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			The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study: Final report National Child Care Information Center (U.S.), February, 2009 Lexington, KY: National Association for Regulatory Administration. 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	Reports & Papers
			America After 3PM Afterschool Alliance, October 2009 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. 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	Reports & Papers
			Citizen schools? contribution to improved learning in expanded learning time schools: Research brief Woods, Yvonne M., April, 2009 Boston, MA: Citizen Schools in Massachusetts. (No longer accessible as of October 10, 2012). A comparison of the implementation of the Massachusetts Expanding Learning Time to Support Student Success (ELT) Initiative in 2 public middle schools in Boston and 1 middle school in Malden, Massachusetts, and an examination of changes in students? academic performance in math and English language arts (ELA)	Reports & Papers
			Comparing universal and targeted prekindergarten programs Dotterer, Aryn M., 2009 In R.C. Pianta & C. Howes (Eds.), The promise of pre-k (pp. 65-76). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes A comparison of classroom characteristics and preschooler achievement outcomes in universal and targeted pre-k programs based on a sample of over 400 children in over 800 classrooms	Reports & Papers
			The cost of quality out-of-school time programs Grossman, Jean Baldwin, January, 2009 Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures. An analysis of the full costs to quality out-of-school time programs of providing services to different age groups of children and during different times of the year, based on data from 111 programs in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago; Denver, Colorado; New York City; and Seattle, Washington, that had been in operation for at least two years and had appropriate child-staff ratios and participation rates	Reports & Papers
			Early care and education state budget actions FY 2009 Poppe, Julie, May 2009 Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures. 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	Reports & Papers
			An evidence based approach to estimating the national and state-by-state costs of an integrated prek-3rd education program Picus, Larry, January, 2009 North Hollywood, CA: Lawrence O. Picus and Associates. 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	Reports & Papers
			Inside the pre-kindergarten door: Classroom climate and instructional time allocation in Tulsa's pre-K programs Phillips, Deborah A., Q3 2009 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24(3), 213-362 A study of the quality of Tulsa prekindergarten and Head Start classrooms and a comparison of the quality of classrooms in Tulsa with sample of classrooms from across 11 states, based on observations of 106 public prekindergarten and Head Start classrooms in Tulsa, Oklahoma and data collected from 241 prekindergarten and 25 Head Start classrooms from 11 states	Reports & Papers
			Inside the pre-kindergarten door: Classroom climate and instructional time allocation in Tulsa's pre-k programs Phillips, Deborah A., May 2009 (CROCUS Working Paper No. 13). Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Center for Research on Children in the United States. A study of classroom climate and academic instruction in public prekindergarten programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a comparison of classroom climate and academic instruction in Tulsa prekindergarten classrooms to classroom processes in Head Start and other state prekindergarten classrooms, and an examination of classroom and teacher characteristics associated with variations in classroom climate and academic instruction	Reports & Papers
			Labor force supply decisions of rural low-income mothers Mammen, Sheila, March, 2009 Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 30(1), 67-79 A microeconomic study of the associations between both rural low income mothers' decision to work and number of hours worked and mother's individual characteristics, household characteristics, human capital, various household income sources including participation in child care assistance and the Earned Income Tax Credit, and local economic conditions, based on data from 412 families from 23 counties in 13 states	Reports & Papers
			Leadership in Massachusetts early education schools: Perceptions of leader attributes in practice Manganaro, Michelle Lee, October 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ An examination of the relationships between perceived leadership characteristics in directors and their experience, education, credentials, leadership role in organizational performance, and perceptions of organizational performance and an examination of the relatioinship between perceived organizational performance and consistency of staff and leader perceptions of leadership characteristics, from surveys of 61 directors and 515 teachers employed at 56 schools in Southeastern Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			Looking for progress in raising the education levels of early childhood teachers Moulin, Christy, August 2009 Unpublished master�s thesis, Tufts University, Medford, MA An examination of the process by which early childhood programs in Boston with National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation are attempting to conform to the NAEYC timeline to increase teacher education levels from interviews with 18 personnel at 16 programs	Reports & Papers
			Massachusetts 2008 child care market rate survey Mills Consulting Group, June 2009 Boston: Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care. A study of child care market rates for programs that serve infants, toddlers, and school-aged children and their geographic distribution across the state of Massachusetts in 2008, based on a survey of service providers in school-based, center-based, and family child care settings	Reports & Papers
			Maternal education, early child care and the reproduction of advantage Augustine, Jennifer March, September 2009 Social Forces, 88(1), 1-29 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	Reports & Papers
			Meaningful linkages between summer programs, schools, and community partners: Conditions and strategies for success McLaughlin, Brenda, 2009 Baltimore: National Summer Learning Association. 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	Reports & Papers
			No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Title IVB: 21st Century Community Learning Centers year end report - Fiscal year 2007 Massachusetts. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, February 2009 Malden: Massachusetts, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. A report on the 2006-2007 fiscal year of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) in Massachusetts, including information on available programs, participants, and hours of services offered	Reports & Papers
			No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Title IVB: 21st Century Community Learning Centers year end report - Fiscal year 2008 Massachusetts. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, November 2009 Malden: Massachusetts, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. A report on the 2007-2008 fiscal year of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) in Massachusetts, including information on available programs, participants, and hours of services offered	Reports & Papers
			Parents and the high price of child care: 2009 update National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2009 Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. 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	Reports & Papers
			A pilot study of early childhood mental health consultation for children with behavioral problems in preschool Upshur, Carole C., Q1 2009 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 24(1), 29-45 A study of the effect of Together For Kids, an intervention in which a Child Development Advisor (CDA) consultant provides program-, family-, and child-focused mental health services at a child care center, on the rate of behavior problems, based on a pilot project in four preschool programs and one Head Start program in Greater Worcester, Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			Preschool-aged children�s television viewing in child care settings Christakis, Dimitri Alexander, December 2009 Pediatrics, 124(6), 1627-1632 A comparison of television use in home- and center-based child care settings, and a study of the relationship between television use and the educational levels of personnel, based on data collected from a random sample of 168 directors of licensed child care programs in four states	Reports & Papers
			Progress toward high school graduation: Citizen Schools' youth outcomes in Boston Vile, Juliet D., July, 2009 Boston, MA: Citizen Schools. Findings from the sixth phase of an evaluation of the impact of Citizen Schools program participation on the improvement of the academic outcomes and life trajectories of at risk middle-school students in Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			State-based home visiting: Strengthening programs through state leadership Johnson, Kay, February, 2009 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty. 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	Reports & Papers
			State child care assistance policies 2009: Most states hold the line, but some lose ground in hard times Schulman, Karen, September, 2009 Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center. 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	Reports & Papers
			The state of the early education workforce: Removing barriers to access and advancement Holas-Huggins, Najeema, October 2009 Boston: Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children. A study of parents' and early education administrators' and workers' attitudes towards and perceptions of early education workforce higher education access and support, professional development, compensation and benefits, and communication within the field, based on data from 7 town meetings held across Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			The state of preschool 2009: State preschool yearbook Barnett, W. Steven, 2009 New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research. An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2008-2009 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs	Reports & Papers

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