1997 census of child care services and 1996 census of child care services
A report of findings from the 1996 and 1997 Australian Government censuses of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff
Reports & Papers
1997 census of child care services and 1996 census of child care services: Summary booklet
A summary of findings from the 1996 and 1997 Australian Government censuses of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff
Executive Summary
1999 California child care portfolio
Other
1999 Oregon child care market rate study
A study of child care market rates in Oregon in 1999, including analyses of provider capacity and enrollment, average hours considered full time, children's age by provider type, and nonstandard hour care and additional fees
Reports & Papers
Access to child care for low-income working families
An exploration of the magnitude of the gap between demand for, and actual acquisition of, child care subsidy assistance among low income, subsidy eligible families
Reports & Papers
Access to child care for low-income working families [Executive summary]
The executive summary of a research report that explores the gap between the demand for child care subsidy assistance and the actual receipt by low-income, subsidy eligible families.
Executive Summary
Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention
Instruments
Adult/Child Interactive Reading Inventory
Instruments
After-school activities and the development of low-income urban children: A longitudinal study
A longitudinal study of the relationships among child characteristics, academic performance, social adjustment, after school program participation and family variables for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in third and fifth grade
Reports & Papers
After-school child care programs
An inquiry into the program quality and experiences of children in after-school programs, with an emphasis on the influence of after-school program participation on children?s outcomes
Other
After-school programs
A discussion of the growing need for after school programs and how such programs can be improved
Other
After-school programs for low-income children: Promise and challenges
A study of after school programs for low-income children in terms of demand and supply, program activities, sponsoring and supporting organizations, and funding, based on information from the ongoing evaluation of the after school program initiative Making the Most of Out-of-School Time (MOST)
Other
After-school talk: The effects of materials sent home from preschool
Reports & Papers
Age and schooling effects on emergent literacy and early reading skills
A longitudinal study examining age and schooling on emergent literacy and early reading skills, based on a sample of 337 children from low-income backgrounds
Reports & Papers
Age of entry to day nursery and allergy in later childhood
A cross-sectional study in Eastern Germany to determine the correlations between early entry to child care settings and allergy development or resistance later in life
Reports & Papers
Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ): A Parent-Completed, Child-Monitoring System (2nd ed.)
Instruments
Almost a million children in school before kindergarten: Who is responsible for early childhood services?
An exploration into the public early childhood education services provided by local and state education agencies
Other
Alternate child care, history of hospitalization, and preschool child behavior
An examination of alternate child care experiences on the relationship between hospitalization and behavior of preschool children living in female-headed single-parent families
Reports & Papers
Alternative paradigms and professionalizing childhood care and education: The Oregon example
An analysis of the different knowledge paradigms involved in the professionalization of child care and early education, using the Oregon Career Development System as an example.
Other
America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 1999
An annual summary of national indicators of child well-being designed to monitor change over time
Reports & Papers
America's schoolchildren: Past, present, and future
An examination of changes in demographics and characteristics of school-age children may have on public attitudes toward children and youths and on support for government funding for programs
Other
America reads in Head Start classrooms: Partners in literacy
A study of a Head Start intervention program to enhance children’s literacy knowledge, utilizing collaborations between University faculty and interns
Reports & Papers
An analysis of the child and adult care food program in child care centers
An analysis of the characteristics of three types of child care centers: centers that choose to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), centers that are eligible for CACFP but do not participate, and centers that are not eligible for CACFP, focusing on a center’s propensity to participate in CACFP conditional on being eligible
Reports & Papers
An analysis of women's return-to-work decisions following first birth
An examination of the economic determinants of a woman’s decision to return to work within one year after childbirth
Reports & Papers
...And this helps me how?: Family child care providers discuss training
A discussion of the obstacles involved in establishing successful training programs for family child care providers
Reports & Papers
