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2008 Oregon child care market price study
Grobe, Deana, September 2008
Salem: Oregon, Department of Human Services, Children, Adults and Families.

A study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the state of Oregon by provider type and age of child in 2008

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The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006
Lerner, Richard M., 2008
Medford, MA: Tufts University, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development.

A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight

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Building on the promise: State initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start for young children and their families
Schumacher, Rachel, April 2008
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on in-depth interviews with state program administrators

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Child Care Community Fund project: Year 1 evaluation report
Lambarth, Callie H., August 2008
Portland, OR: NPC Research.

First year results from a process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Child Care Community Fund--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and individualized technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings

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Early care and education state budget actions: FY 2007 and FY 2008
Clothier, Steffanie, April 2008
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.

A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, based on a survey of the 50 states and territories

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Improving the health and safety of children in Oregon's child care: Implementation and outcomes of Oregon Child Care Health Consultation program
Pacific Research & Evaluation, March, 2008
Portland: Oregon, Office of Family Health.

An evaluation of the Child Care Health Consultation (CCHC) program, Oregon's initiative to improve children's health and safety in child care programs, between July 2003 and June 2007

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Inside the content of infant-toddler early learning guidelines: Results from analyses, issues to consider, and recommendations
Scott-Little, Catherine, February 2008
Greensboro: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

An analysis of the organization and content of state early learning guidelines (ELGs) for infants and toddlers, based on coding ELG documents

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Lane County Child Care Enhancement Project: Final evaluation report
Worcel, Sonia D., September 2008
Portland, OR: NPC Research.

Final results from a three-year process and random-assignment outcome evaluation of the Lane County, Oregon, Child Care Enhancement Project--a program to lower families' child care expenses, increase and stabilize child care wages, and improve child care quality through child care subsidies, child care worker wage enhancements, and mentoring and technical assistance--based on program reports, provider and director surveys, parent surveys and interviews, and observations of child care settings

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Parents and the high price of child care: 2008 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, June, 2008
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer available as of December 7, 2012).

A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children, 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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Preparing early childhood educators to address young children’s social-emotional development and challenging behavior: A survey of higher education programs in nine states
Hemmeter, Mary Louise, September 2008
Journal of Early Intervention, 30(4), 321-340

A study of the perceived preparedness of graduates of 2- and 4-year college-level early education programs to manage children’s challenging behavior and promote children’s socioemotional development, and a study of faculty approaches to teaching these subjects, based on questionnaire responses from the faculties of 125 programs in 9 states

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Readiness to learn: 2008 Oregon kindergarten readiness readiness survey report
Oregon. Department of Education, 2008
Salem: Oregon, Department of Education.

An examination of children's readiness for kindergarten in terms of six factors--physical development, language skills, socioemotional development, cognitive development, approach to learning, and motor skills, based on teacher assessments of 23,382 children from 492 schools who entered public kindergarten in Oregon in 2008

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A small-scale randomized efficacy trial of Carescapes: Enhancing children’s social development in child care homes
Rusby, Julie, Q4 2008
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 23(4), 527-546

A study of the effects of a video-based training program for child care workers on the behavior and social skills of children in the care of a 30 experimental and 33 control group family child care providers

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State child care assistance policies 2008: Too little progress for children and families
Schulman, Karen, September, 2008
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2007 to February 2008, 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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The state of preschool 2008: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2008
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 three- and four-year-old children in all 50 states during the 2007-2008 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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Touch your toes! Developing a direct measure of behavioral regulation in early childhood
Ponitz, Claire E. Cameron, Q2 2008
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 23(2), 141-148

An account of the development and testing of the Head-to-Toes Task, a measure of behavioral regulation in early childhood

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