Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010
A study of the extent to which state child care regulations meet standards related to obesity prevention in the areas of infant feeding, nutrition, and physical activity
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Conceptualizations of readiness and the content of early learning standards: The intersection of policy and research?
An analysis of 46 state-level early education standards documents to investigate the specific areas of development addressed in order to determine how different states conceptualize school readiness
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Evaluating quality in state child care licensing: The Tennessee Report Card and Star-Quality Child Care Program
Findings from an evaluation of the first three years of the Tennessee Report Card and Star-Quality Program, the state's child care quality rating and improvement system, with a focus on the support system component for technical assistance, professional development and training, and assessment
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Infant-Toddler early learning guidelines: The content that states have addressed and implications for programs serving children with disabilities
A categorical analysis of the contents of the infant and toddler early learning guidelines (ELGs) published by 21 states, and a discussion of their implications for programs serving children with disabilities
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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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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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State policies that promote early childhood mathematics
A study by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) on state standards of early childhood mathematical education, educational level and professional development recommended for educators, curriculum and testing requirements
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Unequal opportunities for preschoolers: Differing standards for licensed child care centers and state-funded prekindergarten programs
A comparison of state licensing regulations for center-based child care and early education programs to state prekindergarten program standards, as well as to Head Start standards and military child care regulations, using a quality standards checklist
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What is working? What is not working?: Report on the qualitative study of the Tennessee report card and Star-Quality program and support system
An evaluation of the Tennessee Child Care Evaluation and Report Card Program (STARS), the state's child care quality rating and improvement system, with a focus on the support system component for technical assistance, professional development and training, and assessment, based on interviews with 78 early childhood professionals and assessments of early learning environments in Tennessee in 2006
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