2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey
Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6
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Associations between center-based care accreditation status and the early educational outcomes of children in the child welfare system
A study of the relationship between child care center accreditation and the developmental and early academic outcomes of children in the child welfare system receiving child care subsidies, based on data from two groups of 82 low income three- and four-year old children, one group in the child welfare system and one not, enrolled in community-based early care and education centers in Miami-Dade County, Florida
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Barriers and facilitators of service use by low-income families with young children: A brief report from the Palm Beach County Family Study
Findings on early childhood service use and experiences from a longitudinal study of high-risk families in Palm Beach County, Florida, based on annual interviews with 531 families and on in-depth interviews and observations with a subsample of 40 families
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A case study of children's literacy development in a voluntary pre-kindergarten classroom
A study of oral language and literacy development strategies and opportunities available to at risk 4-year-old children in a public voluntary pre-kindergarten, and a comparison of children's expressive and receptive vocabulary and early reading development both prior to and after one year in the program, based on data from 3 teachers and 13 children in one inclusive classroom
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Child, family, and childcare predictors of delayed school entry and kindergarten retention among linguistically and ethnically diverse children
A study of potential predictors of both delayed entry into kindergarten and kindergarten retention, including child characteristics, family characteristics, and child care participation, based on a sample of 13,191 ethnically and linguistically diverse at risk children that participated in The Miami School Readiness Project
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A count for quality: Child care center directors on rating and improvement systems
A study of child care center directors' views of child care quality rating and improvement systems and their components, based on interviews with 48 directors from 9 states and a roundtable forum with 15 of the 48 directors
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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012
A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia
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Early writing deficits in preschoolers with oral language difficulties
A comparison of the emergent writing outcomes of children with and without language impairment, and an examination of the correlation between emergent writing outcomes and nonverbal IQ deficits, based on data from 293 preschool children who participated in a writing intervention in various public and private preschools and child care centers in Northern Florida
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Ecological features of preschools and the social engagement of children with autism
A study of the peer engagement of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in classroom activity areas, by type of engagement, and by group arrangement, as well as a comparison of the likelihood of their peer engagement during child-initiated or adult-initiated activities, based on data from 68 preschoolers with ASD in 24 classrooms across North Carolina, Colorado, and Florida, at the beginning of the school year
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Educare implementation study findings--August 2012
Findings from an implementation study of Educare, a full-day, full-year high-quality early care and education program for at risk children from birth to age 5, that examine children's school readiness, vocabulary, and socioemotional outcomes and classroom quality, based on data collected at 12 programs from the fall 2007 through spring 2011 school years
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The effect of immediate or delayed video-based teacher self-evaluation on Head Start teachers' use of praise
A study of the impact of immediate or next-morning feedback as part of a video-based teacher self evaluation intervention on their use of both general and specific verbal praise with children, based on data from 51 Head Start teachers from centers in rural and urban communities in Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama
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Enhancing children's learning in family childcare homes: 2011-12 annual report
A study of the school readiness and early literacy achievement gains of children attending family child care homes that participated in the pilot implementation of a set of supplemental literacy-focused instructional units, based on pre- and post-program assessments for 48 children in 16 family child care homes
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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules
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Examining cost fulfillment: Child care policy and strategies
A study of correlations among a variety of characteristics of child care subsidy eligibility policies in 20 cities across 15 states, and an identification of four categories of similar types of city-specific subsidy offerings, based on an examination of the local policies regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies
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Florida 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Statewide summary of 2011-12 formative reports
An analysis of the extent to which Florida 21st Century Community Learning Center programs meet reporting requirements in four areas, based on evaluations submitted by 119 programs
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Globalization or hegemony?: Childcare on the brink: Hints from three geographically distant localities in North America
A consideration of both the positive and negative ramifications of the developmentally appropriate curriculum framework (DAP), a discussion of National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) relationship to that framework, and the implications of that relationship for a global model of child care, based on a reexamination of a content analysis of data from fifteen licensed child care programs in metropolitan areas and from government regulations, environmental, learning materials lists, and curriculum forms from three regions in North America--Nova Scotia, Canada; Florida, and Washington state
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Leaving children to chance: NACCRRA's ranking of state standards and oversight for small family child care homes: 2012 update
A ranking of state regulation and oversight of family child care homes against 16 benchmarks, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations
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Moving from afterschool training to the workplace: The second year of the Palm Beach County Afterschool Educator Certificate Program
An evaluation of the second year of the Palm Beach County Afterschool Educator Certificate (PBC-AEC) Program, which provides after school program staff with courses on youth development and after school practice, that examines participant knowledge, skills, and job retention, as well as after school program support for PBC-AEC, based on participant surveys and focus groups and on PBC-AEC staff interviews
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A multilevel model of child- and classroom-level psychosocial factors that support language and literacy resilience of children in Head Start
A study of the relationships among classroom process quality, children's psychosocial strengths, and changes in both language and literacy scores of preschoolers measured throughout the year, based on data from 275 children in 29 Florida Head Start classrooms
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Name-writing proficiency, not length of name, is associated with preschool children's emergent literacy skills
A study in two parts: (1) an investigation of the links between performance on emergent reading and writing tasks and both name-writing abilities and name length, based on data from 296 51- to 65-months-old preschoolers in north Florida; and (2) an examination of the relationship between name length and both alphabet knowledge and spelling, based on data from 104 37- to 71-month-old preschool children, from a city in western Pennsylvania
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Name-writing proficiency, not length of name, is associated with preschool children's emergent literacy skills
A two-part study consisting of: (1) an examination of the links between performance on emergent reading and writing tasks and both name-writing abilities and name length, based on data from 296 preschool children, 51 to 65 months old, in a moderate sized city in north Florida; and (2) an examination of the relationship between name length and both alphabet knowledge and spelling, based on data from 104 preschool children, 37 to 71 months old, from a moderate sized city in western Pennsylvania
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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2012 report
A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, 4-year-old children, and school-age children in 2011, 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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Physical activity and beverages in home- and center-based child care programs
A comparison of physical activity, space, and beverage provision related to obesity prevention among a group of home- and center-based child care programs and in comparison to select elements of the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) best-practice guidelines, based on data from 168 licensed home- and center-based child care programs in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Washington surveyed between October and December 2008
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Relations among student attention behaviors, teacher practices, and beginning word reading skill
A study of the relationship between teacher ratings of student attention behaviors and kindergarten word reading above and beyond the contribution of vocabulary and phonological awareness, and additional analyses of the moderating role of teacher use of task orienting, behavior management techniques, and individualized instruction, based on data from 432 students from 10 different schools within the same school district in northern Florida
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The state of preschool 2012: State preschool yearbook
An annual review of access to, quality standards 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 2011-2012 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
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