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The 2003 California child care portfolio
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, 2004
San Francisco: California Child Care Resource and Referral Network.

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

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Access to early childhood programs for children at risk
Hofferth, Sandra L., 1994
(NCES 93-372). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

An investigation into the degree of access at-risk children have to programs providing early childhood education and care services and the quality of those programs, using data from the National Household Education Survey

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Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers
Meisels, Samuel J., 2007
In Pianta, R. C., Cox M. J., & Snow K. L. (2007). School readiness and the transition to kindergarten in the age of accountability (pp. 31-47). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

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

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Accounting for quality in Australian childcare: A dilemma for policymakers
Ishimine, Karin, November 2009
Journal of Education Policy, 24(6), 717-732

An argument for Australian child care policy to be based on evidence-based process quality in light of current policies based on structural quality, through an investigation of the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS) and its application in child care centers in Australia

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Achieving a high-quality preschool teachers corps: A focus on California
Calderon, Miriam E., 2005
(Issue Brief No. 14). Washington, DC: National Council of La Raza.

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

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Achieving a high return on early childhood investment: Scholarships for early childhood development
Rolnick, Arthur, 2008
In Big ideas for children: Investing in our nation's future (pp. 59-66). Washington, DC: First Focus.

A discussion of a policy proposal to increase at-risk children's participation in high-quality early childhood development programs through an endowed fund providing scholarships to families with at-risk children

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Achieving quality early childhood education for all: Insights from the policy innovation diffusion research
Mintrom, Michael, 2001
New York: Foundation for Child Development.

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

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Act 259 report to the 2008 state legislature
Hawaii. Early Learning Educational Task Force, 2008
Honolulu: Hawaii, Department of Education.

A presentation of a plan to create a comprehensive early learning system in Hawaii, beginning with services for four-year-old children

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Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low-income families in the South: An analysis of legal issues
Greenberg, Mark H., 2001
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

An exploration of the legal issues encountered in the Action Plan set forth by the Southern Regional Task Force on Families to increase assistance with child care for low-income families in the Southern United States

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Advancing ECE2 policy: Early childhood education (ECE) and its quest for excellence, coherence, and equity (ECE)
Kagan, Sharon Lynn, 19 November, 2008
Washington, DC: Center on Education Policy.

An overview of the historical context of American early education since the 1960s, with research-based policy recommendations for advancing early education

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The advancing nanny state: Why the government should stay out of child care
Olsen, Darcy, 1997
(Policy Analysis No. 285). Washington, DC: Cato Institute.

A study critiquing the further implementation of federal child care standards, regulations, and subsidies, advocating a market and parent-driven approach for providing child care services

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Advocacy and policy change
Harvard Family Research Project, Spring 2007
The Evaluation Exchange, 13(1)

A discussion of methods in terms of evaluating policy and advocacy changes, specifically looking at early childhood education and care policies

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Advocating early childhood education for all: Some thoughts on shaping the political context
Mintrom, Michael, 2002
Albany, NY: Winning Beginning NY.

A discussion of possible strategies to be used to advocate for the improvement of access to quality early childhood education and care programs

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AEU submission to the independent inquiry into the provision of universal access to high quality preschool education
Australian Education Union, 2004
Southbank, Victoria: Australian Education Union.

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

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Affordable quality: New approaches to childcare
Truss, Elizabeth, May, 2012
London: CentreForum (Organisation).

An overview of child care policy and provision in the United Kingdom, with a discussion of lessons for the United Kingdom from child care policy reform in the Netherlands

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Afterschool in Milwaukee: Is it child care?
Public Policy Forum, July, 2012
(Research Brief Vol. 100, No. 2). Milwaukee, WI: Public Policy Forum.

An overview of after school programs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a comparison of school-age and early childhood child care policies in Wisconsin, and an examination of after school funding models

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After school program quality standards: A review of standards developed by cities and states from across the nation
Smith, Amy F., 22 February, 2013
Davis, CA: California Afterschool Network.

A comparison of the content of quality standards for after school programs in Baltimore, Maryland; California; Washington, District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Maryland; Michigan; Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee; New York; and North Carolina

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An agenda for amazing children: Final report of the ECE Taskforce
Early Childhood Education Taskforce (New Zealand), June, 2011
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand, Ministry of Education.

An overview of the early childhood education sector in New Zealand with policy recommendations to ensure universal access to high-quality early childhood education services

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An agenda for change in early childhood inclusion
Guralnick, Michael J., 2001
NHSA Dialog, 4(1), 148-160

A compendium of proposals for change in the provision of inclusion services for children with disabilities at the early childhood level

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Almost a million children in school before kindergarten: Who is responsible for early childhood services?
Clifford, Richard M., 1999
Young Children, 54(5), 48-51

An exploration into the public early childhood education services provided by local and state education agencies

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America's child care problem: The way out
Helburn, Suzanne W., 2002
New York: Palgrave

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American child care today
Scarr, Sandra, 1998
American Psychologist, 53(2), 95-108

A discussion of the current state of child care in America from the perspective of two disparate goals: the first fostering mothers’ employment and the second children’s development; these two ends demand compromise between the affordability of child care and the ever increasing costliness of new regulations

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Anniversaries in the Finnish kindergarten system: How and why the system was created
Honkavaara, Pirjo, 1998
International Journal of Early Childhood, 30(1), 7-9

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.

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The answer is readiness: Now what is the question?
Graue, M. Elizabeth, 2006
Early Education and Development, 17(1), 43-56

A discussion of problems with common definitions and models of school readiness, measuring readiness, and systems of policy and practice to support readiness

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Appendix 4: A guide to understanding state child care subsidy programs through analysis of public and non-public use datasets
Zanoni Lopez, Wladimir, August 2009
New York: Child Care & Early Education Research Connections

A guide to using survey data from the Census Bureau and administrative data generated by state child care subsidy and other programs to study child care subsidy take-up rates and the relationship between parental employment and child care subsidy receipt

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