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2004 child care needs assessment for the county of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Child Care Planning Committee, April 2005
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County, Office of Child Care.

An assessment of the supply of and demand for child care services in Los Angeles County, California

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2005 child development center survey
Kern County Child Care Council, 2005
Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Child Care Council.

A survey of the characteristics of child care workers in child development centers in Kern County, California

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Afterschool evaluation practices in California: Site-level perspectives
Erbstein, Nancy, November 2005
Davis: University of California, Davis, Center for Community School Partnerships.

An exploration of evaluation practices used by after school programs and a discussion of the evaluation needs of programs to improve service delivery, based on a survey of program coordinators of 271 after school programs funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program and the After School Education and Safety (ASES) initiative in California

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The afterschool hours: A new focus for America's cities
Ouellette, Mark, 2005
Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.

An overview of a project established by the National League of Cities' (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF) to assist local communities in improving and expanding their after school programming

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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten
Schumacher, Rachel, 2005
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states conducted by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), which examined the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community based child care providers as part of the states' prekindergarten programs

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All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten
Schumacher, Rachel, 2005
Paper presented at the the Brookings Institution-University of North Carolina conference on Creating a national plan for the education of 4-year-olds, Washington, DC.

A discussion of the findings from a survey of 29 states that examines the policies, opportunities, and challenges associated with including community-based child care providers in states' prekindergarten programs

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Analysis of state K-3 reading standards and assessments: Final report
United States. Department of Education. Policy and Program Studies Service, December 2005
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Policy and Program Studies Service.

An examination of the extent to which state kindergarten through third grade (K-3) reading standards and assessments address five components essential to effective reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension), based on an analysis of a stratified, random sample of states' reading standards and on the content of reading assessments in states with statewide assessments

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Assessing school readiness in Santa Clara County: Results from the 2004 School Readiness Assessment Project
Santa Clara County Partnership for School Readiness, 2005
San Jose, CA: Santa Clara County Partnership for School Readiness.

A study of children's skills at kindergarten entry and family and early childhood education factors associated with those skills in Santa Clara County, California, based on parent and early childhood education teacher surveys and kindergarten teacher surveys and child assessments

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An assessment of students in a content-based English language development curriculum for an after-school program
Parks, Molly C., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of the Pacific, San Francisco

An evaluation of an after school program curriculum designed to improve students' English language development

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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 127-139). New York: Guilford Press

A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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CalWORKs and Alternative Payment child care programs error rate study report required by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004 (Senate Bill 1104, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
California. Child Development Division, 2005
Sacramento: California Child Development Division.

A study estimating the improper impayments due to administrative, parent, or provider error or fraud in California's four publicly-funded child care programs, with recommendations to reduce improper payments

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CalWORKs, Stage 2 and 3 and Alternative Payment programs best practices for program integrity report required by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004 (SB #1104, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
California. Child Development Division, 2005
Sacramento: California Child Development Division.

A survey of California counties' definitions of child care fraud and indicators used to detect fraud in California's four publicly-funded child care programs

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Case studies of First 5 School Readiness Initiative: Promising programs and practices: A focus on early literacy
Gomby, Deanna, July 2005
Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

An inquiry into the ways in which school readiness (SR) initiative programs promote early literacy among children, based on case studies of First 5 School Readiness Initiative programs from 10 sites across California

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Characteristics and quality of child care for toddlers and preschoolers [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 91-104). New York: Guilford Press

The relationship between structural and caregiver characteristics and observed caregiver behavior in producing positive caregiving, as well as levels of positive caregiving associated with types of child care at 15, 24, and 36 months of age

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Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 50-66). New York: Guilford Press

A study of associations between structural and caregiver characteristics as they relate to infant experiences with their caregivers, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care as well as an observational measure, the Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment (ORCE)

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Child care and common communicable illnesses [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 175-183). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the relationship between children’s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections during the first 3 years of life

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Child care and common communicable illnesses in children ages 37-54 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 184-190). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the relationship between children’s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections from 3 to 41/2 years old in a sample of approximately 1,100 children

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Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 208-223). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 231-245). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life

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Child care in the first year of life [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 39-49). New York: Guilford Press

A description of child care during the first 12 months of life, including initiation and amount of infant child care, child care history patterns during the first year, and the types, multiplicity, and stability of care used by parents of infants over the course of the first year, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care

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Child care needs assessment for San Diego County, 2005
Kinley, Gary J., 2005
San Diego, CA: San Diego County Child Care and Development Planning Council.

An assessment of the supply of and demand for child care services in San Diego County, California, based on available primary data sources, a survey of child care programs, and parent discussion groups

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Child care structure, process, outcome: Direct and indirect effects of child care quality on young children's development [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 364-375). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged reprint of a study exploring whether process measures of child care quality mediate the relationship between structural features of child care quality and child outcomes, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Child care subsidies and entry to employment following child birth
Jordan, Lucy P., 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle

An analysis of the effects of child care subsidies on the entry of new mothers into the labor force, using data from the Fragile Families and Well-Being Study

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Child outcomes when child care center classes meet recommended standards for quality [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 358-363). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged reprint of a study of how children's cognition, language and social competence are affected by child care meeting professional quality standards, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and child functioning at 36 months [Abridged]
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (pp. 151-162). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the link between maternal depression and mother-child interaction as it relates to children’s functioning at 36 months, based on data from 89 percent of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care sample

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