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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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Trends in group child care home licensing regulations and policies for 2011 An analysis of state group child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements |
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Trends in family child care home licensing requirements and policies for 2011 An analysis of state family child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements |
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Trends in child care center licensing regulations and policies for 2011 An analysis of state child care center licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, child-adult ratios, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements |
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Championing success: Business organizations for early childhood investments A study of the early childhood policy and advocacy efforts of formal business membership organizations, based on survey responses from 104 local chambers of commerce and from 121 state business roundtables, state chambers of commerce, and city chambers of commerce |
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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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Developmental and health services in Head Start preschools: A tiered approach to early intervention OBJECTIVE: To describe a tiered approach to identifying and addressing developmental and health concerns among low-income preschool children in Head Start. METHODS: Analytic sample consisted of 3- to 5-year-old Head Start students (n = 1171) from 14 centers in Los Angeles County serving predominantly Latino families during 2008-2009. All Head Start students were screened for developmental and health concerns and assigned to 1 of 3 tiers of intervention need: Tier 1 children needed only the usual Head Start curriculum, Tier 2 children needed targeted interventions (excluding special education), and Tier 3 students received special education services. Logistic regressions were used to analyze predictors of each tier, with screening results and socio-demographic variables as covariates. RESULTS: Sixty-nine percent of children were in Tier 1, 25% in Tier 2, and 6% in Tier 3. Tier 2 children most commonly needed mental health services and were less likely than those in Tier 1 to be from primarily English-speaking homes (odds ratio = 0.6, P < .01). Tier 3 children were significantly less likely to be female than Tier 2 children (odds ratio = 0.4, P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: More than one-quarter of low-income children not in special education may need targeted interventions, particularly mental health services. Although Head Start agencies are required to identify and address these needs, many other early education and clinical settings do not. Establishing screening and intervention guidelines for this intermediate-risk group represents a key policy gap for the child health and education systems. (author abstract) |
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We can do better: Child Care Aware of America's ranking of state child care center regulations and oversight: 2013 update A review of program requirements and oversight in state child care center licensing regulations, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations and a survey of child care licensing directors in each state, the District of Columbia, and at the United States Department of Defense |
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Educational outcomes for Preschool for All participants in Redwood City School District: Update A comparison of the early elementary school educational outcomes of San Mateo County, California, children who did and did not participate in Preschool for All, a high-quality preschool program for at risk 3- and 4-year-old children, based on report cards and state achievement test data |
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Informing the performance-based contract between First 5 LA and LAUP: Child progress in the 2011-2012 program year: Final report A study of children's developmental progress from fall to spring in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) program, based on fall and spring assessments for a representatives sample of 586 children |
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Informing the performance-based contract between First 5 LA and LAUP: Child progress in the 2010-2011 program year: Final report A study of children's developmental progress from fall to spring in the Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) program, based on fall and spring assessments for a representatives sample of 675 children |
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The preschool instructional context and child-teacher relationships A study of the relationship between both instructional context and strategies and the quality of child-teacher relationships, based on data from 118 low income, predominantly Latino children and their teachers in early care and education settings in Los Angeles County, California |
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Teachers' emotional support consistency predicts children's achievement gains and social skills A study of the relationship between consistency of teachers' emotional support and academic and social outcomes for young children, based on multiple observations conducted in 694 early care and education classrooms |
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Child center closures: Does nonprofit status provide a comparative advantage? A study of the relationship between predicted closures of child care centers and center age, capacity, and ownership structure, based on data obtained in 2007 from 15,724 child care centers in California by the California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division |
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Acceptability ratings of language interventions and reasoning as described by early childhood special education teachers An examination of teachers' preferences between naturalistic and therapeutic approaches to language interventions and reasoning, based on data from 29 early childhood special education teachers from public school districts in Southern California |
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Do early literacy skills in children's first language promote development of skills in their second language?: An experimental evaluation of transfer A study of the moderating effects of children's initial skills in one language on the impact of an intervention designed to improve those skills in a second language, based on data from 94 Spanish-speaking language minority children from 10 classes in a Head Start center in Los Angeles, California, randomly assigned to one of three intervention conditions--the HighScope Preschool Curriculum alone or the HighScope Preschool Curriculum with small-group pull-out instruction, using the activities of the Literacy Express Preschool Curriculum, in either an English-only or English-to-Spanish version |
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Evaluation of the 4-H Science Initiative: Year 2 implementation study An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, technology, engineering, and applied math program offerings, that examines state-level implementation of 4-H Science and characteristics of successful 4-H Science programs, based on interviews with state and county 4-H leaders |
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4-H Science Initiative: Youth Engagement, Attitudes, and Knowledge study An evaluation of 4-H Science, an initiative to increase 4-H science, engineering, and technology program offerings, that examines: 4-H Science program characteristics and activities; the science-related attitudes, activities, and skills of participants; and the relationship of participant characteristics to their science-related attitudes, activities, and skills, based on survey responses from 182 4-H Science educators and from 486 children attending 4-H Science programs |
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Quality Support Coaching in LAUP: Findings from the 2011-2012 program year: Final report A study of a coaching professional development model for center-based and family child care teachers in Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) that: documents and explains the coaching process; identifies successes, challenges, and lessons learned; and defines the logic model for the coaching, based on 159 conversations with coaches and teachers, 78 activity logs from coaches, fall and spring interviews with 42 teachers, and questionnaires from 16 coaches |
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Quality Support Coaching in LAUP: Baseline findings from the 2011-2012 program year: Final report Preliminary findings from a study of a coaching professional development model for center-based and family child care teachers in Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) that document and explain the coaching process, based on interviews with 42 teachers, 64 conversations with coaches and teachers, and 43 activity logs from coaches |
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Developmental trajectories of preschool early literacy skills: A comparison of language-minority and monolingual-English children A comparison of the early literacy skills growth profiles over a preschool year of Spanish-speaking language-minority (LM) children and non-LM children from comparable socioeconomic backgrounds, based on data from 948 children, aged 37 to 60 months, from 30 Head Start classrooms |
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Instructional practices that support ELL children in Los Angeles Universal Preschool classrooms A study to identify instructional practices that support young English-language learner (ELL) children and to examine the practices' prevalence in Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) classrooms, based on a literature review, questionnaires sent to 1,000 LAUP teachers, and observations of 124 LAUP classrooms |
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Math in a child's world: Policy and practical challenges for preschool mathematics An examination of challenges to incorporating math into early childhood curricula and programs in California, based on discussions at 2 regional events and on in-depth interviews with event participants, preschool administrators, and early childhood coordinators in 21 Orange County school districts |
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Transmedia suites pilot: Summary report An evaluation of six transmedia gaming suites, which are videos and computer games linked to established children's educational shows and characters, that examines student learning and engagement, as well as usability and technical issues, based on pilot testing in California on 56 children in two preschool classrooms, 45 children in three first grade classrooms, and 45 children in two out-of-school time programs |
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School readiness: A multifaceted, developmental approach A study of patterns of children's school readiness, the relationship of children's early child care experiences to their school readiness and success, the relationship of children's school readiness to their school success, and the role of family risk factors in children's school readiness, based on analysis of 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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