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Clinton County child care needs assessment: Final report
Elicker, James, September, 1998
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

An assessment of the supply of and demand for child care services, types of preferred services, and child care problems facing families in Clinton County, Indiana, based on available primary data sources, a survey of parents, and parent and child care provider focus groups

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Does Paths to QUALITY benefit Indiana's child care providers?
Anderson, Treshawn,
(Evaluation Brief No. 3). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

Findings related to provider experiences from an evaluation of Indiana's Paths to QUALITY quality rating and improvement system, based on interviews with 270 child care providers

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Does Paths to QUALITY help Indiana parents find quality child care?
Anderson, Treshawn,
(Evaluation Brief No. 4). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

Findings related to parent awareness and child care decision-making from an evaluation of Indiana's Paths to QUALITY quality rating and improvement system, based on interviews with more than 1,800 parents

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Does Paths to QUALITY produce quality care and education for Indiana's young children?
Anderson, Treshawn,
(Evaluation Brief No. 2). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

Findings related to child care quality and select child development indicators from an evaluation of Indiana's Paths to QUALITY quality rating and improvement system, based on quality assessments of 312 child care providers, interviews with more than 1,800 parents and 270 child care providers, and developmental assessments of more than 550 children

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Evaluation of the Indiana child care financing initiative
Powell, Douglas R., 1999
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

A summary of the main findings of an evaluation of the Indiana Child Care Financing Initiative, a statewide effort to increase public and corporate awareness of community child care needs and develop public/private partnerships to meet these needs

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Evaluation of "Paths to QUALITY," Indiana's child care quality rating and improvement system: Final report
Elicker, James, 30 September, 2011
(Technical Report No. 3). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Department of Child Development and Family Studies.

An evaluation of the influence of Indiana's Paths to QUALITY (PTQ) quality improvement system on the quality of child care offerings, the awareness of child care quality issues, the child care choices of parents, and select child development indicators, based on data collected at hundreds of child care sites throughout the state

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Head Start: It works for Indiana children and families!
Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer, February 2010
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

An examination of Head Start in Indiana, including the characteristics and outcomes of participating children, families, and communities

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Key findings
Anderson, Treshawn,
(Evaluation Report No. 1). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

Key findings from an evaluation of the relationship of Indiana's Paths to QUALITY (PTQ) quality rating and improvement system to the quality of child care offerings, the child care choices of parents, provider participation, and select child development indicators, based on quality assessments of 312 child care providers, interviews with more than 1,800 parents and 270 child care providers, and developmental assessments of more than 550 children

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Paths to QUALITY: A child care quality rating & improvement system for Indiana: Evaluation methods and measures
Langill, Carolyn, January, 2009
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

A description of the methodology and measures used in the evaluation of Paths to QUALITY, the quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) in Indiana, with a focus on data collection and quality and outcome measures

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Paths to QUALITY: A child care quality rating system for Indiana: What is its scientific basis?
Elicker, James, October 23, 2007
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

An analysis of the validity of the quality standards used in Paths to QUALITY, Indiana's child care quality rating system, based on results from pilot sites and a review of research literature related to quality indicators in the standards

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Paths to QUALITY: A child care quality rating system for Indiana: What is its scientific basis? [Executive summary]
Elicker, James, October 23, 2007
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Center for Families.

A summary of an analysis of the validity of the quality standards used in Paths to QUALITY, Indiana's child care quality rating system, based on results from pilot sites and a review of research literature related to quality indicators in the standards

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