Announced v. unannounced licensing inspections: Survey report
National Association for Regulatory Administration, 1997
Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration.
Results from a survey about the requirements and practices of announced and unannounced licensing inspections by child care, child welfare, drug and alcohol, adult day care, and mental health licensing professionals in 40 different states/provinces/territories
Reports & Papers
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
Reports & Papers
Cost functions, efficiency, and quality in day care centers
Mocan, H. Naci, 1997
Journal of Human Resources, 32(4), 861-891
A study contrasting the quality and efficiency of profit and nonprofit child care providers with differing amounts of child care experience
Reports & Papers
Parents as child care consumers
Cryer, Debby, 1997
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12(1), 35-58
A study of how parental quality ratings of aspects of child care are influenced by parental values, a selection from a larger study, Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers
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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
Reports & Papers
Regulatory enforcement: Accommodation and conflict in four states
Gormley, Jr., William T., 1997
Public Administration Review, 57(4), 285-293
A study of the enforcement tools preferred by child care inspectors under different regulatory circumstances in four states (Colorado, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania)
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Relations between preschool children's child-care experiences and concurrent development: The Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 451-477
A longitudinal study of the effects of child care experiences on concurrent child outcomes, taking into account the quality of child care and the moderating influence of family and child characteristics.
Reports & Papers
The role of the Family Service Center Demonstrations in the future of Head Start
Anziano, Michael C., 1997
NHSA Research Quarterly, 1(1), 49-65
A discussion of the Head Start Family Service Center program for helping families with adult literacy, substance abuse education and counseling, and career development, and the program's capacity to meet future goals of Head Start
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