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2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6 |
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Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards? A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education |
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Classroom observations of teacher-child relationships among racially symmetrical and racially asymmetrical teacher-child dyads A study of racial bias in teacher interactions with children, patterns in interactions with children from different racial groups if teachers are racially biased, and an explanation of children's misbehavior under the racially asymmetrical situation, based on data from 8 teachers and 41 children from 4 racially- and linguistically-diverse Head Start classrooms in western Pennsylvania |
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Coaching and quality assistance in quality rating improvement systems: Approaches used by TA providers to improve quality in early care and education programs and home-based settings A study of the features of on-site technical assistance and coaching provided by state child care quality rating and improvement system technical assistance providers, based on interviews with 34 technical assistance providers in 17 states |
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A count for quality: Child care center directors on rating and improvement systems A study of child care center directors' views of child care quality rating and improvement systems and their components, based on interviews with 48 directors from 9 states and a roundtable forum with 15 of the 48 directors |
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Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012 A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, 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 child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia |
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Early childhood "pay-for-success" social impact finance: A PKSE bond example to increase school readiness and reduce special education costs A discussion of financing early childhood care and education (ECCE) programs through the use of social impact bonds, which would fund ECCE services and then be repaid out of savings arising from reduced special education costs in the future, and an analysis of an example based on a Pennsylvania school district |
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Effect of early educational intervention on younger siblings: The Infant Health and Development Program A study of the relationship between participation of an older sibling in an early intervention program and the younger sibling's measures of intelligence, youth behavioral problems, and expectations of the future, based on data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), an eight-site randomized trial of three years of early education for premature low-birth-weight infants who were followed up through age 18, and 229 siblings of participating children born within 5 years of the IHDP study participants |
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Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009 An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules |
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Examining cost fulfillment: Child care policy and strategies A study of correlations among a variety of characteristics of child care subsidy eligibility policies in 20 cities across 15 states, and an identification of four categories of similar types of city-specific subsidy offerings, based on an examination of the local policies regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies |
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Expanding access to Early Head Start: State initiatives for infants & toddlers at risk A study of state efforts to expand and enhance Early Head Start services, based on interviews with Head Start-state collaboration administrators in 23 states |
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Home literacy exposure and early language and literacy skills in children who struggle with behavior and attention problems A study of the relationships of the behavior and attention problems and of the early home literacy environment, as well as of the interaction between the two, to the language and literacy skills of 4-year-olds, based on data for 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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Leaving children to chance: NACCRRA's ranking of state standards and oversight for small family child care homes: 2012 update A ranking of state regulation and oversight of family child care homes against 16 benchmarks, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations |
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The measurement of executive function at age 5: Psychometric properties and relationship to academic achievement An examination of the psychometric properties and the criterion validity of a newly developed battery of executive function tasks for use in early childhood, based on data from a prospective longitudinal study of 1,009 families oversampled from low-income and African American families who participated in the age 5 home visit of the Family Life Project |
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Name-writing proficiency, not length of name, is associated with preschool children's emergent literacy skills A study in two parts: (1) an investigation of the links between performance on emergent reading and writing tasks and both name-writing abilities and name length, based on data from 296 51- to 65-months-old preschoolers in north Florida; and (2) an examination of the relationship between name length and both alphabet knowledge and spelling, based on data from 104 37- to 71-month-old preschool children, from a city in western Pennsylvania |
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Name-writing proficiency, not length of name, is associated with preschool children's emergent literacy skills A two-part study consisting of: (1) an examination of the links between performance on emergent reading and writing tasks and both name-writing abilities and name length, based on data from 296 preschool children, 51 to 65 months old, in a moderate sized city in north Florida; and (2) an examination of the relationship between name length and both alphabet knowledge and spelling, based on data from 104 preschool children, 37 to 71 months old, from a moderate sized city in western Pennsylvania |
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Networking and development for stronger youth services: The Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative: A comprehensive look at the foundation, practices and future of PYSC An account of the development, implementation, and activities of the Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative (PYSC), which provides support to sports-based out-of-school time and youth development programs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, based on a review of PYSC documents and interviews with stakeholders |
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Parents and the high cost of child care: 2012 report A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, 4-year-old children, and school-age children in 2011, 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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Practices for promoting young children's learning in QRIS standards An analysis of child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) standards in 23 states to identify practices for supporting children's early learning in eight areas, based on coding of state QRIS standards and early learning guidelines |
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Priming the pipeline: Lessons from promising 4-H science programs An examination of the challenges faced and strategies used to implement practices in eight domains by programs participating in 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, based on interviews and site visits with 8 programs selected through a process to identify promising programs |
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The state of preschool 2012: State preschool yearbook An annual review of access to, quality standards 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 2011-2012 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs |
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State pre-k assessment policies: Issues and status A discussion of considerations for and approaches to the assessment of young children and a study of state prekindergarten child assessment policies in the 2011-2012 school year, based on a survey of state prekindergarten program personnel |
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Timing of high-quality child care and cognitive, language, and preacademic development A study of the relationship between exposure to different combinations of high- versus low-quality child care during two developmental periods--infant-toddlerhood and preschool, and children's cognitive, language, and preacademic development, based on data from 1,364 young children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Tools for student parent success: Varieties of campus child care An examination of approaches to providing child care services at institutions of higher education, based on Internet searches, brief surveys of members of a campus child care organization listserv, and interviews with leaders in the field |
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