4C4K 21st century community learning center: The second year evaluation report
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Prevention Research & Development, 2003
Champaign: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Prevention Research & Development.
Findings from the second year evaluation of the Four Counties for Kids (4C4K) 21st Century Community Learning Center program, a comprehensive after school/community project located in four rural counties in western Illinois, with a focus on the areas of youth development, academic performance, and the program’s impact on parents
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4 counties for kids: The implementation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program: Final evaluation report
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Prevention Research & Development, 2004
Champaign: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Prevention Research & Development. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).
An evaluation of 4 Counties for Kids' after school programs surveyed participating children, parents, and teachers to examine the programs' impacts on children's academic achievements and development regarding homework, class participation, and feelings about school
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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
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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
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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
Porter, Toni, 2002
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012)
A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)
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Assessing quality in family, friend and neighbor care: The Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives
Porter, Toni, 2006
New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of October 10, 2012).
A paper describing the Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives, an instrument designed to measure quality of child care provided by relatives, in terms of its development and the results of a field test where it was used with low income relative caregivers
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Caregivers, workers, professionals: Challenges and strategies of family day care providers
Armenia, Amy B., February 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
An examination of workplace challenges faced by family day care providers, and their strategic responses to these, based on data derived from a survey sent to a random sample licensed providers in Illinois
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The Chicago Child-Parent Centers: A longitudinal study of extended early childhood intervention
Reynolds, Arthur J., 1998
In Social programs that work (pp. 110-147). New York: Russell Sage Foundation
An evaluation of the implementation of the early childhood intervention program, Chicago-Parent Center (CPCs), and the Chicago Longitudinal Study among eight-grade students between 1983 and 1989
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Chicago early childhood care and education needs assessment [Abridged version]
Chicago (Ill.). Department of Human Services, 1999
Chicago: Illinois Facilities Fund.
An examination of the need for subsidized full-day, full-year child care for low-income, working families with children infants through five years of age in Chicago
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Child care and AFDC recipients in Illinois: Patterns, problems and needs
Siegel, Gary L., 1991
St. Louis, MI: Institute of Applied Research
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The child care and educational planning of African-American and Latina adolescent mothers
Perry, Tamara, 1998
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
A study of the influence of cultural factors on the educational expectations and decisions of teenage Latina and African American mothers
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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December, 2006
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)
A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives
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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
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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund
A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group
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Children at home and in day care
Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison, 1994
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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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
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Creating, constructing, and cultivating professional development within a Reggio-inspired early childhood education program
Haigh, Karen M., June 28, 2008
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH
A case study of methods of professional development within a program in Chicago inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach implemented between 1993-2003 from 3 focus groups, one with 7 teachers, one with 5 site directors, and one with 7 central office coordinators, as well as professional development documentation from the program
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Cultural differences and attitudes towards parental involvement: A case study of preschool parents
de Silva, Suneetha S., 2001
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
An investigation of the attitudes toward minority (Native American, Hispanic, Mayan) parents' involvement in their children's early education, specifically looking at the parents' perceptions of their roles and the impact of cultural differences on effective parent involvement
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Cultural lessons: Comparing an African-centered with a more traditional Head Start program
Mayberry-Dunn, Theresa, 2003
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Chicago
A study of the effects of an African-centered early education classroom on young children's cognitive and self-esteem development as well as its impact on parental involvement and satisfaction as compared with the effects of a Head Start preschool classroom
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Early care and education collaborative: Evaluation report
Harvard Family Research Project, 2002
Paper presented at a meeting of the Early Care and Education Collaborative, Kansas City, Missouri.
An evaluation of the design and implementation of strategic communications collaborative aimed at creating the public will and investments needed for quality and comprehensive state early care and education systems in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
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Early care and education in Chicago: Bringing families and resources together
Chicago Partners for Children,
Chicago, IL: Illinois Action for Children.
An examination of early childhood education and care programs in Chicago, Illinois, and a discussion of challenges in the improvement of the delivery of services to the city’s families
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The early childhood block grant: A biography of Arizona's early childhood education program
Nagasawa, Mark, 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Arizona State University, Phoenix
A case study of Arizona's early childhood education program policy in the early 1990s that includes a comparison of Arizona's policy with those of Georgia, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, and North Carolina, based on archival sources and interviews with informants
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Early childhood educators' attitudes toward and knowledge about computers in the classroom
Derscheid, Craig L., 2003
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
A survey-based study of early childhood educators' views of computers in the classroom, including use of computers in the curriculum and their perceptions of how knowledgeable they are about utilizing computers in the classroom
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An early childhood program matrix: Pulling the pieces together for Illinois
Beneke, Sallee, Spring 2009
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 11(1)
A presentation of a matrix is to assist policy makers, early care and education professionals, and consumers to better understand the requirements and practices of 9 publicly funded programs in Illinois that provide services to young children and families that includes a description of program design and logistics, local community involvement with services, requirements for collaboration, personnel requirements, elements of quality assurance, and a description of processes to monitor outcomes and/or services
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Early effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children program
Minkovitz, Cynthia Schaffer, 2001
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 470-479
An evaluation of the implementation and effects of The Healthy Steps for Young Children Program for children aged 2 to 4, focusing on services received, satisfaction with services, and parent practices
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