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Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of home visiting program models implemented in tribal communities: Final report A review of research on the effectiveness of home visiting programs for pregnant women or families with children from birth to age 5 in tribal communities or with samples that included substantial proportions of American Indian and Alaska Native participants |
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Best practices for conducting program observations as part of quality rating and improvement systems A discussion of considerations for the use of program observation as part of quality rating and improvement systems, including issues related to measurement selection, planning and conducting observations, and scoring and reporting |
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The CCDF policies database book of tables: Key cross-state variations in CCDF policies as of October 1, 2009 A comparison of aspects of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) policies among the the 50 states, District of Columbia, and territories, including: (1) eligibility requirements for families and children; (2) application, redetermination, terms of authorization, and waiting lists; (3) family payments; (4) policies for providers, including reimbursement rates; and (5) administration and quality development |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Child care quality rating and improvement systems: Approaches to integrating programs for young children in two states An examination of the role, and how to assess the role, that state child care quality rating and improvement systems can play in early childhood care and education system integration and development, based on document reviews, administrator interviews, and two-day site visits in Indiana and Pennsylvania |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Child care quality rating and improvement systems: Approaches to integrating programs for young children in two states [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of the role, and how to assess the role, that state child care quality rating and improvement systems can play in early childhood care and education system integration and development, based on document reviews, administrator interviews, and two-day site visits in Indiana and Pennsylvania |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems An examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Measuring quality across three child care quality rating and improvement systems: Findings from secondary analyses A study of the prevalence of quality components among participating child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) providers and their relationship to observed quality, based on analyses of QRIS administrative data, professional development registries, and observation data in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, and Tennessee |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Measuring quality across three child care quality rating and improvement systems: Findings from secondary analyses [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the prevalence of quality components among participating child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) providers and their relationship to observed quality, based on analyses of QRIS administrative data, professional development registries, and observation data in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, and Tennessee |
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The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: The Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Evaluation Toolkit A guide to planning and conducting child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) evaluations |
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Client-friendly strategies: What can CCDF learn from research on other systems? An examination of the implications for efforts to improve child care subsidy access and retention of research on strategies to make benefits systems more "client friendly" |
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Data tables for FACES 2009 Head Start children, families, and programs: Present and past data from FACES report Data tables from a profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments in fall 2009, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula and activities, based on data collected from a sample of 60 Head Start programs, 129 centers, 486 classrooms, and 3,349 children |
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Design for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Survey: Final design report A discussion of options and suggestions for the design of an ongoing survey of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs, staff, families, and children, including considerations for sampling, site outreach, instrumentation, data collection, and data analyses |
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Effective evaluation of quality rating and improvement systems for early care and education and school-age care An overview of methodological design options for quality rating and improvement systems used to evaluate and improve the quality of early childhood education and school-aged care (ECE-SAC) systems |
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Evaluation of quality rating and improvement systems for early childhood programs and school-age care: Measuring children's development A discussion of considerations for the use of child development measures as part of the evaluation of quality rating and improvement systems |
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FACES 2009 study design An overview of the study design of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2009 (FACES 2009) |
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Family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving: Identifying common core elements and issues related to measurement A summary of a meeting on the identification of core elements of and methods to measure family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving in early care and education settings |
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Family-provider relationships: A multidisciplinary review of high quality practices and associations with family, child, and provider outcomes A review of research to identify high-quality practices in family-provider relationships and explore the relationship of these practices to child, family, and provider outcomes |
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Head Start children, families, and programs: Present and past data from FACES A profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments in fall 2009, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula and activities, and a comparison to profiles from 2000, 2003, and 2006, based on data collected in fall 2009 from a sample of 60 Head Start programs, 129 centers, 486 classrooms, and 3,349 children |
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Learning as we go: A first snapshot of Early Head Start programs, staff, families, and children: Vol. I. First report A profile of the characteristics of Early Head Start children and families, their home and Early Head Start program environments, and program services and staff in spring 2009, based on data collected from a nationally representative sample of 89 Early Head Start programs and 976 parents of 194 newborns and 782 1-year-olds, as part of the Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES |
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Learning as we go: A first snapshot of Early Head Start programs, staff, families, and children: Vol. I. First report [Executive summary] A summary of a profile of the characteristics of Early Head Start children and families, their home and Early Head Start program environments, and program services and staff in spring 2009, based on data collected from a nationally representative sample of 89 Early Head Start programs and 976 parents of 194 newborns and 782 1-year-olds, as part of the Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES |
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Learning as we go: A first snapshot of Early Head Start programs, staff, families, and children: Vol. II. Technical appendices Methodological appendices for the Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES, a profile of the characteristics of Early Head Start children and families, their home and Early Head Start program environments, and program services and staff in spring 2009 |
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Lessons learned from the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness review Lessons learned from a review of research on the effectiveness of home visiting programs for pregnant women or families with children from birth to age 5 |
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National Survey of Early Care & Education: Center-Based Provider Questionnaire (Rev. ed.) |
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National Survey of Early Care & Education: Center-Based Provider Screener (Rev. ed.) |
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