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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
			Accreditation as an alternative pathway to quality in QRIS National-Louis University. McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, Winter 2013 Wheeling, IL: National-Louis University, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. 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 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
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Paper presented at the the Brookings Institution-University of North Carolina conference on Creating a national plan for the education of 4-year-olds, Washington, DC. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs	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
			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
			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 and Development Fund: Undercover tests show five state programs that are vulnerable to fraud and abuse United States. Government Accountability Office, September 2010 (GAO-10-1062). Washington, DC: United States, Government Accountability Office. Findings from an undercover investigation of the vulnerabilities of states' fraud prevention controls for child care assistance eligibility and billing in 5 states, and an inquiry into the influence of a lack of child care on the ability of parents to maintain employment	Reports & Papers
			Child care and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency United States. Government Accountability Office, 2006 (GAO-06-807). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office. A study examining access to, participation in, and efforts to assist with child care for families with limited English proficiency, based on analysis of national data sets, focus groups with parents, state and county site visits, and interviews with officials and experts	Reports & Papers
			Child Care Collaboration Program evaluation report Illinois. Department of Human Services. Head Start State Collaboration Office, November 2007 Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services. An evaluation of outcomes, successes, and challenges in the Illinois Child Care Collaboration Program, which facilitates collaboration among child care and other early childhood programs, based on a review of collaboration provider annual reports, administrative data, a survey of program participants, and key informant interviews	Reports & Papers
			The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states	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
			The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Measuring quality across three child care quality rating and improvement systems: Findings from secondary analyses United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011 (OPRE Report 2011-30). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A study of the prevalence of quality components among participating child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) providers and their relationship to observed quality, based on analyses of QRIS administrative data, professional development registries, and observation data in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, and Tennessee	Reports & Papers
			Child care rates report 2005 Garnier, Philip C., January 2005 Springfield: Illinois, Department of Human Services. An examination of market rates and the correlated reimbursement rates for child care providers in Illinois, with a focus on the participation of child care providers in state subsidy programs and the difference in costs and reimbursements for parents who pay privately and those who receive subsidies	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: States exercise flexibility in setting reimbursement rates and providing access for low-income children United States. General Accounting Office, 2002 (GAO-02-894). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office. A survey of variations in state-level practices for the use and reimbursement of Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies, based on the questionnaire responses of 49 state child care officials and case studies of nine rural, urban and suburban communities in Illinois, Maryland, and Oregon	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidy policy after the 1996 federal welfare reform: A case study of state policy formation in Illinois Schaefer, Stephanie A., 1999 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A case study of the formation of state child care subsidy policy development after the 1996 welfare reform, based on interviews with 12 policymakers and content analysis of 670 documents in Illinois	Reports & Papers
			Child care subsidy use and employment outcomes of TANF mothers during the early years of welfare reform: A three-state study Lee, Bong Joo, 2004 (Chapin Hall Working Paper). Chicago: University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children. An analysis of the child care subsidy take-up rate, type of child care chosen, and relation between child care subsidy use and employment outcomes for single working mothers receiving TANF in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts	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
			Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs Dotterer, Aryn M., 2009 In R.C. Pianta & C. Howes (Eds.), The promise of pre-k (pp. 65-76). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes A comparison of classroom characteristics and preschooler achievement outcomes in universal and targeted pre-k programs based on a sample of over 400 children in over 800 classrooms	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
			Cost-effectiveness of childcare discounts on parent participation in preventive parent training in low-income communities Gross, Deborah, December, 2011 Journal of Primary Prevention, 32(5-6), 283-298 A study of the effectiveness of child care discounts on parent participation in the Chicago Parent Program, a preventive Parent Training (PT) program, with an examination of parents' motivations for enrolling in preventive PT, and an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the discount incentives for increasing parent enrollment and attendance, based on data from 174 parents in 8 child care centers	Reports & Papers

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