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			The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report National Association for Regulatory Administration, December 2006 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. 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	Reports & Papers
			2005 report on child care in Cook County: Elements of child care supply and demand Illinois Action for Children, 2006 Chicago: Illinois Action for Children. An examination of the disconnect between child care supply and demand in Cook County, Illinois, with a focus on affordability and hours of care needed by parents	Reports & Papers
			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
			2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March, 2012 (OPRE Report No. 2012-13). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6	Reports & Papers
			4C4K 21st century community learning center: The second year evaluation report University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Prevention Research & Development, 2003 Champaign: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Prevention Research & Development. Findings from the second year evaluation of the Four Counties for Kids (4C4K) 21st Century Community Learning Center program, a comprehensive after school/community project located in four rural counties in western Illinois, with a focus on the areas of youth development, academic performance, and the program�s impact on parents	Reports & Papers
			4 counties for kids: The implementation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program: Final evaluation report University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Prevention Research & Development, 2004 Champaign: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Prevention Research & Development. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012). An evaluation of 4 Counties for Kids' after school programs surveyed participating children, parents, and teachers to examine the programs' impacts on children's academic achievements and development regarding homework, class participation, and feelings about school	Reports & Papers
			The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 Lerner, Richard M., 2008 Medford, MA: Tufts University, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development. A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight	Reports & Papers
			Academic performance of subsequent schools and impacts of early interventions: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Head Start settings Zhai, Fuhua, May, 2012 Children and Youth Services Review, 34(5), 946-954 A comparison of the impact of exposure to the Chicago School Readiness intervention during the Head Start year on children's language, literacy, and math and behavioral outcomes between kindergarteners in both high and low performing schools, based on secondary analysis of data from 361 children who were participants in the Chicago School Readiness Program	Reports & Papers
			Access to the Illinois Preschool for All initiative: Insights from five lower-incidence immigrant groups in northern Cook County Adams, Gina, 2012 Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Findings from two studies of the barriers to and opportunities for accessing Preschool for All (PFA), Illinois' universal preschool program, faced by lower-incidence immigrant groups in the Chicago area, based on 9 focus groups with Nigerian, Pakistani, Vietnamese, Polish, and Haitian parents, and on 19 interviews with PFA providers	Reports & Papers
			Accreditation as an alternative pathway to quality in QRIS National-Louis University. McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, Winter 2013 Wheeling, IL: National-Louis University, McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. A comparison of the Illinois child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) ratings that child care centers would receive through either their accreditation status or their observed quality, based on data for 55 accredited child care centers applying to the Illinois QRIS	Reports & Papers
			Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010 National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (U.S.), January, 2011 Aurora, CO: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care. 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	Reports & Papers
			Administrative management capacity in out-of-school time organizations: An exploratory study Fiscal Management Associates, July, 2008 New York: Wallace Foundation. A study of the administrative and management capacity and needs, including financial, human resources, information technology, and facilities administration and management, of 16 organizations providing high-quality out-of-school time programming in New York City and Chicago	Reports & Papers
			The afterschool experience in Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Evaluation 2007-2008 Huang, Denise, December 2008 (CRESST Report 747). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. A process and outcomes evaluation of Salsa, Sabor y Salud (SSS), a child-centered adaptation of a healthy lifestyles program for Latino families, that examined the effect of program participation on elementary school students' and program instructors' knowledge and healthy behaviors, based on survey, interview, and observational data collected in after school programs implementing SSS and matched control programs in Los Angeles and on case studies of programs in Chicago	Reports & Papers
			The after-school needs and resources of a low-income urban community: Surveying youth and parents for community change Sanderson, Rebecca Cornelli, June 2010 American Journal of Community Psychology, 45(3-4), 430-440 An assessment of after school programming needs, preferences, and barriers to both participation and enrollment, based on a survey of 416 pre- and young adolescents and 225 parents in a low-income urban community in a Midwestern city	Reports & Papers
			Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the Title I Chicago child-parent centers Reynolds, Arthur J., 2002 (Discussion Paper No. 1245-02). University of Wisconsin--Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty. A cost benefit analysis of the federally funded Chicago Child-Parent Center program using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study from a cohort of children born in 1980.	Reports & Papers
			Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers Reynolds, Arthur J., 2002 Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 24(4), 267-303 A cost benefit analysis of the federally funded Chicago Child-Parent Center program using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study from a cohort of children born in 1980	Reports & Papers
			Age 26 cost-benefit analysis of the Child-Parent Center early education program Reynolds, Arthur J., January/February 2011 Child Development, 82(1), 379-404 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	Reports & Papers
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten Schumacher, Rachel, 2005 Paper presented at the the Brookings Institution-University of North Carolina conference on Creating a national plan for the education of 4-year-olds, Washington, DC. A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs	Reports & Papers
			Almost like family: Family child care Harper Browne, Charlyn, October 2009 Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy. An examination of family child care practices and efforts that promote factors associated with the prevention of child abuse and neglect, based on a literature review and surveys, focus groups, and site visits with family child care providers	Reports & Papers
			Alterable predictors of child well-being in the Chicago Longitudinal Study Reynolds, Arthur J., 2004 Children and Youth Services Review, 26(1), 1-14 An overview of the major findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, including summaries of child well-being indicators and estimated effects of participation in preschool programs	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
			America After 3PM: Special report on summer: Missed opportunities, unmet demand Afterschool Alliance, May 2010 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A study of the summer child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students during the summer of 2008, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households	Reports & Papers
			Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report United States. Department of Education. Policy and Program Studies Service, December 2005 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Policy and Program Studies Service. An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments	Reports & Papers
			Another look at moral panics: The case of satanic day care centers deYoung, Mary, 1998 Deviant Behavior, 19(3), 257-278 An examination of moral panic and a discussion of its theory and use and future implications in society as an agent of change	Reports & Papers

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