Background report from Norway: OECD thematic review of early childhood education and care policy
A compilation of information on child care and early education policies, funding, quality, equity, availability, workforce, family roles, and environmental influences in Norway, prepared as part of a cross-national review by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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BASC Behavioral Assessment System for Children
Instruments
Basic School Skills Inventory (3rd ed.)
Instruments
The benefits and costs of good child care: The economic rationale for public investment in young children: A policy study
A study that utilizes economic theory to argue for publicly funded child care programs
Reports & Papers
The benefits and costs of good child care: The economic rationale for public investment in young children: A policy study [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the economic arguments concerning public funding of child care, using a cost-benefit analysis
Executive Summary
The benefits of early child development programs: An economic analysis: Vol. 1. [Main report]
A proposal of a model for conducting a cost-benefit analysis of early childhood education and care programs, including a discussion of the benefits of investment to society, families, and individuals, based on a case study of the model's application in Bolivia
Reports & Papers
The benefits of early childhood development programs: An economic analysis: Vol. 2 Annex 2: ECD calculator
A method for calculating the costs and benefits of investing in early childhood education and care programs
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The Be A Star community-based after-school program: Developing resiliency factors in high-risk preadolescent youth
A description of the Be a Star community-based after-school program and an evaluation of its effectiveness in helping children develop decision making skills, feelings of personal competence, cultural awareness, and refusal skills
Reports & Papers
Birth to kindergarten: The importance of the early years: A comprehensive review of the literature and a series of policy options for early childhood interventions in response to a request by Senator Dede Alpert
A review of literature examining child outcomes in relation to early childhood experiences, including family influence, home environment, and child care programs; current policy issues and legislative suggestions are discussed.
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Bracken Basic Concept Scale (Rev. ed.)
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The brave new world of child care
A discussion of dual-earner households’ child care arrangements and the promotion of parental child care over professional child care utilization; it espouses a politically conservative viewpoint and the discussion includes recommendations such as flexible employment hours
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Bridging the differences to uncover the similarities: Disciplines working together in early childhood special education
Other
Caregiver-parent relationships in daycare: A review and re-examination of the data and their implications
A review and reinterpretation of research on the relationship between parents and caregivers in formal child care settings
Literature Review
Caregiver perception and child-caregiver interactions in a newly inclusive infant child care center
A study of child care provider’s perceptions about and behavior toward developmentally disabled infants and toddlers in an inclusive child care setting
Reports & Papers
Care of children in a low fertility setting: Transitions between home and market care for pre-school children in Germany
An analysis of the demand for child care for preschool children in Germany as it relates to household characteristics, the mother’s employment status, and regional supply
Reports & Papers
Care programs for school age children in Australia
A discussion of out-of-school child care programs for children between 5 and 12 years of age in Australia
Reports & Papers
Caring as social right: Cash for child care and daddy leave
A study of policies aimed at gender division in family child care and employment policies in Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway
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Caring for children with special needs: The Americans with Disabilities Act
A discussion of strategies for child care providers in dealing with children with special needs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Caring for infants and toddlers with disabilities in family child care: Annotated resource directory (Revised)
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Cash versus child care services in Finland
An overview of the benefits and broad implications of Finland’s universal child care subsidy policy implemented in 1990, and a study into the causes of its 1995 cutback
Reports & Papers
Can early intervention prevent high school dropout?: Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
A report relating participation in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion program to incidence of high school dropout
Reports & Papers
Characteristics of children's early care and education programs: Data from the 1995 National Household Education Survey
A comprehensive study of the early nonparental child care and education that children receive before entering school, with particular attention to: the type and amount of child care that children received; child care quality; the way in which child and family characteristics influenced child care selection; the way in which information about child care arrangements, particularly child care costs, indicated child care quality; and the way in which child care experiences influenced school failure.
Reports & Papers
Characteristics of children's early care and education programs: Data from the 1995 National Household Education Survey [Executive summary]
A summary of an inquiry into the child care characteristics necessary to adequately facilitate children’s development, based on the 1995 National Household Education Survey
Executive Summary
The Chicago Child-Parent Centers: A longitudinal study of extended early childhood intervention
An evaluation of the implementation of the early childhood intervention program, Chicago-Parent Center (CPCs), and the Chicago Longitudinal Study among eight-grade students between 1983 and 1989
Reports & Papers
Child care and child rearing today and tomorrow
A discussion of child care and child rearing analyzed through an ecological socialist framework
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