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Addressing challenging behaviors in Head Start: A closer look at program policies and procedures An examination of Head Start policies and procedures related to child guidance and challenging behaviors, based on interviews with program staff and document analysis from 6 Head Start programs in the Midwest |
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Administrative data as children's well-being indicators: The South Carolina Data Bridge Project An account of the South Carolina Data Bridge Project's compilation and analysis of census tract and county administrative data from multiple governmental sources to inform the creation, implementation, finance allocation, and monitoring of quality-related child care policies and regulations, and a demonstration of its use in an initiative to implement and monitor the uptake of a sanitation regulation throughout the state |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Child care quality rating and improvement systems: Approaches to integrating programs for young children in two states An examination of the role, and how to assess the role, that state child care quality rating and improvement systems can play in early childhood care and education system integration and development, based on document reviews, administrator interviews, and two-day site visits in Indiana and Pennsylvania |
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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 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 |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Measuring quality across three child care quality rating and improvement systems: Findings from secondary analyses 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 |
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A comparative analysis of subsidized and non-subsidized relative child care homes in Kansas A comparison of the quality of care provided by family, friend, and neighbor caregivers in Kansas who do or do not receive child care subsidies, based on observations of and interviews with 22 caregivers and on focus groups with 5 caregivers |
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Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota's quality rating and improvement system pilot: Final evaluation report An evaluation of Parent Aware, Minnesota's quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), that examines programs' experiences and patterns of enrollment, ratings, and improvement, risk status of children served, parent and child ratings, and the relationship of program ratings to observed quality and children's developmental gains, based on program surveys and observations, direct and indirect child assessments, parent interviews, administrative data, and data on program supports |
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The impact of child care problems on employment: Findings from a national survey of US parents A study of self-reported changes in parental employment arrangements resulting from problems securing child care for children with chronic illness and/or behavior problems, based on a nationally-representative survey of 1431 households |
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Improving family engagement: The organizational context and its influence on partnering with parents in formal child care settings A comparison of the quality of family engagement in early childhood education centers with either relational or conventional bureaucratic organizational structures, based on data collected from 4 centers involved in the Strengthening Families initiative |
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Learning as we go: A first snapshot of Early Head Start programs, staff, families, and children: Vol. I. First report A profile of the characteristics of Early Head Start children and families, their home and Early Head Start program environments, and program services and staff in spring 2009, based on data collected from a nationally representative sample of 89 Early Head Start programs and 976 parents of 194 newborns and 782 1-year-olds, as part of the Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES |
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Learning how to navigate U.S. society with young children: Experiences of immigrant mothers utilizing early childhood care and education A study of immigrant parents' early childhood care and education (ECCE) preferences, search processes, and experiences, and social capital gains from ECCE, based on field observations and semi-structured interviews with 41 immigrant mothers with children enrolled in early childhood programs in the Washington, DC, area |
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Low-income immigrant mothers' use of strategies and supports to develop economic security in the U.S. A study of low-income immigrant mothers' economic security over time and across borders, and their strategies to develop economic security in the United States, based on in-depth interviews with 40 immigrant mothers with children enrolled in one of three early childhood care and education programs in a large metropolitan area |
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New Americans: Child care decision-making of refugee and immigrant parents of English language learners Findings from two case studies of refugee and immigrant families' child care beliefs, experiences, and decisions, based on focus groups of Cambodian, Somali, and Sudanese refugee parents in Portland, Maine, and Mexican immigrant parents in Denver, Colorado, as well as interviews and surveys from early care providers and K-2 teachers in both locations |
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PreK Research Project: Final report A study in New York and Ohio that examines aspects of the relationship between state-funded prekindergarten expansion and child care quality and supply, including: the policy context in each state, based on 31 key stakeholder interviews; the relationship of child care center participation in state-funded prekindergarten to center characteristics and structural quality, based on data collected from 352 Ohio and 90 New York child care centers; and the relationship of changes in state prekindergarten funding to child care supply, based on an analysis of child care center director interviews and administrative data |
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Strengthening families in Head Start: The impact of a parent education programme on the emotional well-being of Latino families A study of the impact of an add-on Head Start program that provides parents a variety of educational and vocational supports on maternal depression, children’s behavior, and social skills, based on data from 50 Latino mother or grandmother and child dyads |
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Who uses child care subsidies?: Comparing recipients to eligible non-recipients on family background characteristics and child care preferences A study of predictors of subsidy receipt among eligible families and a second study that compares subsidy recipients' to eligible non-recipients' use of Head Start, public pre-kindergarten, or subsidized care, based on data from a nationally representative longitudinal sample of preschoolers |
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