The 2003 California child care portfolio
A report providing statewide and county-by-county statistics regarding child care supply and demand, costs, and current policy trends in the state of California
Other
Accidents will happen?: Unintentional injury, maternal employment, and child care policy
A paper on the impact of selected child care regulations on the risk of injury for children in formal child care settings using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and the Vital Statistics Detail Mortality (VSDM).
Reports & Papers
Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers
An inquiry into the role of high-stakes testing in early childhood programs in the adoption of early childhood policies, with a suggestion of an alternative method for the assessment of children to inform the decisions of public policymakers
Other
Accreditation as an alternative pathway to quality in QRIS
A comparison of the Illinois child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) ratings that child care centers would receive through either their accreditation status or their observed quality, based on data for 55 accredited child care centers applying to the Illinois QRIS
Reports & Papers
Achieving a high-quality preschool teachers corps: A focus on California
An issue brief discussing issues related to increasing California's preschool teachers' effectiveness, including the recruitment of young Hispanic Americans, job requirements, and funding for professional education
Other
Achieving quality early childhood education for all: Insights from the policy innovation diffusion research
A compendium of recommendations of strategies for use by advocates of equal early childhood education for all children, and a discussion implications on changes to policies on early childhood education
Other
Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010 [Executive summary]
A summary of 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
Executive Summary
Across demographic and party lines, Americans clamor for safe, enriching afterschool programs
A brief on the high levels of support for continued and expanded afterschool programming, based on a nationwide survey of registered voters conducted in 2003
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Act 259 report to the 2008 state legislature
A presentation of a plan to create a comprehensive early learning system in Hawaii, beginning with services for four-year-old children
Other
Act 259 report to the 2008 state legislature [Executive summary]
A summary of a presentation of a plan to create a comprehensive early learning system in Hawaii, beginning with services for four-year-old children
Executive Summary
An actionable federal framework to promote QRIS in the states
A proposal of recommendations for the creation of federal policies to support the development of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) in the states
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Advocating early childhood education for all: Some thoughts on shaping the political context
A discussion of possible strategies to be used to advocate for the improvement of access to quality early childhood education and care programs
Other
AEU submission to the independent inquiry into the provision of universal access to high quality preschool education
A description of the state of universal access to high quality preschool education in Australia by the Australian Education Union in response to an independent inquiry
Other
Affordable and secure child care contributes to a more productive workforce & helps resolve work-family conflict
A summary of a study of the impact of Working Parents for a Working New York, an initiative to extend access to child care subsidies to low to moderate income working families and offer work-family support workshops, on participants' attendance, work performance, productivity, and retention, based on baseline and follow-up survey data collected from 92 treatment and 77 control group members
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Afterschool child care subsidies and maternal employment among the low-income families
An examination of the relationship between variations in state child care policies and both parental choice of after school child care and their employment, based on a secondary analysis of data from the National Survey of America's Families 2002, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (2000 to 2004), and published aggregate data provided by the Child Care Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Census Bureau
Reports & Papers
Alabama early childhood development facts
A statistical fact sheet on Alabama's low income families, preschool children, and its early childhood education system, including the state preschool program, the Alabama Pre-kindergarten Initiative
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Aligning public finance systems: How can we most effectively maximize resources and build cohesive early care and education systems at the state level?
A brief examining the linkages among different components of a high quality early care and education system of financing, program, and practitioner standards
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Almost a million children in school before kindergarten: Who is responsible for early childhood services?
An exploration into the public early childhood education services provided by local and state education agencies
Other
America's child care problem: The way out
Other
Anniversaries in the Finnish kindergarten system: How and why the system was created
An overview of the history of the Finnish child care system, from the creation of the folk kindergarten in 1888 to the adoption of the Day Care Act of 1996, which guaranteed all children under 7 years the right to child care.
Other
An annotated bibliography of background materials for promoting Early Education for All Children (EEFA): Lessons from the field to inform future action
An annotated bibliography of early education materials focusing on public policies in a comparative perspective, professional development and working conditions, and state and local initiatives.
Bibliographies
Apples, giraffes, and Martin Luther King: Curriculum policy in a kindergarten classroom
An observational study of how a kindergarten teacher combined her knowledge and beliefs about early education with four state, local, and national curriculum initiatives, including No Child Left Behind and the National Association for the Education of Young Children's accreditation standards
Reports & Papers
Applying the military model to improve child care in every state, for every child care
A review of the steps taken by the military to improve its child care system after the enactment of the Military Child Care Act of 1989.
Other
Approaching the problem of early childhood teacher turnover: Universal pre-K teachers' work attitudes and turnover intentions and their relationship to policy-amenable teacher characteristics
An examination of universal prekindergarten teachers' work attitudes and turnover intentions in terms of their relations with teacher characteristics, public and institutional policies, and job position in the program
Reports & Papers
Are Child Care Subsidies Cost-Effective?
A study of the cost-effectiveness of child care subsidies along two dimensions: (1) a comparison of measures of cost-effectiveness to the alternative of an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); and (2) clarification of an optimal design strategy through the exploitation of the substantial cross-state policy innovation. The issue addressed is the extent to which these policies increase incentives for labor supply and human capital development, while reducing poverty and receipt of cash assistance. The study employs an empirical approach involving three broad steps: (1) modeling labor supply as a function of key budget constraint variables, including child care costs and the EITC, using a sample of single women; (2) modeling a number of indicators of educational attainment, in-school status, and job training enrollment as a function of child care costs and the EITC; and (3) conducting a welfare analysis on various components of states' CCDF comparisons in order to clarify an optimal design strategy. Data is drawn from multiple sources, primarily the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
