The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report
A compilation of survey data on state child care licensing programs and policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement, and child care center licensing regulations, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005
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Apples, giraffes, and Martin Luther King: Curriculum policy in a kindergarten classroom
An observational study of how a kindergarten teacher combined her knowledge and beliefs about early education with four state, local, and national curriculum initiatives, including No Child Left Behind and the National Association for the Education of Young Children's accreditation standards
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The best laid plans: Expectations, preferences, and stability of child-care arrangements
A study using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to examine whether timing and extent of the search for child care is associated with stability in child care arrangements
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Caregiver sensitivity in cultural context: Japanese and U.S. teachers' beliefs about anticipating and responding to children's needs
An interview-based study of preschool teachers from the United States and Japan, comparing how the teachers would react to young children's needs in different scenarios and investigating the effect of culture on the teachers' reactions and beliefs
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Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
A report of findings on the effect sizes for exclusive maternal care and, for children in child care, for type, quality, and quantity of care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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Child care experiences in low-income communities: Developmental quality and maternal views
A study of child care quality in low-income urban communities, including types of child care used and degree to which settings met children’s and mothers’ needs, based on data from a longitudinal welfare study: Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study
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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives
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Child care subsidies and leaving welfare: Policy issues and strategies
The second part of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on child care subsidy use by parents in transition from TANF to employment
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Child care subsidies for TANF families: The nexus of systems and policies
First of a three-part study of the interaction between state and local welfare-to-work programs and child care assistance programs, focusing on administrative structures, protocols and interagency coordination as they affect TANF parents
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Children's use of retreats in family child care homes
An assessment of the use of retreat spaces by, and associated behaviors of, 65 children in 9 family child care homes in southeastern Massachusetts, based on information collected by licensed family child care providers
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Conceptualizations of readiness and the content of early learning standards: The intersection of policy and research?
An analysis of 46 state-level early education standards documents to investigate the specific areas of development addressed in order to determine how different states conceptualize school readiness
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Designing better preschools: Improving communication between designers and child development professionals
A focus group-based analysis of methods to help improve communication between designers and child development professionals in order to improve the process of designing child care centers
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Does time spent in child care influence risk for unintentional injury?
An investigation of the impact of quantity and quality of child care programs on young children's risk for unintentional injury using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care
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Early childhood teacher preparation programs in the United States: State report for Massachusetts
An overview of the characteristics of the programs, faculty, and students in early childhood teacher preparation programs to prepare the workforce of service providers to children under age 5 in Massachusetts
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Early intervention in low birth weight premature infants: Results at 18 years of age for the Infant Health and Development Program
Findings from a follow-up study on the persistence of cognitive and behavioral benefits from early childhood program participation in 18-year-olds who were born with low birth weight and participated in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP)
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Fathers of U.S. children born in 2001: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
Findings from a survey of biological fathers of sampled children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), including data on fathers' demographic characteristics, attitudes about fathering, and involvement in child care
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Impacts of a summer learning program: A random assignment study of Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL)
A random assignment study evaluating Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL), a summer program for low-income children to increase parental involvement and improve academic skills, academic self-perception, and social behaviors, based on reading tests and student and teacher questionnaires
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The importance of child care in economic development: A comparative analysis of regional economic linkage
An analysis of the regional economic impact of the child care sector, as compared to the agriculture, manufacturing, and services sectors, using state-level input-output models
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K-2 standards and assessments: A 50-state review
A descriptive study of each state's kindergarten, first grade, and second grade content standards and mandatory assessments
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Keeping the promise: A study of the Massachusetts child care voucher system: Final report
A multimethod study of the impacts of the Massachusetts child care voucher system on children, families, and child care providers, based on in-depth interviews with mothers, child care center directors, and family child care providers; surveys of child care resource and referral agency staff, and families; and tracking the flow of vouchers through child care centers over a 12 month period
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The Massachusetts 2006 market rate survey
A study of child care market rates for programs that serve infants, toddlers, and school-aged children and their geographic distribution across the state of Massachusetts in 2006, based on a survey of 3,600 service providers in school-based, center-based, and family child care settings
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Massachusetts early care and education health report
A study of health and safety practices in family child care homes and center-based infant and toddler and preschool classrooms in Massachusetts, based on data from studies of Massachusetts child care quality
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Massachusetts statewide child assessment system: A study to investigate recommended implementation practices: Findings and recommendations
An examination of the use of child assessment tools by early childhood education and care programs, based on a survey of 645 licensed child care centers, case studies of 6 large early education organizations, and trainings of 30 staff members from 4 multi-site child care programs serving child care centers and family child care homes in Massachusetts
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Maternal grandmothers as child care providers for rural, low-income mothers: A unique child care arrangement
An examination of the positive and challenging aspects of grandmothers providing child care for their grandchildren, investigating the experiences of the grandmothers as well as the effects on the sample of low income mothers from rural communities
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National Household Education Surveys program of 2005: After-school programs and activities: 2005
An examination of data from the After-School Programs and Activities survey on the participation of kindergarteners through eighth graders in after school programs, with discussion of the survey’s design, the different types of after school care, their participation rates, and the expenses surrounding various types of after school care
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