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Child care for children in poverty: Opportunity or inequality?
Phillips, Deborah A., 1991
Child Development, 65(1), 472-492

A study of child care quality in child care centers serving children from low-income families, its relationship to type of center-based programming, and its comparability to child care quality in centers serving upper- and middle-income families, based on data from the nationally representative Profile of Child Care Settings study and the National Child Care Staffing Study, which collected observational data on child care quality in 227 child care centers in five cities

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The children of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study go to school
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 1999
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

The longitudinal follow up to the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, following children for five years to assess the impact of quality of child care experiences on later development.

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The children of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study go to school [Executive summary]
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 1999
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

Report summarizes the key findings of the longitudinal follow up study to the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study. The longitudinal study examines developmental outcomes of quality of center-based child care.

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Children's experiences in center-based child care as a function of teacher background and adult:child ratio
Howes, Carollee, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 404-425

An examination of child care quality in relation to adult: child ratio and teacher education, using the Cost, Quality and Outcome (CQO) and Florida Quality Improvement study datasets

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Children's experiences in family child care and relative care as a function of family income and ethnicity
Kontos, Susan, 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 386-403

A study of the role of family variables like ethnicity and income in the choice between family or relative child care arrangements, and the relationship between family variables and child care provider behavior and quality

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Cost, quality and child outcomes in child care centers: Executive summary
Helburn, Suzanne W., April, 1995
Denver: University of Colorado at Denver, Department of Economics

A summary of findings from a study of the relationship between child care costs and quality and the concurrent effects of child care quality on children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, based on data from licensed community childcare sites in Los Angeles County in California, the Hartford corridor in Connecticut, the Frontal range in Colorado, and the Piedmont region in North Carolina

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Cost, quality, and child outcomes in child care centers: Public report
Helburn, Suzanne W., April, 1995
Denver: University of Colorado at Denver, Department of Economics

Findings from a study of the relationship between child care costs and quality and the concurrent effects of child care quality on children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, based on data from licensed community childcare sites in Los Angeles County in California, the Hartford corridor in Connecticut, the Frontal range in Colorado, and the Piedmont region in North Carolina

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Cost, quality and child outcomes in child care centers: Technical report
Helburn, Suzanne W., June, 1995
University of Colorado at Denver, Center for Research in Economic and Social Policy

An outline of the structure and design of the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study, with descriptive comparisons of the centers from which data was drawn, and a presentation of analytic study results

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CQO children go to school
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., June 1999
(NCEDL Spotlights No. 11). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.

Key findings of the longitudinal follow-up study to the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study (CQO) that investigates the persistence of children's benefits from participation in early childhood care through elementary school

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Does training make a difference to quality in family child care?
Kontos, Susan, 1996
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(4), 427-445

An article on the characteristics of family child care providers who seek training and the effects of training on child care quality.

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Exploring patterns in time children spend in a variety of child care activities: Associations with environmental quality, ethnicity, and gender
Tonyan, Holli, 2003
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(1), 121-142

A study of the relationship between infants', toddlers', and preschoolers' classroom activities and gender, ethnicity, child care quality, and teacher interactions

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The prediction of process quality from structural features of child care
Phillipsen, Leslie C., 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(3), 281-303

An analysis of data from the Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study to identify structural features of child care centers and classrooms that predict process quality

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Quality care does mean better child outcomes
Clifford, Richard M., August 1998
(NCEDL Spotlights No. 2). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning.

An overview of the relationship of the quality of care to children’s academic outcomes and well-being, based on assessments of a subsample of 170 child care centers in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina that participated in a larger study

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Quality in family child care and relative care
Kontos, Susan, 1995
New York: Teachers College Press

A comprehensive study of family child care and relative care from the perspective of families, children, and providers, including an analysis of child care quality as it relates to child development

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Relations among child care quality, teacher behavior, children's play activities, emotional security, and cognitive activity in child care
Howes, Carollee, 1995
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 10(4), 381-404

A study of the influences of social interaction, attachment security and creative play on child cognitive development, as measured by the Rubenstein and Howes scale

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The Study of Children in Family Child Care and Relative Care: Highlights of findings
Galinsky, Ellen, 1994
New York: Families and Work Institute

A summary of findings from a comprehensive study of family child care and relative care from the perspective of families, children, and providers, including an analysis of child care quality as it relates to child development

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Teacher characteristics and effective teaching in child care: Findings from the National Child Care Staffing Study
Howes, Carollee, 1992
Child & Youth Care Forum, 21(6), 399-414

Results on the National Child Care Staffing Study concerning effectiveness and characteristics of teachers across the United States

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Who cares?: Child care teachers and the quality of care in America
Whitebook, Marcy, 1990
Washington, DC: Center for the Child Care Workforce.

A summary report of the National Child Care Staffing Study examining adult working conditions and related issues in Child Care settings nationwide

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Worthy work, unlivable wages: The National Child Care Staffing Study, 1988-1997
Whitebook, Marcy, 1998
Washington DC: Center for the Child Care Workforce.

A longitudinal study of trends in child care staff compensation, benefits, and turnover and their relationship to child care quality and children’s development, based on the National Child Care Staffing Study, 1988-1997

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