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			2012 report: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement to the National Agricultural Worker Survey United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March, 2012 (OPRE Report No. 2012-13). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Findings on the characteristics of families with children under 6 years old from the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS), a national random sample survey of crop farmworkers, and findings on families' child care experiences from the NAWS Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Supplement, which is administered to NAWS respondents with children under the age of 6	Reports & Papers
			Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards? Kim, Juhee, July/August 2012 Pediatric Dentistry, 34(4), 317-324 A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education	Reports & Papers
			Child care in the American South: Poverty, costs, and quality Collins, Vikki K., Spring 2012 Early Childhood Research & Practice, 14(1) A study of the relationship between the use of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) in southern states and family poverty, child care costs, and a variety of related socioeconomic variables, based on data from the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2010, for 14 southern states	Reports & Papers
			Coaching and quality assistance in quality rating improvement systems: Approaches used by TA providers to improve quality in early care and education programs and home-based settings Smith, Sheila, January, 2012 New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty. A study of the features of on-site technical assistance and coaching provided by state child care quality rating and improvement system technical assistance providers, based on interviews with 34 technical assistance providers in 17 states	Reports & Papers
			A count for quality: Child care center directors on rating and improvement systems Schulman, Karen, 2012 Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center. A study of child care center directors' views of child care quality rating and improvement systems and their components, based on interviews with 48 directors from 9 states and a roundtable forum with 15 of the 48 directors	Reports & Papers
			Downward slide: State child care assistance policies 2012 Schulman, Karen, 2012 Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center. A study of changes to state child care assistance policies between February 2011 and February 2012 and between 2001 and February 2012, 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 child care administrators in each state and the District of Columbia	Reports & Papers
			Estimates of child care eligibility and receipt for fiscal year 2009 United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, December, 2012 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. An examination of children's eligibility for and receipt of federal child care subsidies under federal parameters and state-defined rules	Reports & Papers
			Family-school connectedness and children's early social development Serpell, Zewelanji Natashya, February, 2012 Social Development, 21(1), 21-46 An examination of the relationship between the qualities of family-school interactions and teacher ratings of child social abilities, and an examination of the moderating influences of family characteristics, based on data collected from 2966 children, their parents, their preschool teachers, and some of their kindergarten teachers	Reports & Papers
			Instruction in Spanish in pre-kindergarten classrooms and child outcomes for English language learners Burchinal, Margaret, Q2 2012 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(2), 188-197 An examination of the relationship between the language, reading, and math skills of English language learners and both the proportion of instruction in Spanish and observed quality of teacher-child interactions, based on data from 357 Spanish-speaking 4-year-old children who attended state-funded pre-kindergarten programs in 11 states	Reports & Papers
			Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Alternative rating structures for Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW Isner, Tabitha K., January, 2012 (Evaluation Brief No. 6). Washington, DC: Child Trends. A discussion of child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) models with alternative rating structures to STARS for KIDS NOW, Kentucky's QRIS, and an estimation and comparison of provider quality ratings under STARS for KIDS NOW and the alternative models, based on interviews with 62 providers participating in STARS for KIDS NOW	Reports & Papers
			Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Collaboration and coordination in the Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW technical assistance system Daily, Sarah, January, 2012 (Evaluation Brief No. 5). Washington, DC: Child Trends. A study of both child care and technical assistance providers' perceptions of coordination and collaboration within the technical assistance system for STARS for KIDS NOW, Kentucky's child care quality rating and improvement system, based on interviews with 62 participating providers, 13 professional development counselors, and 16 STARS for KIDS NOW quality coordinators	Reports & Papers
			Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Evaluation of Kentucky's child care resource & referral system Starr, Rebecca, January, 2012 (Evaluation Brief No. 7). Washington, DC: Child Trends. A study of the child care resource and referral system in Kentucky, including provider and parent services and community stakeholder collaboration, based on surveys of resource and referral training participants, interviews with resource and referral agency staff and stakeholders, and analyses of administrative and other secondary data	Reports & Papers
			Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Findings from the Kentucky Early Care and Education and School-Age Care Household Survey Starr, Rebecca, January, 2012 (Evaluation Brief No. 8). Washington, DC: Child Trends. A study of Kentucky households' child care use, selection, options, and expenses, based on interviews with 501 randomly selected Kentucky households with children who are 12 years old or younger and in child care	Reports & Papers
			Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Providers' perceptions of the Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW rating process Moodie, Shannon, January, 2012 (Evaluation Brief No. 3). Washington, DC: Child Trends. A study of child care providers' motivations, perceptions, and challenges related to participation in STARS for KIDS NOW, Kentucky's child care quality rating and improvement system, based on interviews with 62 participating providers and 58 STARS for KIDS NOW quality coordinators	Reports & Papers
			Kentucky STARS for KIDS NOW process evaluation: Technical assistance provided to and received by STARS for KIDS NOW programs Daily, Sarah, January, 2012 (Evaluation Brief No. 4). Washington, DC: Child Trends. A study of patterns of technical assistance services for child care providers participating in STARS for KIDS NOW, Kentucky's child care quality rating and improvement system, based on interviews with 62 participating providers, 13 professional development counselors, and 58 STARS for KIDS NOW quality coordinators	Reports & Papers
			Leaving children to chance: NACCRRA's ranking of state standards and oversight for small family child care homes: 2012 update National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, March, 2012 Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. A ranking of state regulation and oversight of family child care homes against 16 benchmarks, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations	Reports & Papers
			Observations of teacher-child interactions in classrooms serving Latinos and dual language learners: Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in diverse settings Downer, Jason T., Q1 2012 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(1), 21-32 A test of the validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for the prediction of academic outcomes and the measurement of social interactions in classrooms with varying compositions of English only and dual language learners, based on a secondary analysis of data collected in 721 prekindergarten classrooms in 11 states	Reports & Papers
			Parents and the high cost of child care: 2012 report Child Care Aware of America, 2012 Arlington, VA: Child Care Aware of America. A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, 4-year-old children, and school-age children in 2011, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies	Reports & Papers
			Predicting acceptance of diversity in pre-kindergarten classrooms Sanders, Kay, Q3 2012 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27(3), 503-511 A study of the relationships between diversity-promoting practices in prekindergarten classrooms and classroom composition, process quality, and teacher characteristics, based on data from 692 publicly-supported prekindergarten classrooms across 11 states, from both the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)	Reports & Papers
			The state of preschool 2012: State preschool yearbook Barnett, W. Steven, 2012 New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research. 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	Reports & Papers
			State pre-k assessment policies: Issues and status Ackerman, Debra J., February, 2012 Princeton, NJ: ETS Policy Information Center. A discussion of considerations for and approaches to the assessment of young children and a study of state prekindergarten child assessment policies in the 2011-2012 school year, based on a survey of state prekindergarten program personnel	Reports & Papers

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