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1998 Child Care Baseline Needs Assessment: U.S. Marine Corps
United States. Department of the Navy, 1998
Fairfax, VA: Caliber Associates

A comprehensive assessment of the child care needs of service members and spouses in military bases and regional locations.

Reports & Papers


2005 child development center survey
Kern County Child Care Council, 2005
Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Child Care Council.

A survey of the characteristics of child care workers in child development centers in Kern County, California

Reports & Papers


An action plan: Assessing school readiness in Ventura County
Thompson, Lisa, March 2004
Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities.

A series of recommendations for establishing a school readiness assessment measure in Ventura County, California, and a survey of school administrators and teachers to determine existing school readiness assessment practices and future preferences for the selection of a measurement

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After-school programs in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California
Huh, Cheong Rhie, 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles

An exploration of after school programs in Koreatown in Los Angeles, examining what constitutes a program, why parents send their children, and why children attend these programs

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Alameda Child Development Corps: Year 1 qualitative implementation study report
Caspary, Kyra, 2002
Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

An implementation evaluation of the first year of the Alameda County Child Development Corp program to increase professional development and retention among child care workers.

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An analysis of an after-school service-learning program for elementary school children
Tannenbaum, Sally C., 2002
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, California State University, Fresno

A investigation of the impact of Dare to Dream, a service-learning program, on elementary school children's academic achievements, social behavior, and attitudes as compared with these characteristics of children who participated in other after-school programs

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An analysis of U.S. newspaper coverage of early childhood education
McAdams, Katherine C.,
New York: Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media. (No longer available as of December 7, 2012).

A study of the characteristics and themes of newspaper coverage of early childhood education and the role of newsrooms in shaping coverage, based on content analysis of a sample of newspapers, case studies of coverage in Atlanta, Georgia; Buffalo, New York; Los Angeles; Newark, New Jersey; and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and interviews with reporters

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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 the New Federalism
Weil, Alan,
Washington, DC: Urban Institute

A multi-year, multi-pronged project that analyzes state policy choices, including policy development and implementation, and family well-being in the context of the significant devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states

Major Research Projects


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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Assessing school readiness in Santa Mateo County 2002: Results from the 2002 School Readiness Assessment Project
Peninsula Community Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.). Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth and Families, 2003
San Mateo, CA: Peninsula Community Foundation, Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth and Families.

A study of children's skills at kindergarten entry and family and early childhood education factors associated with those skills in San Mateo County, California, based on kindergarten teacher surveys and child assessments

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An assessment of students in a content-based English language development curriculum for an after-school program
Parks, Molly C., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of the Pacific, San Francisco

An evaluation of an after school program curriculum designed to improve students' English language development

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Beacon workforce study
Resource Development Associates, February, 2006
San Francisco: San Francisco Beacon Initiative.

A study of the recruitment, retention, training and professional development, and compensation of workers at the San Francisco Beacon Initiative, a citywide youth development program, based on surveys and interviews with staff members

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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press

A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Beginning school ready to learn: The impact of the Head Start Early Childhood Education Program on Hispanic children
Reyes-Dott, Kimberly Cummings, 2008
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Alliant International University, Fresno, CA

An examination of the relationship between attendance at Head Start's Early Childhood Education Program and Hispanic children's ability to begin kindergarten ready to learn from in depth interviews with 11 female employeees at a Head Start program in Southern California

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Behavioral Consultation project: Final evaluation report
First 5 Sonoma County (Organization), June, 2004
Santa Rosa, CA: First 5 Sonoma County. (No longer accessible as of April 15, 2013).

An assessment of the Child Care Behavioral Consultation project, designed to address professional needs of providers caring for children with challenging behaviors and improve the quality of care through on-site short-term consultation, cross-disciplinary training and ongoing group case review with early childhood specialists and mental health clinicians

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Bridging the leadership divide: Aligning preschool and primary education
Wietstock, Cathleen E., 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, California State University, Fullerton

A qualitative study of administrator opinions of California's initiatives to align prekindergarten with elementary, secondary, and higher education (P-3 and P-16) from interviews of preschool directors and elementary principals at four elementary schools in Southern California

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The California Child Care Workforce Study: 2001 preliminary results and future plans
Whitebook, Marcy, May, 2003
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

Preliminary findings from an investigation of the licensed child care center and family child care workforce in Alameda, Kern, Monetery, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties, California

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California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed child care centers: Alameda County 2006
Whitebook, Marcy, 2006
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. (No longer accessible as of December 10, 2012).

A study of child care workers in licensed child care centers in Alameda County, California, focusing particularly on their educational background, based on a survey of child care centers

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California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed child care centers: Marin County, 2006
Whitebook, Marcy, 2006
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, from the First 5 Marin Web site. (No longer accessible as of January 31, 2013).

A study of child care workers in licensed child care centers in Marin County, California, focusing particularly on their educational background, based on a survey of child care centers

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California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed child care centers: Mono County 2006
Whitebook, Marcy, 2006
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012)

A study of child care workers in licensed child care centers in Mono County, California, focusing particularly on their educational background, based on a survey of child care centers

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California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed child care centers: Sacramento County 2006
Whitebook, Marcy, 2006
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A study of child care workers in licensed child care centers in Sacramento County, California, focusing particularly on their educational background, based on a survey of child care centers

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California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed child care centers: Santa Barbara County 2006
Whitebook, Marcy, 2006
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

A study of child care workers in licensed child care centers in Santa Barbara County, California, focusing particularly on their educational background, based on a survey of child care centers

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California Early Care and Education Workforce Study: Licensed family child care providers: Alameda County 2006
Whitebook, Marcy, 2006
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A study of licensed family child care providers in Alameda County, California, focusing particularly on their educational background, based on a survey questionnaire

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