The 2005 Child Care Licensing Study: Executive summary
Summary of 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
Executive Summary
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 a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010
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
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
After school program quality standards: A review of standards developed by cities and states from across the nation
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
Other
Afterschool programs
An overview of high-quality after school programs and the role of state standards in supporting program quality
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Alabama Early Learning Guidelines training assessment
An examination of child care workers' experiences of the Alabama Early Learning Guidelines (AELG) training program, based on a survey of 137 child care workers who had received the AELG credential
Reports & Papers
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
The alignment of CEC/DEC and NAEYC personnel preparation standards
A description of the process for the alignment of personnel preparation standards developed by the Council for Exceptional Children and Division for Early Childhood with the standards developed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and an identification of both areas of convergence across the two sets of standards and areas that were primarily addressed through only one set of standards
Reports & Papers
Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Executive summary
A summary of 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
Executive Summary
Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report
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
Annual report of the Minnesota Professional Development System for Early Childhood and School-age Practitioners (2010)
A baseline account of professional development opportunities available to early childhood educators in Minnesota, and a description of the development of a coordinated professional development system for early childhood educators
Reports & Papers
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
Arizona early childhood education standards
An overview of a proposed standardized curriculum of instruction for use in early childhood educational settings in Arizona
Other
Assessing standards in the ''real'' kindergarten classroom
A summary of assessment techniques for evaluating educational standards in kindergarten classrooms in a way that the everyday flow of the classroom remains undisturbed
Reports & Papers
Balancing the readiness equation in early childhood education reform
A case study of the design and implementation of an assessment tool that defines and aligns teacher academic performance expectations for students with school district standards from field notes, document analysis and interviews with 11 assessment task force members and 15 staff of a prekindergarten program in an urban district in Texas
Reports & Papers
Baltimore's five year action plan for achieving school readiness
A description of the Baltimore Leadership in Action Program (B-LAP) Five-Year Action Plan, which calls for the implementation of strategies for improving the school readiness of children in the city of Baltimore
Reports & Papers
Basic concepts in early childhood educational standards: A 50-state review
An examination of the incidence of basic concepts in early childhood educational standards across the 50 United States that includes eleven conceptual categories, a presentation of an approach to concept instruction, and a state by state examination of the extent to which more than 300 basic language concepts are embedded in early childhood state standards with examples from a variety of states cited for each category
Reports & Papers
Being accountable for one's own governing: A case study of early educators responding to standards-based early childhood education reform
A case study of standards-based education reform in a large urban early childhood program in the United States based on pre-kindergarten stakeholders responses to a policies that emphasize a uniform conception of learning and student performance
Reports & Papers
The best of Head Start: Learning from model programs: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Education Reform of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First session, April 14, 2005
A presentation of evidence supporting the continuation of the Head Start program
Other
Between a rock and a hard place: Teachers' experiences in meeting the Abbott mandate
A description of five early childhood teachers' experiences in meeting the New Jersey court mandate for teachers in the community based Abbott preschools to obtain Bachelor’s degrees and Preschool-Grade 3 certification
Other
Broken promises: How the Bush Administration is failing America's poorest children
A study of the changes in federal performance standards and funding for Head Start programs
Other
Broken promises: How the Bush Administration is failing America's poorest children: Executive summary
A summary of a study of the changes in federal performance standards and funding for Head Start programs
Executive Summary
Building an afterschool workforce: Regulations and beyond
A categorical compilation of types of state regulations and statutes related to qualifications, professional development requirements for staff, and quality improvement systems for after school programs in 2009
Reports & Papers
Building the foundation for bright futures: A governor's guide to school readiness
A discussion of the definition of school readiness and the issues and steps involved in making and implementing state school readiness policies
Other
