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Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010 A study of the extent to which state child care regulations meet standards related to obesity prevention in the areas of infant feeding, nutrition, and physical activity |
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Age 26 cost-benefit analysis of the Child-Parent Center early education program A societal cost-benefit analysis of the Child-Parent Centers, based on findings from a complete cohort of over 1,400 program and comparison group participant data collected up to age 26 |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems An examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Measuring quality across three child care quality rating and improvement systems: Findings from secondary analyses A study of the prevalence of quality components among participating child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) providers and their relationship to observed quality, based on analyses of QRIS administrative data, professional development registries, and observation data in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, and Tennessee |
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Classroom-based interventions and teachers' perceived job stressors and confidence: Evidence from a randomized trial in Head Start settings A study of the impacts of the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP) classroom-based intervention on teachers' perceived job stressors and confidence, as indexed by their perceptions of job control, job resources, job demands, and confidence in behavior management, based on data from 90 teachers in 35 classrooms at 18 CSRP Head Start sites |
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Cost-effectiveness of childcare discounts on parent participation in preventive parent training in low-income communities A study of the effectiveness of child care discounts on parent participation in the Chicago Parent Program, a preventive Parent Training (PT) program, with an examination of parents' motivations for enrolling in preventive PT, and an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the discount incentives for increasing parent enrollment and attendance, based on data from 174 parents in 8 child care centers |
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Cost savings analysis of school readiness in Illinois An estimation of the cost savings produced by investments in state-funded preschool programs for at-risk children in Illinois and of the potential additional savings from increasing funding for these programs |
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CSRP's impact on low-income preschoolers' preacademic skills: Self-regulation as a mediating mechanism A study of the effects of a targeted intervention on low-income preschoolers' letter-naming, early math, and vocabulary gains, and an investigation of self-regulation as a mediator, based on data frm 602 Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP) participants in 35 Head Start-funded classrooms |
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Early care and education in Illinois: The top 10 counties, municipalities, and Chicago community areas in need of care An assessment of early care and education supply and demand in Illinois counties and municipalities, in Chicago community areas, and by program type |
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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2011 A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2011, based on a survey of legislative fiscal offices in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories |
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Ethnic differences in social-emotional development in preschool: The impact of teacher child relationships and classroom quality A study of differences in teachers' perceptions of prekindergarten children's behavior problems by ethnic group and gender, and a second study of the relationship between both classroom and teacher quality and children's behavior problems, based on a secondary analysis of two multi-state prekindergarten studies |
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Hip-Hop to Health Jr. obesity prevention effectiveness trial: Postintervention results A group-randomized controlled trial of the feasibility and effectiveness of a teacher-delivered weight control intervention for African American preschool children on children's height, weight, physical activity, television viewing screen time, diet inside and outside of preschool, and teacher's lesson completion, based on data from 618 children enrolled in 18 schools administered by the Chicago Public Schools |
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The impact of child care subsidy use on child care quality A study of the relationship between government subsidization and both selection of child care and quality of arrangements, based on data from parents of 456 3-year-olds in 14 cities in the United States |
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The impact of publicly funded preschool in Illinois: An analysis of data from the Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map An analysis of the capacity of publicly funded preschool programs in Illinois to meet the enrollment of eligible children, based on a project to map demographic and early childhood program data in Illinois |
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Linking home-based child care and state-funded preschool: The Community Connections preschool program (Illinois Action for Children): Evaluation phase 1: Implementation study An implementation evaluation of Community Connections, an Illinois program in which children in home-based child care attend state-funded prekindergarten sessions and home-based providers receive educational materials and support as well as additional time to focus on the needs of infants and toddlers in their care |
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Maltreatment prevention through early childhood intervention: A confirmatory evaluation of the Chicago Child-Parent Center preschool program A study of child, family, and school measures hypothesized to mediate the relationships between Child Parent Center preschool participation from 3- through 5-years-old and both maltreatment and neglect at 4- through 17-years-old, based on data from 1411 participants from the Chicago Longitudinal Study |
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Parent involvement and extended learning activities in school improvement plans in the Midwest Region An analysis of parent involvement and extended learning activities, including before and after school programming, in school improvement plans mandated by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin |
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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2011 report 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 2010, 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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Paths of effects from preschool to adult well-being: A confirmatory analysis of the child-parent center program A study of developmental pathways between preschool participation at age 3 or 4 and adult occupational prestige, felony arrests, and depressive symptoms, based on a secondary analysis of data from over 1,400 low-income participants |
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Promising results: Educare implementation study data--June 2012 Findings from an implementation study of Educare, a full-day, full-year high-quality early care and education program for at risk children from birth to age 5, that examine children's school readiness, vocabulary, and socioemotional outcomes and classroom quality, based on data collected at 12 programs during the 2010-2011 school year |
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Promoting healthy practices in child care centers: The role of child care resource and referral agencies A study of child care center obesity prevention practices and child care resource and referral agency health-related training and technical assistance offerings, based on a survey of 113 agencies from 29 states |
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School-based early childhood education and age-28 well-being: Effects by timing, dosage, and subgroups A longitudinal study of the relationship between level of participation in the Child-Parent Center (CPC) Education Program and select adult outcomes including years of schooling, socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage, and criminal activity, and an identification of the segments of the population for which variations in the above variables are most pronounced, based on a secondary analysis of a longitudinal dataset composed of information on over 1,400 individuals from Chicago |
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State child care assistance policies 2011: Reduced support for families in challenging times A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2010 and February 2011 and between 2001 and February 2011, 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 state child care administrators |
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State early childhood advisory councils: An overview of implementation across the states An examination of developments and variation among state early childhood advisory councils, based on a review of state applications for grants provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), as well as updates provided by council leadership |
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The state of preschool 2011: State preschool yearbook 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 2010-2011 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs |
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