1999 census of child care services
A report of findings from the 1999 Australian Government census of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff
Reports & Papers
2000 kindergarten teacher survey report
An investigation into both kindergarten teachers? preferred methods of reporting students? achievement and their views on the meaning of readiness, based on a survey of 174 kindergarten teachers in Delaware
Reports & Papers
2000 Oregon child care market rate study
A study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the State of Oregon in 2000
Reports & Papers
2000 Oregon child care market rate study [Executive summary]
The summary of findings from a study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the State of Oregon in 2000
Executive Summary
2000 Oregon Population Survey
Instruments
3rd survey of parents of three and four year old children and their use of early years services: (Summer 1998 to spring 1999)
A brief description of findings of a survey of parents of three and four year old British children to determine the rates of participation in preschool programs from the summer of 1998, fall of 1998, and spring of 1999
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Aboriginal Head Start
Other
Academic Competence Evaluation Scales
Instruments
Academic Perceptions Inventory (Rev. ed.)
Instruments
Access to Quality Child Care in Montana: Exploring Parent and Provider Perspectives
An examination of the capacity of Montana's child care system to serve Native American families and rural families of children with disabilities. The study focuses on issues of access, supply, and demand, and seeks to determine whether the availability of child care services is substantially different for Native American children and children with disabilities than for other families. Methodology includes parent and provider surveys as well as on-site assessment of child care programs.
Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
Adapting to changing conditions: Accessing state tobacco settlement revenues for out-of-school time and community school initiatives
An overview of strategies for using tobacco settlement revenues to support out-of-school time programs and community schools
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Addressing the mental health needs of Head Start families: A university collaborative model
A discussion of the mental health needs of Head Start families, and the presentation of a collaborative model between graduate-level training programs and Head Start services
Reports & Papers
Adjustment to motherhood in low-income urban adolescents: The role of social support from child care providers
A study of high school-based child care and its influence on urban, African-American first-time adolescent mothers, focusing on their adjustments to motherhood and the quality and role of adolescents’ relationship with the school staff and Teen Parent Centers (TPC) child care providers
Reports & Papers
Adopting innovation in early childhood education: The Child-Parent Center Program
An overview of the Chicago Child-Parent Center model, with arguments for the national adoption of a similar program
Reports & Papers
Adult attunement and child availability: Interaction of mother and caregiver with three-year-old Kibbutz children
An investigation of adult attentiveness and intrusiveness in dyadic relations between children and their mothers and caregivers, in a sample of 33 three-year-old Kibbutz children in Israel
Reports & Papers
African American and Puerto Rican American parenting styles, paternal involvement, and Head Start children's social competence
A comparison of African-American and Puerto Rican-American parenting styles and paternal involvement, and an examination of the relationship of mother’s and father’s parenting styles and child care involvement on Head Start participating children’s social competence
Reports & Papers
After-school programs that promote child and adolescent development: Summary of a workshop
Other
Age-related changes in preschool children's systematic use of private speech in a natural setting
An into the situational use of self-talk by preschool students, based on observations of 14 three- and four-year-old children from two preschool classrooms in the southeastern United States
Reports & Papers
Alaska's child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
Overview of an analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with related data from Alaska
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Aligning preschool and elementary school curricula through a collaborative professional development model
Reports & Papers
All children are ready to learn: An emergent versus readiness perspective in early literacy assessment
A discussion of the differences between emergent literacy and reading readiness and a description of Marie Clay's contribution to assessing reading readiness as well as strategies to help implement her assessment techniques with young children with special needs
Reports & Papers
All day provision for 3- and 4-year olds
A summary of a study examining the features of full-day child care provision in Scotland, including perceptions of quality, based on eight case studies of child care settings
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Alternate child care options: Preferences of the hill community
An exploration of the child care needs of women living in a rural upland hill area in India
Reports & Papers
America's after-school choice: The prime time for juvenile crime or youth enrichment and achievement
An overview of After School programs in the United States outlining the need for programs, current state of programs and calls for further research, presented by Fight Crime, an advocacy organization
Other
America's child care crisis: A crime prevention tragedy
A review and analysis of research findings on the relationship between child care and reduced crime rates, with an emphasis on program quality and the need for public investment
Other
