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			21C: A decade of school-based child care Deemer, Erin, 1998 Principal, 77(3), 43-46 A descriptive overview of Schools of the 21st Century, comprehensive child care programs for children from birth to age 12 years	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Assessing Readiness Meisels, Samuel J., September 1998 (NCEDL Spotlights No. 3). A discussion of the definition and assessment of children’s school readiness, including recommendations for the components of efficient performance assessments	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Caring for children with special needs: The Americans with Disabilities Act Greenstein, Doreen B., 1998 Raleigh: North Carolina State University, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. A discussion of strategies for child care providers in dealing with children with special needs	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Child care by kith and kin: Supporting family, friends and neighbors caring for children Collins, Ann, 1998 (Children and Welfare Reform Issue Brief No. 5). New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty A summary of research on family, friend, and neighbor child care, including traditional policies, innovative program strategies, and outreach recommendations for states and local communities	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			The child care protection under TANF Greenberg, Mark H., 1998 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A brief on child care protection under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and its relation to work requirements and time limits	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Cost-benefit of early childhood interventions Rhode Island Kids Count (Organization), 1998 (Issue Brief No. 5). Providence: Rhode Island Kids Count. A review of research on the long-term economic and societal benefits of quality early child care programs and interventions	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Cost of pre-school education provision Gilder, Paula, 1998 (Interchange 53). Edinburgh: Great Britain, Scottish Office, Education and Industry Department. A summary of a study in Scotland of the components of costs to child care providers of providing care, based on a survey of providers and on provider case studies	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Diarrhea & child care Churchill, Robin, 1998 (NCEDL Spotlights No. 4). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning. A study of measures to help control and prevent diarrheal disease in child care center environments	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Disabilities and transitions Wolery, Mark, 1998 (NCEDL Spotlights No. 6). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning. A discussion of administrative, staff, family, and service issues involved for disabled children in their transition from child care to formal schooling	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Early childhood interventions: Benefits, costs, and savings Karoly, Lynn A., 1998 (Research Brief No. RB-5014). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. A summary of a study of the effects of early childhood interventions on low income children, their families, and the government, examining the costs, benefits, and savings resulting from the interventions	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Early transitions for children and families: Transitions from infant/toddler services to preschool education Hanson, Marci, 1998 (ERIC Digest No. E581). Reston, VA: ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education. An informational brief on strategies for successful transitions from infant toddler child care to preschool education for children with special needs, particularly children receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Financial resources for child care Kaplan, April, 1998 Welfare Information Network Issue Notes, 2(6). A brief on the sources of funding for child care systems and on ways in which the funds may be used	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Investment in directors' training yields big payoffs National-Louis University. Center for Early Childhood Leadership, 1998 Wheeling, IL: National Louis University, Center for Early Childhood Leadership.	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Kindergarten transitions National Center for Early Development & Learning (U.S.), 1998 (NCEDL Spotlights No. 1). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning. A summary of kindergarten teachers' views and concerns regarding transition and school readiness practices, based on a national survey of 3,600 kindergarten teachers	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Pre-school education: Vouchers, parents and providers Stephen, Christine, 1998 Edinburgh: Great Britain, Scottish Office, Education and Industry Department. A summary of a study of a voucher program intended to increase access to preschool education in Scotland, based on data from interviews with and survey questionnaires from parents, preschool education providers, and program administrators	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			A profile of early childhood directors National-Louis University. Center for Early Childhood Leadership, Summer 1998 Wheeling, IL: National Louis University, Center for Early Childhood Leadership.	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Quality care does mean better child outcomes Clifford, Richard M., August 1998 (NCEDL Spotlights No. 2). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning. An overview of the relationship of the quality of care to children’s academic outcomes and well-being, based on assessments of a subsample of 170 child care centers in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina that participated in a larger study	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Respiratory infections Collier, Albert M., 1998 (NCEDL Spotlights No. 5). Chapel Hill, NC: National Center for Early Development and Learning. An examination of efforts to successfully implement an intervention to reduce the risk of upper respiratory diseases in child care centers	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			Spend or transfer, federal or state: Considerations in using TANF and TANF-related dollars for child care Greenberg, Mark H., 1998 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A brief summarizing options for using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds for child care assistance for low-income families and their consequences	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			State-funded prekindergarten programs Kaplan, Jan, 1998 Welfare Information Network Issue Notes, 2(9). A discussion of the need for states’ funding and legislative support for prekindergarten programs, using evidence from currently implemented state-funded prekindergarten programs	Fact Sheets & Briefs
			What children know and can do at the end of Head Start and what it tells us about the program's performance Zill, Nicholas, 1998 Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM. An analysis of the changes in Head Start children's cognitive development, vocabulary skills, early literacy skills, social skills, and problem behaviors across the 1997-1998 program year and from the end of Head Start through the end of kindergarten, using data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), a nationally representative longitudinal study.	Fact Sheets & Briefs

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