Child Care Quality Indicators Scale
Fiene, Richard, August 01, 2010
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
Instruments
Comparison of Head Start and child care facilities in Pennsylvania
DeRousie, Rebecca Sanford, 2004
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
An examination of data from two previous descriptive studies of quality in Pennsylvania Head Start classrooms and child care centers to study individual factors that might contribute to the higher level of quality found in the Head Start classrooms as compared with the child care centers
Reports & Papers
A comparison of international child care and US child care using the NACCRRA child care benchmarks
Fiene, Richard, September, 2011
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A comparison against a set of benchmarks of child care regulations in the United States and in other countries
Reports & Papers
Cumberland County and Great Carlisle Area United Way: Success by Six: ECERS-R training
Carl, Barbara, 2003
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
An evaluation of a workshop designed to teach child care center directors and staff how to use the revised version of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale to assess their own centers and knowledge of environmental quality
Reports & Papers
The effectiveness of an infant mentoring project: Preliminary findings
Fiene, Richard, 2000
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
Preliminary results of an evaluation of an infant mentoring project designed to improve quality of Pennsylvanian infant care programs
Reports & Papers
Effectiveness of internet training for child caregivers: Mastering early childhood course content and learner satisfaction: A comparison of regular classroom instruction with three variations on internet delivery via the Penn State World Campus
Johnson, James A., 2000
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A study to assessing the effectiveness of the Internet as a training modality for childcare staff
Reports & Papers
Family and group child care homes: Factors underlying quality of care: PA 2002
Bergsten, Martha, 2004
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A study comparing key provider structural characteristics and practices described from a telephone survey with the level of quality observed in the child care home using data from two previous studies examining quality in Pennsylvania family and group child care homes
Reports & Papers
Family and group child care homes: Factors underlying quality of care: PA 2002 [Executive summary]
Bergsten, Martha, 2004
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A summary of a study comparing key provider structural characteristics and practices described from a telephone survey with the level of quality observed in the child care home using data from two previous studies examining quality in Pennsylvania family and group child care homes
Executive Summary
Licensing related indicators of quality child care
Fiene, Richard,
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A summary of thirteen key child care quality indicators to be considered by state child care agencies when revising state child care licensing regulations
Other
Lycoming Clinton Head Start family child care mentoring evaluation
Fiene, Richard, 2002
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A descriptive case study evaluation of the Lycoming Clinton Head Start Family Child Care Mentoring project through observations of 5 participating family child care homes
Reports & Papers
Lycoming County early childhood quality research project
Carl, Barbara, 2003
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A study of the quality of care in Pennsylvania's Lycoming County's child care programs, comparing the county results to results from a statewide study of early child care program quality
Reports & Papers
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care: Key indicator research brief
Fiene, Richard, January 2001
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A review of selected research studies conducted since 1992 relating to the 13 key child care quality indicators used in developing child care licensing regulations, including recommendations for further research to reduce gaps in information
Literature Review
The Pennsylvania Maps project: Evaluation of two workshops for early care and education providers
Fiene, Richard, 2006
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
An evaluation of the impact of two workshops (''What Do You Do with the Mad that You Feel'' and ''Challenging Behaviors: Where Do We Begin'') on Pennsylvanian child care providers' practices
Reports & Papers
The Pennsylvania Maps project: Evaluation of two workshops for early care and education providers [Executive summary]
Fiene, Richard, 2006
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A summary of an evaluation of the impact of two workshops (''What Do You Do with the Mad that You Feel'' and ''Challenging Behaviors: Where Do We Begin'') on Pennsylvanian child care providers' practices
Executive Summary
The relationship of accreditation and licensing standards, training, and child development outcomes
Fiene, Richard,
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
An analysis of the relationship of child development outcomes to child care center accreditation systems, staff training, and licensing standards
Reports & Papers
The state of infant child care quality in Pennsylvania
Fiene, Richard, 2000
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A statewide study of the quality of center based infant child care in Pennsylvania to help inform policymakers of the current condition of infant child care
Reports & Papers
Who's minding the children in rural Pennsylvania?: A profile of regulated child care and the families using it
Manlove, Elizabeth E., 25 August, 2010
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A comparison of child care quality, providers, and subsidy use in rural and urban Pennsylvania communities, based on analyses of administrative and secondary data
Reports & Papers
Who's minding the children in rural Pennsylvania?: A profile of regulated child care and the families using it [Executive summary]
Manlove, Elizabeth E., 25 August, 2010
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State University, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute.
A summary of a comparison of child care quality, providers, and subsidy use in rural and urban Pennsylvania communities, based on analyses of administrative and secondary data
Executive Summary