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The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study: Final report A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007 |
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Afterschool programs in Pennsylvania A study of the characteristics, including availability, enrollment, costs, and funding, of after school programs in Pennsylvania, based on a survey of program providers |
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America After 3PM A 2009 update of and comparison to a 2004 study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households |
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Behavioral and cognitive readiness for school: Cross-domain associations for children attending Head Start An examination of the correlations between behavioral measures of school readiness and both academic knowledge and executive function in a sample of 356 4-year-old children in Head Start programs in three Pennsylvania counties |
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Improper payments data collection pilot project A comparison of the quality and costs of four methods for estimating the true number of meals served by family child care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program in order to reduce improper payments to providers for submitting erroneous meal counts |
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Child voice: How immigrant children enlightened their teachers with a camera A qualitative exploration of child-teacher communication in an exercise in which photographs are taken by students, based on observations of 14 foreign-born or first generation 3- through 5-year old preschool children and 6 preschool teachers from a private preschool in an upper-middle class neighborhood in Central Pennsylvania |
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Comparison of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) with Department of Defense standards for quality An analysis of the conformity of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) in 19 states with the standards of quality for child care as set by the Department of Defense |
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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2009 A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2009, based on a survey of legislative fiscal staff in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories |
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The effect of maternal language on bilingual children's vocabulary and emergent literacy development during Head Start and kindergarten An examination of the relationships between maternal English and Spanish language use and both vocabulary and emergent literacy development over 2 years in Head Start and kindergarten, and an examination of differences by child gender, based on data from 72 mothers and their bilingual children in English immersion programs |
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The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Final report Impacts after the second year of implementation of the Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs, a two-year intervention and random assignment evaluation of structured math and reading instruction in after school programs for children in second through fifth grade, on student reading and math proficiency and academic performance in programs that participated for both years |
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An evidence based approach to estimating the national and state-by-state costs of an integrated prek-3rd education program A study of the national and state costs of providing universal, high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education, derived from an evidence-based model for identifying the components and estimating the costs of high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education in a prototypical elementary school |
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Generations unite for quality pre-k: Pennsylvania A discussion of the role of senior citizens in the advocacy of expanded high-quality early childhood education and prekindergarten programs in Pennsylvania |
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The impact of peer networking on out-of-school time staff An examination of the influence of Peer Networking Meetings (PNMs) and mentoring on the professional development of out of school time program workers, based on a survey of 214 participants who attended monthly mentoring meetings from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Infant-Toddler early learning guidelines: The content that states have addressed and implications for programs serving children with disabilities A categorical analysis of the contents of the infant and toddler early learning guidelines (ELGs) published by 21 states, and a discussion of their implications for programs serving children with disabilities |
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Maternal education, early child care and the reproduction of advantage A study of the relationship between maternal education and type, quality, and quantity of early child care arrangements used, based on a secondary analysis of data from a longitudinal study of 1,127 children and thier families |
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Meaningful linkages between summer programs, schools, and community partners: Conditions and strategies for success An examination of strategies to develop partnerships among schools, community organizations, and out-of-school time summer programs, based on interviews with providers of 11 summer programs that have established successful partnerships |
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Out-of-school time professional development needs assessment summary Findings from an inquiry into the professional development needs of out of school time workers, based on a survey of 241 workers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Parents and the high price of child care: 2009 update A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children in 2008, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies |
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Pennsylvania Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation program report: July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009 An evaluation of the influence of the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project, an individualized consultative model to support children's healthy socioemotional development, based on information for 434 children from 244 early learning centers in Pennsylvania |
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Philadelphia Practitioner Fellowship Program: October 2008 - June 2009: Evaluation report Findings from an evaluation of a professional development fellowship program for out of school time program workers, based on information gathered through surveys and focus groups with 10 program participants from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Pre-K Counts in Pennsylvania for youngsters’ early school success: Authentic outcomes for an innovative prevention and promotion initiative: Research results of SPECS for Pre-K Counts: An independent authentic program evaluation research initiative (2005-2009): 2009 final research report A longitudinal investigation of the influence of participation in Pre-K Counts, a Pennsylvania initiative to improve early education and care quality by increasing prekindergarten partnerships among community-based child care providers and school districts, on children’s outcomes, based on assessments of 10,000 children and their programs across the first 21 school district-community partnerships implemented between 2005 and 2008 |
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Quality improvements in the early care and education workforce: Outcomes and impact of the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Project A longitudinal analysis of the academic achievement, compensation, employment, knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to early childhood education practice and classroom quality from three cohorts of participants in Pennsylvania’s Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H.) entering the program in fiscal years 1998/1999, 1999/2000, and 2000/2001 |
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The relationship of maternal work characteristics to childcare type and quality in rural communities An examination of the relationship between selection of child care type by parents and both quality of care and maternal workplace characteristics from a secondary analysis of selected Family Life Project longitudinal study data collected in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, from 441 employed mothers in rural communities |
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State-based home visiting: Strengthening programs through state leadership A study of the characteristics of state-based home visiting programs, including their structure, financing, and design, and of state efforts to strengthen programs, based on a survey of state program staff and administrators and on a roundtable discussion |
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State child care assistance policies 2009: Most states hold the line, but some lose ground in hard times A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2008 to February 2009, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates, based on a survey of state child care administrators |
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