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2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March, 2012
(OPRE Report No. 2012-13). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

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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Alphabet knowledge in preschool: A Rasch model analysis
Drouin, Michelle, Q3 2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(3), 543-554

An examination of the dimensions of the alphabet knowledge construct and the relative difficulty of different alphabet knowledge tasks--uppercase letter recognition, names, and sounds, and lowercase letter names--within a sample of 335 children recruited from 15 child care and preschool facilities in Fort Wayne, Memphis, and New York City

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Coaching and quality assistance in quality rating improvement systems: Approaches used by TA providers to improve quality in early care and education programs and home-based settings
Smith, Sheila, January, 2012
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A study of the features of on-site technical assistance and coaching provided by state child care quality rating and improvement system technical assistance providers, based on interviews with 34 technical assistance providers in 17 states

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A count for quality: Child care center directors on rating and improvement systems
Schulman, Karen, 2012
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

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
Schulman, Karen, 2012
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

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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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, December, 2012
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

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
Jordan, Lucy P., 2012
Journal of Social Service Research, 38(3), 313-329

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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Leaving children to chance: NACCRRA's ranking of state standards and oversight for small family child care homes: 2012 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, March, 2012
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

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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A multi-instrument examination of preschool classroom quality and the relationship between program, classroom, and teacher characteristics
Denny, Joanna Hope, September, 2012
Early Education and Development, 23(5), 678-696

An identification of the quality of Tennessee preschool classrooms on three separate measures, an exploration of relationships among the three measures, a study of the relationships between program, classroom, teacher characteristics, and classroom quality as measured by the three measures, and the relationship between past performance in a state Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) and classroom quality, based on data from 116 early childhood education programs in Tennessee

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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2012 report
Child Care Aware of America, 2012
Arlington, VA: Child Care Aware of America.

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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Putting it together: A guide to financing comprehensive services in child care and early education
Johnson-Staub, Christine, August, 2012
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

An examination of sources of federal funding for comprehensive services in early childhood settings, with examples of promising collaborations as part of state and local funding models, based on interviews with national experts, as well as with policymakers, advocates, and administrators

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Racial disparities in preschool special education eligibility for five southern states
Morrier, Michael J., November, 2012
The Journal of Special Education, 46(3), 152-169

An examination of the proportion of 3- through 5-year-olds with disabilities from ethnically diverse backgrounds across five states, of that proportion by special education eligibility category, and of the relationship between state of residence and both the ethnicity of the child and the proportion of 3- through 5-year-olds with disabilities within specific special education eligibility categories, based on data from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee

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The state of preschool 2012: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2012
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

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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State pre-k assessment policies: Issues and status
Ackerman, Debra J., February, 2012
Princeton, NJ: ETS Policy Information Center.

A discussion of considerations for and approaches to the assessment of young children and a study of state prekindergarten child assessment policies in the 2011-2012 school year, based on a survey of state prekindergarten program personnel

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Tools for student parent success: Varieties of campus child care
Boressoff, Todd, March, 2012
(C393). Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research.

An examination of approaches to providing child care services at institutions of higher education, based on Internet searches, brief surveys of members of a campus child care organization listserv, and interviews with leaders in the field

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