13 indicators of quality child care: Research update
Fiene, Richard, 2002
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
An annotated bibliography of research conducted since 1992 on thirteen key child care quality indicators used in developing child care licensing regulations.
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Common challenges in the study of continuity of child care subsidy participation: CCPRC subsidy workgroup methodology research brief series
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December, 2012
(Methodological Brief OPRE 2012-55). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A discussion of issues in designing studies of the dynamics of child care subsidy receipt
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Guidebook for implementing a study on the dynamics of child care subsidy use
Grobe, Deana, 2003
Corvallis: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership.
A description of the methodology developed in the course of a five-state longitudinal study, based on administrative data from the child care subsidy program, on the dynamics of child care subsidy use--including characteristics of children and families who receive subsidies, services received, length of subsidy receipt spells, probability of reentry into the subsidy system, and stability of children's care arrangements while they are in the subsidy system--designed as a guide to enable states and researchers to conduct similar studies on this topic
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Key elements of a QRIS validation plan: Guidance and planning template
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, February, 2013
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A guide and tools to ensure that child care quality rating and improvement systems accurately measure and rate quality
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Measuring collaboration among grant partners
Frey, Bruce B., September 2006
American Journal of Evaluation, 27(3), 383-392
An overview of the development, display, and reliability of the Levels of Collaboration Scale among 10 grant partners
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Measuring the regional economic importance of early care and education: The Cornell methodology guide
Ribeiro, Rosaria, 2004
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Department of City and Regional Planning.
A guide to conducting a regional economic analysis of the child care sector
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Methods paper: Defining a local childcare market
Corlyon, Judy, 2004
(Research Report RR526MP). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.
A study of methodology for research on which to base policy interactions among states and localities in England
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The price of school readiness: A tool for estimating the cost of universal preschool in the states
Golin, Stacie, 2004
(IWPR Publication No. G713). Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research.
A model designed to estimate the cost of a state-based, voluntary, universal prekindergarten program by combining the direct service and indirect costs associated with quality early childhood education, in order to approximate the annual total cost of program delivery
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Studying child care subsidies with secondary data sources: CCPRC subsidy workgroup methodology research brief series
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December, 2012
(Methodological Brief OPRE 2012-54). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A discussion of the features of four large-scale data sets relevant to the study of child care subsidies
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