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Inside the content of infant-toddler early learning guidelines: Results from analyses, issues to consider, and recommendations An analysis of the organization and content of state early learning guidelines (ELGs) for infants and toddlers, based on coding ELG documents |
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K-2 standards and assessments: A 50-state review A descriptive study of each state's kindergarten, first grade, and second grade content standards and mandatory assessments |
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Labor force supply decisions of rural low-income mothers A microeconomic study of the associations between both rural low income mothers' decision to work and number of hours worked and mother's individual characteristics, household characteristics, human capital, various household income sources including participation in child care assistance and the Earned Income Tax Credit, and local economic conditions, based on data from 412 families from 23 counties in 13 states |
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Leaving children to chance: NACCRRA's ranking of state standards and oversight for small family child care homes: 2012 update A ranking of state regulation and oversight of family child care homes against 16 benchmarks, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations |
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Locked doors: States struggling to meet the child care needs of low-income working families A study on the demand for affordable quality childcare in the United States |
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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 governor's summit on school readiness 2006: Combined report and program analysis by research element A discussion of opportunities for the improvement of early childhood programs in Minnesota, including information on and policy recommendations for program intensity and duration, curriculum, and the preparation of children into kindergarten |
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Mothers' views on child care under the JOBS program and implications for welfare reform An account of a study on mother’s participating in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Training Program, including program participation’s effects on their children and the factors that are creating substantive benefits for some children, based on two surveys of 357 JOBS participants in local sites in Minneapolis, New York, Oregon, and Texas |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of child care use among low-income families: Final report A study of families' decisions regarding employment and child care arrangements, examining variations by child's age, mother's race, and other family characteristics, and assessing the impact of child care subsidies and other state and local policies on families' choices |
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National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: State and Community Substudy: Final report A study of ongoing changes in state and community policies for meeting the child care needs of low-income families as a result of welfare reform implementation, including child care subsidy use and expenditures from 1997 to 2001 and child care subsidy policies and their administration from 1999 to 2002, based on administrative records, policy manuals, and key informant interviews from 17 states and 25 communities |
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NCSL technical report: State approaches to school readiness assessment An examination of states' kindergarten assessment practices and use and reporting of school readiness information, based on data from the 25 states that perform kindergarten assessments |
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NCSL technical report: State approaches to school readiness assessment An examination of states’ definitions of children’s school readiness and states’ uses of information on school readiness, based on data from 23 states that require universal or near-universal assessment by stature |
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Parent involvement and extended learning activities in school improvement plans in the Midwest Region An analysis of parent involvement and extended learning activities, including before and after school programming, in school improvement plans mandated by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin |
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Preliminary findings on the adequacy of child care funding from the child care case studies of the Assessing the New Federalism (ANF) Project An inquiry into factors affecting the utilization of child care subsidies, based on interviews of and focus groups with parents, administrators, and policymakers at 17 sites in 12 states |
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Private safety net: Childcare resources from the perspective of rural low-income families A journal article on the strategies used by and challenges facing low-income rural families' in their attempts to access child care resources to meet their needs |
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Promoting tolerance and respect for diversity in early childhood: Toward a research and practice agenda: A view from the field A study of approaches to offering diversity, tolerance, and respect for diversity (DTRD) education for young children from birth to age 10, including variations in program content and evaluation, participants, and organization staff and funding, based on interviews with representatives of organizations offering DTRD progamming |
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Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program evaluation: Annual report An evaluation of the first year of the pilot of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examined characteristics of participating children, families, programs, and communities, and initial implementation activities |
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Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program evaluation: Annual report: Year 3 An evaluation of the third year of the pilot of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examines enrollment, participation, and characteristics of children and families, children's developmental outcomes, early childhood education program supply and quality in pilot communities, and the costs and uses of the scholarship funds |
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Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program evaluation: Final evaluation report: 2008-2011 An evaluation of the pilot of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examines characteristics of participating children, families, and programs, developmental outcomes of participating and nonparticipating children, early childhood education program supply and quality in pilot communities, and the costs and uses of the scholarship funds |
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Saint Paul Early Scholarship Program evaluation: Annual report: Year 2 Findings from an evaluation of the second year of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program--a market-oriented scholarship model that includes home visits to inform parents about the benefits of high-quality early care and education, scholarships for low-income families to pay for high-quality early care and education, and Parent Aware, a program quality rating system--that examined characteristics of participating children, families, programs, and communities, and initial implementation activities |
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Solving the puzzle: The gap in Minnesota's early care & education finance and governance structures A comparison of the early care and education system governance and finance structures in Minnesota to structures in other states, based on stakeholder interviews |
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State and jurisdictional eligibility definitions for infants and toddlers with disabilities under IDEA A discussion of how the 50 states and 6 jurisdictions that participate in the Part C program of IDEA define developmental delays and, as applicable, at risk in their definition of eligibility for services |
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State child care assistance policies 2008: Too little progress for children and families A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2007 to February 2008, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates, based on a survey of state child care administrators |
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State child care assistance policies 2009: Most states hold the line, but some lose ground in hard times A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2008 to February 2009, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates, based on a survey of state child care administrators |
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State child care assistance policies 2010: New federal funds help states weather the storm A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2009 and February 2010, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of state child care administrators |
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