Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (U.S.), January, 2011
Aurora, CO: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care.
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
Reports & Papers
Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report
United States. Department of Education. Policy and Program Studies Service, December 2005
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Policy and Program Studies Service.
An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments
Reports & Papers
Conceptualizations of readiness and the content of early learning standards: The intersection of policy and research?
Scott-Little, Catherine, 2006
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21(2), 153-173
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
Reports & Papers
Inside the content: The breadth and depth of early learning standards
Scott-Little, Catherine, 2003
Greensboro, NC: SERVE.
A study of the content and development of state-level early learning standards for kindergarten through twelfth grade in 2004
Reports & Papers
K-2 standards and assessments: A 50-state review
Kauerz, Kristie, June, 2006
Philadelphia: National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force.
A descriptive study of each state's kindergarten, first grade, and second grade content standards and mandatory assessments
Reports & Papers
NCSL technical report: State approaches to school readiness assessment
Stedron, Jennifer,
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.
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
Reports & Papers
State policies that promote early childhood mathematics
National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
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
Reports & Papers
Unequal opportunities for preschoolers: Differing standards for licensed child care centers and state-funded prekindergarten programs
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, February, 2009
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.
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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