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			The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report National Association for Regulatory Administration, December 2006 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. A compilation of survey data on state child care licensing programs and policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement, and child care center licensing regulations, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005	Reports & Papers
			The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study: Final report National Child Care Information Center (U.S.), February, 2009 Lexington, KY: National Association for Regulatory Administration. A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007	Reports & Papers
			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
			After child care subsidies for TANF leavers: Implications for child school readiness Weinraub, Marsha, February, 2011 Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative. A longitudinal study of the child care arrangements of children of former welfare recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania who received child care subsidies after leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), based on analyses of secondary and administrative data for 157 children	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
			Announced v. unannounced licensing inspections: Survey report National Association for Regulatory Administration, 1997 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. Results from a survey about the requirements and practices of announced and unannounced licensing inspections by child care, child welfare, drug and alcohol, adult day care, and mental health licensing professionals in 40 different states/provinces/territories	Reports & Papers
			Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards? Kim, Juhee, July/August 2012 Pediatric Dentistry, 34(4), 317-324 A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education	Reports & Papers
			Assessing quality across all STAR levels Pennsylvania. Office of Child Development and Early Learning, January, 2013 (Research Brief Vol. 2, Issue 1). Harrisburg: Pennsylvania, Office of Child Development and Early Learning. Findings from a study of the relationship of the observed quality of child care programs participating in Keystone STARS, Pennsylvania's child care quality rating system, to their STARS rating, based on data for 46 randomly-selected programs	Reports & Papers
			Barriers to subsidies: Reasons why low-income families do not use child care subsidies Shlay, Anne B., Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy. http://www.temple.edu/CPP/content/reports/barriers_to_subsidies.pdf (no longer accessible since April 5, 2005) An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Reports & Papers
			Barriers to subsidies: Reasons why low income families do not use child care subsidies Shlay, Anne B., 2002 Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy. An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Reports & Papers
			Barriers to subsidies: Why low-income families do not use child care subsidies Shlay, Anne B., 2004 Social Science Research, 33(1), 134-157 An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Reports & Papers
			Barriers to subsidies: Why low-income families do not use child care subsidies Shlay, Anne B., 2003 Philadelphia: Temple University, Center for Public Policy. An investigation into the factors responsible for non-use of child care subsidies among subsidy-eligible families, based on a survey of 196 subsidy-eligible low income African American parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Reports & Papers
			Championing success: Business organizations for early childhood investments ReadyNation, 2013 Washington, DC: ReadyNation. A study of the early childhood policy and advocacy efforts of formal business membership organizations, based on survey responses from 104 local chambers of commerce and from 121 state business roundtables, state chambers of commerce, and city chambers of commerce	Reports & Papers
			Child-care quality rating and improvement systems in five pioneer states: Implementation issues and lessons learned Zellman, Gail L., 2008 (MG-795-AECF/SPF/UWA). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. A study of the quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) in five early QRIS-adopting states, including descriptions of: the theory of action underlying QRISs; each state's system, including the aspects of quality included in the system; the development of each state's system; and challenges facing system designers and lessons learned from these states, all based on in-depth interviews with 4 key stakeholders in each state	Reports & Papers
			The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Child care quality rating and improvement systems: Approaches to integrating programs for young children in two states United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011 (OPRE Report 2011-28). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. An examination of the role, and how to assess the role, that state child care quality rating and improvement systems can play in early childhood care and education system integration and development, based on document reviews, administrator interviews, and two-day site visits in Indiana and Pennsylvania	Reports & Papers
			The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011 (OPRE Report 2011-29). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. An examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee	Reports & Papers
			Child care: Recent state policy changes affecting the availability of assistance for low-income families United States. General Accounting Office, 2003 (GAO-03-588). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office. An examination of state policy developments affecting the availability of child care assistance for low-income families	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidies post TANF: Child care subsidy use by African American, White and Hispanic TANF-leavers Shlay, Anne B., December 2010 Children and Youth Services Review, 32(12), 1711-1718 A comparison of the child care subsidy use of 658 African American, White, and Hispanic former recipients of Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) from the greater Philadelphia area, based on data from a 2005 automated telephone survey	Reports & Papers
			Coaching and quality assistance in quality rating improvement systems: Approaches used by TA providers to improve quality in early care and education programs and home-based settings Smith, Sheila, January, 2012 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty. A study of the features of on-site technical assistance and coaching provided by state child care quality rating and improvement system technical assistance providers, based on interviews with 34 technical assistance providers in 17 states	Reports & Papers
			Coming together for children with disabilities: State collaboration to support quality, inclusive child care Mezey, Jennifer, 2003 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A study of state policies which would provide special education and early intervention services to low-income children with disabilities in child care programs	Reports & Papers
			A comparative enforcement study: Survey report of negative enforcement options and practices National Association for Regulatory Administration, 1998 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. A survey of the negative enforcement practices used by regulatory agencies on adult assisted-living, child care, and child residential care licensing programs in the United States and Canada	Reports & Papers
			A comparative report on the frequency and types of human service licensing inspections: A cross-system study of assisted living, child care, developmental disabilities and child residential facilities Kroh, Karen E., 2001 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. Results from a 2001 survey of the frequency and types of licensing inspections in 93 assisted living, special needs and residential child care facilities in the United States, the Virgin Islands and Canada	Reports & Papers
			Comparison of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) with Department of Defense standards for quality National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August 2009 Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. An analysis of the conformity of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) in 19 states with the standards of quality for child care as set by the Department of Defense	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
			A count for quality: Child care center directors on rating and improvement systems Schulman, Karen, 2012 Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center. A study of child care center directors' views of child care quality rating and improvement systems and their components, based on interviews with 48 directors from 9 states and a roundtable forum with 15 of the 48 directors	Reports & Papers

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