: Patterns of use, quality, and potential policy implications A review of research in four areas: 1) child care and early education usage patterns among children from low-income families, 2) child care and early education quality and its relation to child development, 3) child care and early education quality for children from low-income families, and 4) the policy context shaping child care and early education quality |
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Early care and education for children in low-income families: Patterns of use, quality, and potential policy implications [Executive summary] A summary of a review of research in four areas: 1) child care and early education usage patterns among children from low-income families, 2) child care and early education quality and its relation to child development, 3) child care and early education quality for children from low-income families, and 4) the policy context shaping child care and early education quality |
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Essential but often ignored: Child care providers in the subsidy system An analysis of subsidy policies and practices that affect providers serving subsidized families, focusing on the amount providers are paid to care for subsidized children and how providers experience the subsidy system |
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Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota's quality rating and improvement system pilot: Final evaluation report An evaluation of Parent Aware, Minnesota's quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), that examines programs' experiences and patterns of enrollment, ratings, and improvement, risk status of children served, parent and child ratings, and the relationship of program ratings to observed quality and children's developmental gains, based on program surveys and observations, direct and indirect child assessments, parent interviews, administrative data, and data on program supports |
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Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota?s quality rating and improvement system pilot: Year 2 evaluation report Findings from an implementation and process evaluation of the second year of Parent Aware, Minnesota?s quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), including information on program characteristics and stakeholder perspectives |
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Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota's quality rating and improvement system pilot: Year 3 Findings from an implementation and process evaluation of the third year of Parent Aware, Minnesota?s quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), including information on program characteristics and stakeholder perspectives |
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Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota's quality rating system pilot: Year 1 evaluation report Findings from an implementation evaluation of the first year of Parent Aware, a pilot quality rating system in Minnesota to help parents identify high-quality early childhood education programs, based on interviews with stakeholders |
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Getting Ready: Final evaluation report An evaluation of Parent Aware Getting Ready Project, a program to assist child care providers in preparing for entry into the Minnesota Parent Aware quality rating and improvement system, that examines child care provider characteristics, services received, quality improvement, and enrollment in Parent Aware, based on administrative data, project staff interviews and surveys, and provider self-assessments and surveys |
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Issues for the next decade of quality rating and improvement systems A discussion of issues related to quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs), including new challenges facing QRISs, QRIS research and evaluation, QRIS design and implementation, and tools for guiding QRIS evaluation efforts |
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Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Alternative rating structures for Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW A discussion of child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) models with alternative rating structures to STARS for KIDS NOW, Kentucky's QRIS, and an estimation and comparison of provider quality ratings under STARS for KIDS NOW and the alternative models, based on interviews with 62 providers participating in STARS for KIDS NOW |
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Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Executive summary A summary of an evaluation of STARS for KIDS NOW, Kentucky's child care quality rating and improvement system, that examines the STARS standards, rating structure, technical assistance system, outreach efforts, service coordination, and administrative processes |
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Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Overview of methods A discussion of the research questions, methods, and data sources from an evaluation of STARS for KIDS NOW, Kentucky's child care quality rating and improvement system |
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Look to the stars: Future directions for the evaluation of quality rating and improvement systems A commentary on the development of evaluations of state child care quality rating and improvement systems |
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Measuring and rating quality: A state perspective on the demands for quality measurement in a policy context An account of the implementation of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) for early childhood education and care programs in Minnesota, including information on quality goals, implementation challenges, and recommendations for improvement |
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Minnesota Child Care Choices: Continuity of care and participation in the Child Care Assistance Program A study of the characteristics, duration of continuous participation, and continuity of child care arrangements of participants in the child care subsidy program in Minnesota, based on child care subsidy voucher administrative data for 44,582 children from January 2009 through June 2010 |
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Minnesota Child Care Choices: Families' awareness and use of a pilot quality rating and improvement system Findings from a longitudinal study of the child care decision-making processes of low-income families in Minnesota that examine parents' awareness and use of pilot quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) ratings and rated programs, based on a survey 270 low-income parents with at least one child age 6 or under who have applied for child care assistance or welfare and live in one of four QRIS pilot counties |
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