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The state of preschool: 2004 state preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2004
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

An annual review of access, quality, and resources in state funded preschool programs for children aged 3 and 4, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, during the 2002-2003 program year

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Status report on state implementation efforts: Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low-income families in the South
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2004
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

An overview of state-level actions to increase the access to and use of child care subsidies in 17 southeastern states and the District of Columbia

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State policy as an influence on the participation of young children with medical needs in childcare
Bruder, Mary Beth, 2004
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 24(2), 68-75

An examination of state policies that affect the participation of children with complex medical needs in licensed child care, based on interviews with informants from a wide range of state departments and agencies

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Framing early childhood development: Strategic communications and public preferences
Gilliam, Jr., Franklin D., 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 7). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

An examination of approaches to conveying organizational information, and the role of communications methods in early childhood program planning, implementation, and management

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Collective management of early childhood programs: Approaches that aim to maximize efficiency, help improve quality and stabilize the industry
Stoney, Louise, 2004
Raleigh, NC: Smart Start National Technical Assistance Center.

A report presenting a catalog of collective management approaches currently used by child care services across the United States

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Relationships between parent-teaching activities and emergent literacy in preschool children
Haney, Michelle, 2004
Early Child Development and Care, 174(3), 215-228

A study of the effects of different types of parental teaching activities on children's emergent literacy skills, based on surveys and tests administered to 47 children ages three to five and their parents

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TANF and child care programs: HHS lacks adequate information to assess risk and assist states in managing improper payments
United States. General Accounting Office, 2004
(GAO-04-723). Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office.

A discussion of what selected states have done to manage improper payments in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) programs, and what Health and Human Services (HHS) has done to assess risk and assist states in managing improper payments

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The child care arrangements of preschool-age children in immigrant families in the United States
Brandon, Peter D., 2004
International Migration, 42(2), 65-87

A comparison of the use of child care arrangements among immigrant families to non-immigrant families

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Prekindergarten: Four selected states expanded access by relying on schools and existing providers of early education and care to provide services
United States. Government Accountability Office, 2004
(GAO-04-852). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office.

An analysis of expanded prekindergarten programs in Georgia, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma

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Child care: State efforts to enforce safety and health requirements
United States. Government Accountability Office, 2004
(GAO-04-786). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office.

A report by the Government Accountability Office to House Representative Sander M Levin regarding the regulation of child care health and safety requirements in states supported by the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

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Strengthening Latino parental involvement forming community-based organizations/school partnership
Osterling, Jorge P, 2004
NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2(1), 270-284

A discussion of the use of partnerships between schools and Latino community-based organizations to improve the involvement of Latino parents in children’s schooling

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Can child care assistance in welfare and employment programs support the employment of low-income families?
Gennetian, Lisa A., 2004
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23(4), 723-743

An investigation of different welfare and employment programs with child care assistance policies and their effects on employment rates and child care decisions of low income families

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Status report on state implementation efforts: Southern regional action plan to improve the quality of early care and education
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2004
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

A survey of actions taken by southern states to implement a regional action plan to improve child care and early education quality

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An evaluation of the implementation of Georgia's pre-k program: Report of the findings from the Georgia Early Childhood Study (2002-03)
Henry, Gary T., 2004
Atlanta: Georgia State University, School of Policy Studies.

An assessment of the extent to which differences in implementation of Georgia full day, publicly subsidized Pre-K affects the development of enrolled four-year-olds

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Partnership to build sustainable public health nurse child care health support
Gaines, Sherry K., October-December 2004
Family and Community Health, 27(4), 346-354

A discussion of the formation of a partnership between faculty from Georgia State University’s Childcare Advantage Network (CAN), and public health nurses in one of Georgia’s 19 health districts, for the purpose of building an infrastructure to support a sustainable child care health support system

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Assessing school readiness: Validity and bias in preschool and kindergarten teachers' ratings
Mashburn, Andrew J., December 2004
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 23(4), 16-30

An examination of how preschool and kindergarten teachers' rate their students in terms of school readiness, academic skills, and communication skills and a comparison of these ratings with direct assessments of the children's skills

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Evaluation of the pre-k summer readiness pilot program
Ponder, Bentley D., 2004
Atlanta: Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.

An evaluation of the prekindergarten (Pre-K) summer enrichment pilot program for children in high poverty areas in metro Atlanta

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Status of efforts to increase the qualifications of Head Start teachers
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 2004
(OEI-07-01-00560). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.

A study assessing factors contributing to Head Start programs’ progress and experiences in increasing teachers’ qualifications

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Child care survey results on funding and related policies in the Southern states
Southern Institute on Children and Families, 2004
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

Results from a survey of care funding and state-initiated policy changes related to funding shortages in the southern region of the United States

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Researching universal prekindergarten: Thoughts on critical questions and research domains from policy makers, child advocates and researchers
Raden, Anthony, 2004
New York: Foundation for Child Development.

A summary of data from 60 expert interviews focusing on policy strategies and goals for implementing universal prekindergarten in the United States

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