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			Achieving high school graduation: Citizen Schools' youth outcomes in Boston Arcaira, Erikson, August, 2010 Boston, MA: Citizen Schools. (No longer accessible as of January 18, 2013.) Findings from an evaluation of the seventh year of a longitudinal investigation into the influence of participation in Citizen Schools' 8th Grade Academy on students' later academic achievement, based on data for 448 participants from Boston, Massachusetts followed from high school selection to high school graduation	Reports & Papers
			Apples, giraffes, and Martin Luther King: Curriculum policy in a kindergarten classroom Davila, Sarah S., 2006 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tufts University, Somerville, MA An observational study of how a kindergarten teacher combined her knowledge and beliefs about early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	Reports & Papers
			Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards? Kim, Juhee, July/August 2012 Pediatric Dentistry, 34(4), 317-324 A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education	Reports & Papers
			Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality Porter, Toni, 2002 New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012) A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers
			Assessing the New Federalism Weil, Alan, Washington, DC: Urban Institute A multi-year, multi-pronged project that analyzes state policy choices, including policy development and implementation, and family well-being in the context of the significant devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states	Major Research Projects
			The Assessment of Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT): Findings from the APT Validation Study Tracy, Allison J., 2012 Wellesley, MA: National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Findings from an exploration of the validity and reliability of the Assessment of Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT), an observational measure of quality in after school programs, based on observations conducted in 25 after school programs in Massachusetts and on survey responses from 824 children in the programs	Reports & Papers
			Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Both sides now: An examination of the relationship between researchers and Head Start practitioners Howard, Carol, 2002 NHSA Dialog, 5(2&3), 240-255 A case study of the evolution of a collaborative relationship between an Agency that administers Head Start for 11 towns in the greater Boston area and the New England Quality Research Center presented as an examination of the relationship between research and practice	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2000 Applied Developmental Science, 4(3), 116-135 An investigation of the relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and child care quality, based on a data from the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study on Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 91-104). New York: Guilford Press The relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and observed caregiver behavior in producing positive caregiving, as well as levels of positive caregiving associated with types of child care at 15, 24, and 36 months of age	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1996 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11(3), 269-306 An analysis of the structural and caregiver characteristics that predict high caregiving quality for infants using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 50-66). New York: Guilford Press A study of associations between structural and caregiver characteristics as they relate to infant experiences with their caregivers, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care as well as an observational measure, the Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment (ORCE)	Reports & Papers
			Child care and child development: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1994 In Developmental follow-up: Concepts, domains and methods. (pp. 377-396). San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc. A description of the theoretical framework for the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care, assessing relationships among family life, child care processes and child behavioral development	Reports & Papers
			Child care and children's peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001 Child Development, 72(5), 1478-1500 A study of how time spent in child care, child care quality, and availability of peers relate to children's peer social competence at 23 and 36 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 175-183). New York: Guilford Press A study of the relationship between children�s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections during the first 3 years of life	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157(2), 196-200 A study of the relationship between experience in child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses in children ages 37-54 months [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 184-190). New York: Guilford Press A study of the relationship between children�s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections from 3 to 41/2 years old in a sample of approximately 1,100 children	Reports & Papers
			Child care and common communicable illnesses: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 481-488 An examination of the relationship between experiences in child care and communicable illnesses (gastrointestinal tract illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and ear infections or otitis media) through a child's first 3 years of life, and an investigation of the relationship between the increased frequency of these illnesses and language development, school readiness, and behavior problems	Reports & Papers
			Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 208-223). New York: Guilford Press An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life [Abridged] NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005 In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 231-245). New York: Guilford Press A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life	Reports & Papers
			Childcare choice and constraints in the United States: Social class, race and the influence of family views Hertz, Rosanna, 1996 Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 27(2), 249-280 A study of dual-earner parents� labor force participation, child care, and finance decision-making, based on interviews with 95 dual-earner couples in Massachusetts with at least one child	Reports & Papers
			Child Care Circuit salary & benefits survey results: EOHHS Region 3 - Summer 2007 Child Care Circuit, 2007 Beverly, MA: Child Care Circuit. An examination of the compensation and benefits of early childhood workers in Region 3 in Massachusetts in 2007, based on survey responses from 108 service providers from the Merrimack Valley and Metro North/Cape Ann areas of the state	Reports & Papers
			Child care for children in poverty: Opportunity or inequality? Phillips, Deborah A., 1991 Child Development, 65(1), 472-492 A study of child care quality in child care centers serving children from low-income families, its relationship to type of center-based programming, and its comparability to child care quality in centers serving upper- and middle-income families, based on data from the nationally representative Profile of Child Care Settings study and the National Child Care Staffing Study, which collected observational data on child care quality in 227 child care centers in five cities	Reports & Papers
			Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December, 2006 Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012) A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives	Reports & Papers
			Child care in the first year of life NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1997 Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 340-360 An analysis of the hours, type, and stability of child care used in infants' first year of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers

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