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Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (U.S.), January, 2011
Aurora, CO: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care.

A study of the extent to which state child care regulations meet standards related to obesity prevention in the areas of infant feeding, nutrition, and physical activity

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Building partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care providers: Lessons from the Early Head Start for Family Child Care project: Final report
United States. Office of Head Start, 12 December, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start.

An evaluation of Early Head Start (EHS) for Family Child Care, a project to support partnerships between EHS grantees and family child care providers, that examines the characteristics of participating grantees and providers, the implementation, types, and sustainability of the partnerships, and lessons learned, based on project administrative data, interviews with 13 partnership teams, descriptive quality indicators and Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, and project documents

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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2011
National Conference of State Legislatures, August, 2011
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.

A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2011, based on a survey of legislative fiscal offices in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories

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Ethnic differences in social-emotional development in preschool: The impact of teacher child relationships and classroom quality
Graves, Scott, September, 2011
School Psychology Quarterly, 26(3), 202-214

A study of differences in teachers' perceptions of prekindergarten children's behavior problems by ethnic group and gender, and a second study of the relationship between both classroom and teacher quality and children's behavior problems, based on a secondary analysis of two multi-state prekindergarten studies

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Evaluation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program
McCarthy, Betsy, October, 2011
San Francisco: WestEd.

A study of the implementation of The Electric Company Summer Learning Program, a transmedia curriculum for summer programs with a focus on math and literacy skills, and of the relationship of participation in the program to teaching outcomes and to children's math and literacy outcomes, based on surveys from and interviews with 152 6- to 8-year-old children and 16 teachers at 12 summer programs

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Evaluation of New Jersey After 3 Trenton Afterschool Partnership programs: A citywide initiative to improve student outcomes and meet the needs of parents
Woods, Yvonne M., February, 2011
New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey After 3.

An evaluation of the New Jersey After 3 Trenton Afterschool Partnership (TAP), a public-private initiative to offer after school programs to all students in Trenton, New Jersy, that examines TAP reach and participation and youth and parent perceptions of the program, based on program administrative data and student and parent surveys

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The impact of child care subsidy use on child care quality
Ryan, Rebecca, Q3 2011
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26(3), 320-331

A study of the relationship between government subsidization and both selection of child care and quality of arrangements, based on data from parents of 456 3-year-olds in 14 cities in the United States

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A longitudinal study of the social and academic competence of economically disadvantaged bilingual preschool children
Oades-Sese, Geraldine V., May 2011
Developmental Psychology, 47(3), 747-764

A profile of cognitive, psychosocial, and cultural-linguistic characteristics to create profiles of 207 Hispanic American children in Central New Jersey, an investigation of the correlation between children's social competence profiles and both later academic achievement and English language proficiency

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New Jersey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) impact report 2009-10
Naftzger, Neil, September, 2011
Trenton: New Jersey, Department of Education.

An evaluation of New Jersey 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines program performance and student outcomes, the relationship between student and program characteristics and student outcomes, and participating and non-participating students' performances on state assessments, based on administrative data, staff surveys, program evaluation reporting system data, and student assessment score data

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New Jersey child care market rate survey 2010
New Jersey. Department of Human Services. Office of Research and Evaluation, April, 2011
Trenton: New Jersey, Division of Family Development.

A study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the state of New Jersey by provider type and age of child, including information on capacity, hours of operation, additional fees, discounts, and subsidies, based on survey responses for 681 child care centers and 2,719 family child care providers

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New Jersey's family child care providers: Summary of 2011 survey results: Comparison of 2005 and 2011 data
New Jersey Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2011
Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A study of the characteristics, caregiving activities, finances, and professional commitment of registered family child care providers in New Jersey, based on a survey of 556 providers, and a comparison of results from a similar survey conducted in 2005

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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2011 report
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August, 2011
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children in 2010, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies

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Promoting healthy practices in child care centers: The role of child care resource and referral agencies
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August, 2011
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A study of child care center obesity prevention practices and child care resource and referral agency health-related training and technical assistance offerings, based on a survey of 113 agencies from 29 states

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Science in the classroom: Finding a balance between autonomous exploration and teacher-led instruction in preschool settings
Nayfeld, Irena , November, 2011
Early Education and Development, 22(6), 970-988

A study of the impact of the introduction of a balance scale in the science area of preschool classrooms on children's spontaneous interactions with science materials, their interest in the science area, and their knowledge of the tool, based on data from 6 urban preschool classrooms in central New Jersey

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State child care assistance policies 2011: Reduced support for families in challenging times
Schulman, Karen, October, 2011
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2010 and February 2011 and between 2001 and February 2011, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and assistance to parents searching for a job, based on a survey of state child care administrators

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State early childhood advisory councils: An overview of implementation across the states
National Governors' Association. Center for Best Practices, 2011
Washington, DC: National Governors' Association, Center for Best Practices.

An examination of developments and variation among state early childhood advisory councils, based on a review of state applications for grants provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), as well as updates provided by council leadership

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The state of preschool 2011: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2011
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 2010-2011 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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We can do better: 2011 update: NACCRRA's ranking of state child care center regulations and oversight
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, March 2011
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A ranking of state regulation and oversight of child care centers, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations

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