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The 2005 Alabama child care workforce study
Alabama Partnership for Children, 2006
Montgomery: Alabama Partnership for Children.

A study of the characteristics of the child care workforce in Alabama, including qualifications, wages, and turnover, based on a survey of family child care providers, center-based child care workers, and child care center directors in 19 counties

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2005 Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey: Childminders
Clemens, Sam, 2006
(Research Report No. 763). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A study of the characteristics of family child care providers in the United Kingdom, including average number of children served, income, qualifications, and training, based on provider surveys

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2005 Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey: Full day care providers
Clemens, Sam, 2006
(Research Report No. 760). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A study of characteristics of organizations providing full-day child care in the United Kingdom, including characteristics of children served and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training, based on provider surveys

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2005 Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey: Out-of-school providers
Clemens, Sam, 2006
(Research Report No. 761). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A study of characteristics of organizations providing out-of-school time child care in the United Kingdom, including characteristics of children served and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training, based on provider surveys

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2005 Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey: Overview report
Clemens, Sam, 2006
(Research Report No. 764). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A comparison of characteristics--including staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care provider organizations in four sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, and part-day providers--in the United Kingdom, based on provider surveys

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2005 Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey: Sessional day care providers
Clemens, Sam, 2006
(Research Report No. 762). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A study of characteristics of organizations providing part-time child care in the United Kingdom, including characteristics of children served and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training, based on provider surveys

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The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report
National Association for Regulatory Administration, December 2006
Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration.

A compilation of survey data on state child care licensing programs and policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement, and child care center licensing regulations, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005

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2005 report on child care in Cook County: Elements of child care supply and demand
Illinois Action for Children, 2006
Chicago: Illinois Action for Children.

An examination of the disconnect between child care supply and demand in Cook County, Illinois, with a focus on affordability and hours of care needed by parents

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2006 Oregon child care market rate study
Oregon. Department of Human Services, August 2006
Salem: Oregon, Department of Human Services.

A study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the state of Oregon in 2006

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2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report: Strong foundations: Early childhood care and education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2006
Paris: UNESCO Publishing.

An assessment of the progress made by countries and national organizations toward meeting the goals of equitable provision of learning opportunities to all citizens from infancy to adulthood, expressed at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All, based on cross-national education statistics, household surveys, consultations, literature reviews and commissioned papers, with a focus on national strategies for creating programs and improving services devoted to early childhood care and education

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4K teachers in community approach and comparison districts: 2005-06
Adams, Diane B., 2006
(Report E). Madison: University of Wisconsin--Extension.

A survey-based study comparing characteristics (experience, salary, education, professional development, curricula) of Wisconsin four-year-old kindergarten (4K) teachers from districts that use a community approach to 4K to teachers from districts that offer 4K without a collaborative effort

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The Abbott districts in 2005-2006: Progress and challenges
Education Law Center, Spring 2006
Newark, NJ: Education Law Center.

A presentation of findings from the Abbott Indicators Project for the 2005-2006 academic year, and a discussion of implementation challenges in Abbott districts and policy recommendations for secondary school standards reform in New Jersey

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ABC Learning Centres: A case study of Australia's largest child care corporation
Rush, Emma, 2006
(Discussion Paper No. 87). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia Institute.

A study of child care quality in child care centers operated by ABC Learning Centres Limited, the largest child care corporation in Australia, based on responses from ABC Learning Centres staff from a national survey of child care center staff and on detailed follow-up telephone interviews with staff

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Accountability for quality: One state's experience in improving practice
Hooks, Laura McDonald, June 2006
Early Childhood Education Journal, 33(6), 399-403

A description of the initiative undertaken by the state of South Carolina to improve the quality of preschool and kindergarten classrooms in primary schools and an evaluation of the effects of the initiative

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Addressing diversity and inclusion in the early years in conflict-affected societies: A case study of the Media Initiative for Children 1: Northern Ireland
Connolly, Paul, October 2006
International Journal of Early Years Education, 14(3), 263-278

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Adjustment to the first year in school: A Singapore perspective
Yeo, Lay See, 2006
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 14(2), 55-68

An examination of adjustment to school by 90 first graders from different ethnic, language, and socioeconomic backgrounds entering a school in western Singapore

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Administrative costs in the Child and Adult Care Food Program: Results of an exploratory study of the reimbursement system for sponsors of family child care homes
Pettigrew, Iris, March 2006
(Contractor and Cooperator Report No. 16). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

A study of administrative cost reimbursement payment system for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsor organizations, which administer CACFP to participating family child care homes at the local level

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Affordability funding models for early childhood services
Purcal, Christiane, December 2006
Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 31(4), 49-58

A presentation of a model of available approaches for governments to use to ensure affordable early childhood services using international data from affordability models used by countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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African American preschoolers' language, emergent literacy skills, and use of African American English: A complex relation
Connor, Carol McDonald, August 2006
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(4), 771-792

An examination of the relation between Head Start African American preschoolers' use of African American English and their language and emergent literacy skills

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After-school program attendance and the social development of rural Latino children of immigrant families
Riggs, Nathaniel R., 2006
Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1), 75-87

A study of the influence of attendance on the social outcomes of Latino elementary school children who participated in an academically-oriented after school program, based on attendance records and teacher, parent, and child questionnaires

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Age 2: Findings from the 2-year-old follow-up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
Mulligan, Gail M., 2006
(E.D. TAB, NCES 2006-043). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the demographic characteristics, early childhood development, maternal attachment, nonparental care experiences, and father involvement of two-year-old children, based on data from the nationally representative 2-year-old follow-up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)

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Analysis of the 2006 Ohio child care market rate survey
Ohio State University. Statistical Consulting Service, May 12, 2006
Columbus: Ohio, Department of Job and Family Services.

A study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the State of Ohio in 2006, with a focus on private pay and unsubsidized child care services

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Applying principles of development to help at-risk preschoolers develop numeracy
Pasnak, Robert, March 2006
The Journal of Psychology, 140(2), 155-173

An examination of the impact of playing games designed to improve young children's grasp of the oddity and insertion principles using a sample of young, ethnically diverse, Head Start preschool children

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An appropriate curriculum for 4-5-year-old children in Northern Ireland: Comparing play-based and formal approaches
Walsh, Glenda, 2006
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 26(2), 201-221

A comparison of the quality of learning experiences for 4-5-year-old children in formal versus play-based models of education in Northern Ireland

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Are children ready for kindergarten and how much does it matter?: An examination of Des Moines public schools kindergarten assessment and later reading scores: 2001-02 and 2004-05 school years
Bruner, Charles, 08 May, 2006
Des Moines, IA: Child & Family Policy Center.

An examination of the influence of children's school readiness at kindergarten entry on children's later reading scores, based on data from the assessments of children in Des Moines, Iowa at kindergarten entry and at third grade

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