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The 2007 Child Care Licensing Study: Final report
National Child Care Information Center (U.S.), February, 2009
Lexington, KY: National Association for Regulatory Administration.

A compilation of survey data on state licensing programs and policies for child care centers and small and large family child care homes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2007

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America After 3PM
Afterschool Alliance, October 2009
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

A 2009 update of and comparison to a 2004 study of the after school child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households

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Comparison of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) with Department of Defense standards for quality
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, August 2009
Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

An analysis of the conformity of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) in 19 states with the standards of quality for child care as set by the Department of Defense

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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2009
Poppe, Julie, May 2009
Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures.

A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2009, based on a survey of legislative fiscal staff in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories

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Ensuring Literacy for All research study
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, 2009
Lafayette, LA: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning.

An investigation of the influence of the Ensuring Literacy for All Initiative, an intervention to enhance the reading sills of children in prekindergarten through fourth grade, on children's early literacy skills, based on observations of children from 12 schools in 10 districts in Louisiana during the 2008-2009 school year

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Ensuring Literacy for All: What observational data reveal in the first-year sample of representative schools
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning, 2009
Lafayette, LA: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning.

An overview of an investigation of the influence of the Ensuring Literacy for All Initiative, an intervention to enhance the reading sills of children in prekindergarten through fourth grade, on children's early literacy skills, based on observations of children from 12 schools in 10 districts in Louisiana during the 2008-2009 school year

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An evidence based approach to estimating the national and state-by-state costs of an integrated prek-3rd education program
Picus, Larry, January, 2009
North Hollywood, CA: Lawrence O. Picus and Associates.

A study of the national and state costs of providing universal, high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education, derived from an evidence-based model for identifying the components and estimating the costs of high-quality prekindergarten through third grade education in a prototypical elementary school

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Infant-Toddler early learning guidelines: The content that states have addressed and implications for programs serving children with disabilities
Scott-Little, Catherine, April 2009
Infants and Young Children, 22(2), 87-99

A categorical analysis of the contents of the infant and toddler early learning guidelines (ELGs) published by 21 states, and a discussion of their implications for programs serving children with disabilities

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Labor force supply decisions of rural low-income mothers
Mammen, Sheila, March, 2009
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 30(1), 67-79

A microeconomic study of the associations between both rural low income mothers' decision to work and number of hours worked and mother's individual characteristics, household characteristics, human capital, various household income sources including participation in child care assistance and the Earned Income Tax Credit, and local economic conditions, based on data from 412 families from 23 counties in 13 states

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Louisiana's early childhood comprehensive system: A HRSA-MCHB grant initiative: Progress report
BrightStart, July 2009
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Office of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program.

An account of the influence of Louisiana's BrightStart initiative--the state's program to coordinate efforts to ensure that children enter school healthy and ready to learn--on children's development, families' well-being, and the quality improvement of early childhood education and care in the first six months of 2009

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Louisiana's early childhood comprehensive system: A HRSA-MCHB grant initiative: Progress report
BrightStart, January 2009
Baton Rouge: Louisiana, Office of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program.

An account of the influence of Louisiana's BrightStart initiative--the state's program to coordinate efforts to ensure that children enter school healthy and ready to learn--in the areas of children's access to health insurance, children's socioemotional development, early care and education quality, and family support services

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Louisiana child care market rate survey 2009
Care Solutions, Inc., May 2009
Atlanta, GA: Care Solutions.

A study of child care market rates and their geographic distribution across the State of Louisiana in 2009, including information on special services offered, years providing child care, enrollment, staffing, accreditation, teacher educational attainment, and credentials and pay rates

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Parents and the high price of child care: 2009 update
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 2009
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 2008, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies

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Research evidence about program dosage and student achievement: Effective public prekindergarten programs in Maryland and Louisiana
Ramey, Craig T., 2009
In R.C. Pianta & C. Howes (Eds.), The promise of pre-k (pp. 79-105). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

An overview of key findings of the impacts of public preekindergarten on transition to school and school readiness in Louisiana and full day and half day state-prekindergarten on children's literacy development in Maryland during the 2000s

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State-based home visiting: Strengthening programs through state leadership
Johnson, Kay, February, 2009
New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A study of the characteristics of state-based home visiting programs, including their structure, financing, and design, and of state efforts to strengthen programs, based on a survey of state program staff and administrators and on a roundtable discussion

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State child care assistance policies 2009: Most states hold the line, but some lose ground in hard times
Schulman, Karen, September, 2009
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A study of changes to state child care assistance policies from February 2008 to February 2009, including changes to income eligibility limits, waiting lists, parent co-payments, and reimbursement rates, based on a survey of state child care administrators

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The state of preschool 2009: State preschool yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven, 2009
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 2008-2009 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs

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Teacher beliefs and practices survey: Operationalising the 1997 NAEYC guidelines
Kim, Kyung-Ran, December 2009
Early Child Development and Care, 17(8), 1113-1124

An examination of the psychometric properties of the Teacher Beliefs and Practices Survey designed to reflect the concepts of developmentally appropriate practices as presented in the revised 1997 National Association for the Education of Young Children guidelines from 375 surveys of kindergarten teachers public kindergarten programs in Southeast Louisiana

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Unequal opportunities for preschoolers: Differing standards for licensed child care centers and state-funded prekindergarten programs
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, February, 2009
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A comparison of state licensing regulations for center-based child care and early education programs to state prekindergarten program standards, as well as to Head Start standards and military child care regulations, using a quality standards checklist

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We can do better: 2009 update: NACCRRA's ranking of state child care center regulations and oversight
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, March 2009
Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

A ranking of state regulation and oversight of child care centers, based on an analysis of state child care licensing regulations

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