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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
			Comparison of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) with Department of Defense standards for quality National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August 2009 Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. 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	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
			The effect of Tennessee's prekindergarten programs on young children's school readiness skills: A regression discontinuity design Coburn, Jamie Lynn, December 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville A comparison of school readiness skills in samples of 179 students entering prekindergarten and 67 prekindergarten completers entering kindergarten and a second comparison upon kindergarten entry of the school readiness skills of the same 67 prekindergarten completers and 86 who had not attended prekindergarten	Reports & Papers
			The effects of four-year-old preschool attendance on reading and math achievement of third and fourth grade students Nichols, J. Robin, May 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation: Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN A study of the association between attendance in Zion Christian Academy's preschool program and students’ reading and math achievement and attitude towards school for 30 third grade and 26 fourth grade student's report cards and from the 2007-2008 Stanford 9 Achievement tests	Reports & Papers
			The effects of kindergarten entry age on reading achievement of second grade students Kennedy, Melissa Young, May 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN A longitudinal study of the relationships between children's reading scores and their kindergarten entry age, gender, and preschool participation based on data collected in kindergarten and in second grade from 115 students	Reports & Papers
			The effects of pre-k experience on Kindergarten Readiness Indicator scores: 4-year trends Sell, Marie, November, 2009 Memphis, TN: Memphis City Schools. A study of the relationship of Memphis, Tennessee, kindergarteners' language and mathematics skills to their child care and early education arrangements as 4-year-olds, based on assessment scores and parent survey data from 2006 through 2009 for more than 20,000 children	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
			Home environment and family resources to support literacy interaction: Examples from families of children with disabilities Dolezal-Sams, Juli M., July 2009 Early Education and Development, 20(4), 603-630 An inquiry into the resources available in the home environments of families of children with disabilities to promote children�s literacy skills, based on observations and assessments of the homes and reading sessions of 6 families of children with disabilities in eastern and central Tennessee	Reports & Papers
			Infant-Toddler early learning guidelines: The content that states have addressed and implications for programs serving children with disabilities Scott-Little, Catherine, April 2009 Infants and Young Children, 22(2), 87-99 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	Reports & Papers
			Needs assessment report Tennessee Head Start State Collaboration Office Coscarelli, Janet, 01 May, 2009 Nashville: Tennessee Head Start-State Collaboration Office. An assessment of Tennessee Head Start program needs and strengths in the cooperation, coordination, and collaboration of services, curricula, and assessments in eight designated priority areas, based on survey responses from 29 Head Start grantees	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
			Pre-k teachers� employment rights and benefits Riley, Regina, March, 2009 Nashville: Tennessee, Offices of Research and Education Accountability. An exploration of the salary and benefits packages and employment rights of prekindergarten teachers employed by local education authorities (LEA) and non-local education authorities in Tennessee	Reports & Papers
			Quality from a toddler�s perspective: A bottom-up examination of classroom experiences Hallam, Rena A., Fall 2009 Early Childhood Research & Practice, 11(2) An examination of the relationship between quantity and type of teacher-child interaction from naturalistic observations of children and a classroom assessment, conducted in a young toddler classroom with 10 children ages 12- through 24- months in a low-income area of a mid-size city in Tennessee	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 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
			A study of the impact of Imagination Library participation on kindergarten reading achievement Embree, Lisa, December 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Walden Unviersity, Minneapolis, MN A study of the relationships between instructional reading levels and participation in a program that provides one free children�s book in the mail every month, by subsamples of children who qualify for free and reduced price school lunch, by gender, by the reported frequency of books read to children prior to kindergarten, as well as length of participation in the program, based on data from a stratified random sample 90 kindergartners from 3 schools in Sullivan County, Tennessee	Reports & Papers
			A study of prekindergarten literacy experiences in a northeast Tennessee school system Gamble, Barbara Jean, May 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City An examination of the scores of prekindergarten students when presented with 3 different methods of literacy instruction	Reports & Papers
			Teaching children of immigrants: A multi-sited ethnographic study of preschool teachers in five U.S. cities Adair, Jennifer Keys, April 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Arizona State University, Tempe An ethnographic multi-site study of teachers' work with children of immigrants and immigrant families in five U.S. cities, from 10 video-cued focus groups with a diverse set of preschool teachers in different preschool settings	Reports & Papers
			Unequal opportunities for preschoolers: Differing standards for licensed child care centers and state-funded prekindergarten programs National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, February, 2009 Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. A comparison of state licensing regulations for center-based child care and early education programs to state prekindergarten program standards, as well as to Head Start standards and military child care regulations, using a quality standards checklist	Reports & Papers
			We can do better: 2009 update: NACCRRA's ranking of state child care center regulations and oversight National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, March 2009 Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. A ranking of state regulation and oversight of child care centers, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations	Reports & Papers

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