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			Youth worker study V Praxis Strategies & Solutions, January, 2010 Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Youth Institute. A study of the characteristics of Indiana youth-serving organizations and workers, including worker demographic characteristics, benefits, competencies, and professional development, based on survey responses from 567 executives and staff working at youth-serving nonprofit organizations, school age child care providers, parks and recreation departments, and 21st Century Community Learning Centers	Reports & Papers
			The Camp Program Quality Assessment (Camp PQA): Development and pilot study Akiva, Tom, April, 2010 Ypsilanti, MI: David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality. Findings from an exploration of the development, validity, and reliability of the Camp Program Quality Assessment (Camp PQA), an assessment of day and residential camp setting quality, based on data collected at 20 camps	Reports & Papers
			Child care in rural areas: Top challenges Smith, Linda K., 09 July, 2010 Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. An examination of child care challenges facing child care providers and parents in rural areas, based on survey responses from child care resource and referral agencies in 42 states	Reports & Papers
			Evaluation of the Indiana 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative: Cohort 4: Year one report Holstead, Jenell, November, 2010 Indianapolis: Indiana, Department of Education. A process and outcomes evaluation of the Indiana 21st Century Community Learning Centers program that examines participant attendance, demographics, behavior, grades, and state achievement test performance during the 2009-2010 school year	Reports & Papers
			Evaluation of the Indiana 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative: Cohort 3: Final report Holstead, Jenell, November, 2010 Indianapolis: Indiana, Department of Education. A process and outcomes evaluation of the Indiana 21st Century Community Learning Centers program that examines participant attendance, demographics, behavior, grades, and state achievement test performance during the 2009-2010 school year	Reports & Papers
			Early care and education state budget actions FY 2010 Clothier, Steffanie, April, 2010 Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures. A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2010, based on a survey of legislative fiscal offices in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories	Reports & Papers
			The state of preschool 2010: State preschool yearbook Barnett, W. Steven, 2010 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 2009-2010 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs	Reports & Papers
			How the instructional reading and writing program in kindergarten contributes to the reading and writing achievement of students in grade 1: A single-case study Ball, Judy, August 2010 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN A case study of perceptions of kindergarten and first grade teachers of the relationship between instructional reading and writing programs in kindergarten and the reading and writing achievement of students in first grade, based on interviews with 4 kindergarten teachers, 3 first grade teachers, and 1 academic support teacher, as well as observations and field notes of the author at an urban elementary school in Indiana	Reports & Papers
			Making quality count: Lessons from the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative Yohalem, Nicole, October, 2010 Washington, DC: Forum for Youth Investment. A description of the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative, a systems-building model for the improvement of the quality and capacity of out of school time programming, based on information from the implementation of the model at 7 community sites and 6 state sites	Reports & Papers
			Using professional development to enhance staff retention Huang, Denise, Fall 2010 Afterschool Matters, 12, 9-16 An exploration of the use of professional development programs to increase teacher retention rates in after school programs, based on a subsample of one program in each of California, Florida, Indiana, and Texas	Reports & Papers
			Promoting physical activity during early childhood Vidoni, Carla, 2010 Early Child Development and Care, , 1-9 A description of Ball State University's physical activity and motor development outreach to local Head Start children and teachers	Reports & Papers
			Investments in summer learning programs: A scan of resources for summer programming in Indianapolis and Marion County, 2008 Padgette, Heather, 2010 Baltimore: National Summer Learning Association. A study of funding for summer programs serving children from low-income families in Marion County, Indiana, based on interviews with program sponsors	Reports & Papers
			Essential skills for successful school readiness Conn-Powers, Michael, April 2010 Bloomington: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Early Childhood Center. An overview of a series of studies of kindergarten classroom routines and the skills children use in each routine, based on surveys of kindergarten teachers and observations of 13 kindergarten classrooms in Indiana	Reports & Papers
			State case studies of infant and early childhood mental health systems: Strategies for change Lyman, David Russell, July 2010 New York: Commonwealth Fund. Case studies from Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island that examine efforts to develop early childhood mental health systems for children from birth to 5	Reports & Papers
			State child care assistance policies 2010: New federal funds help states weather the storm Schulman, Karen, September 2010 Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center. A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2009 and February 2010, 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	Reports & Papers
			Employed rural, low-income, single mothers' family and work over time Son, Seohee, March 2010 Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 31(1), 107-120 A study of perceptions of difficulties and challenges of balancing family, child care, and work responsibilities, based on a secondary analysis of interview data with of 28 rural, low-income, continuously employed, and single mothers across 11 states over three waves of data collection between 1999 and 2003, who took part in the longitidunal Rural Families Speak Project	Reports & Papers
			A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 31, 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care	Reports & Papers
			Parents and the high cost of child care: 2010 update National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August, 2010 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 2009, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies	Reports & Papers
			America After 3PM: Special report on summer: Missed opportunities, unmet demand Afterschool Alliance, May 2010 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A study of the summer child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students during the summer of 2008, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households	Reports & Papers
			Physical activity lessons in preschools Obeng, Cecilia Sem, January-March 2010 Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 24(1), 50-59 A survey of health-related physical activity in preschools from questionnaire responses of 112 teachers in 40 preschool classrooms in south-central Indiana	Reports & Papers
			The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states	Reports & Papers
			The diffusion of state-level nonprofit program innovation: The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Project Kerlin, Janelle, June 2010 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 39(3), 478-497 A study of the adoption of a scholarship program for teachers, directors, and family child care providers of the nonprofit Child Care Services Association in North Carolina by 4 other states, from interviews with 74 policy actors involved with the adoption	Reports & Papers
			Examining different forms of implementation and in early childhood curriculum research Odom, Samuel L., Q3 2010 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25(3), 314-328 A study of the relationships between structural, process, and combined measures of implementation of the Children's School Success curriculum across both sites and time, and their associations to child outcomes, in 51 preschool classes at nationally-dispersed sites over the course of one school year	Reports & Papers
			Examining practices of staff recruitment and retention in four high-functioning afterschool programs Huang, Denise, March 2010 (CRESST Report 769). Los Angeles, CA: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. An examination of the influence of staffing practices and professional development opportunities on the ability of after school programs to recruit and retain high quality staff members, based on evidence from the recruitment practices of 4 after school programs, one each from California, Florida, Indiana, and Texas, that participated in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) evaluation	Reports & Papers

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