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Quality in early childhood care and education settings: A compendium of measures
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 2010
(2nd ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

Profiles of instruments designed to measure the quality of early care and education settings, including information on instrument program target age and setting, purpose, administration, key constructs and scoring, and reliability and validity

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K): Psychometric report for the eighth grade
Najarian, Michelle, September 2009
(NCES 2009-002). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the design of the assessments used in the spring 2007 data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to measure cognitive and social development of children in the eighth grade

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B): Preschool-kindergarten 2007 psychometric report
Najarian, Michelle, April 2010
(NCES 2010-009). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the design of the assessments and methods of analysis used in the data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort to measure cognitive and social development of children in their transition to kindergarten

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K): Eighth-grade methodology report
Tourangeau, Karen, September 2009
(NCES 2009-003). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the methodology and surveys used to report on the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K) of 1998-99, with a focus on sample design and weighting, data collection methods, response rate calculations, and nonresponse bias analyses

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A review of methods and instruments used in state and local school readiness evaluations
Brown, Elizabeth Glyn, August 2007
(Issues & Answers, REL 2007-No. 004). Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast.

A review of methods and instruments used to measure child outcomes in state and local school readiness initiatives

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Improving early education programs through data-based decision making
Riley-Ayers, Shannon, 2011
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A discussion of five methods to evaluate the effectiveness of state-funded preschool programs

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Early childhood assessment: Why, what, and how?
National Research Council (U.S.), 2008
Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

A discussion of developmental outcomes for children from birth to age five and a review of instruments used in developmental assessment

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Measurement tools for evaluating out-of-school time programs: An evaluation resource
Wimer, Christopher, August 2008
(Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot No. 6). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

An updated and expanded table of instruments used to evaluate out-of-school time child care programs and participants

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Understanding and choosing assessments and developmental screeners for young children ages 3-5: Profiles of selected measures: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June, 2011
(OPRE Report No. 2011-23). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A compendium of assessments and developmental screeners for preschool-age children, with profiles of their characteristics, reliability, and validity

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Measuring youth program quality: A guide to assessment tools
Yohalem, Nicole, January, 2009
(2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment.

A guide to observational instruments for measuring out-of-school time program quality, including the instruments' purpose, structure, content, and technical properties

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An overview of Markov Chain Methods for the study of stage-sequential developmental processes
Kaplan, David, March 2008
Developmental Psychology, 44(2), 457-467

An overview of selected statistical methodologies for the study of stage-sequential development, using as an example the reading proficiency of children above and below the poverty line

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Measuring early literacy skills: A latent variable investigation of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool
Townsend, Monika, April 2010
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 28(2), 115-128

An investigation of the psychometric properties of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool (PALS-PreK) instrument, that includes an examination of gender invariance, with a split sample of 4,518 preschool children in Virginia

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Cognitive interview findings report for home-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

A discussion of the methodology of the design and content of a questionnaire to survey home-based child care providers for their participation in the assessment of the national supply of child care

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Design for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Survey: Final design report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, May 13, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

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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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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National Household Education Surveys Program of 2007: Methodology report
Hagedorn, Mary, March 2009
(NCES 2009-029). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the methodology and surveys used in the National Household Education Surveys Program in 2007, with a focus on questionnaire and sample design, data collection methods, response rate calculations, and nonresponse bias analyses

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the center-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the national supply of center-based child care services

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Methodologies to evaluate early childhood development programs
Behrman, Jere R., December 2007
(Doing Impact Evaluation No. 9). Washington, DC: World Bank.

A discussion of methodological considerations involved in evaluating the impacts of early childhood development programs

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the home-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the national supply of home-based child care services, including comments of changes to the actual survey

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the demand questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the parents' demand for child care services across the United States

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A guide to market rate surveys for CCDF Tribal entities
Hardy, Sally, 1999

A guide to designing and implementing market rate surveys for American Indian and Alaskan Native Child Care and Development Fund grantees

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Methods paper: Defining a local childcare market
Corlyon, Judy, 2004
(Research Report RR526MP). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A study of methodology for research on which to base policy interactions among states and localities in England

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Study of market prices: Validating child care market rate surveys
Grobe, Deana, September 2008
(Technical Report) Corvallis: Oregon State University Family Policy Program

Guidance for increasing the validity of child care market rate surveys, including the selection of survey design, data sources, and data collection methods, and a discussion of cost considerations

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Revised sampling report and addendum
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

A presentation of alternate designs of sampling methods for achieving a representative number of sample respondents for the assessment of the supply and demand of the national child care market

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B): Psychometric report for the 2-year data collection: Methodology report
Andreassen, Carol, August 2007
(NCES 2007-084). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the characteristics and field performance of instruments used in the two-year data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), a nationally representative longitudinal study following children born in 2001 in the United States from birth until kindergarten

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