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			The 2005 child care licensing study: Final report National Association for Regulatory Administration, December 2006 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. A compilation of survey data on state child care licensing programs and policies, including staffing, monitoring, and enforcement, and child care center licensing regulations, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2005	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			The 4-H study of positive youth development: Report of the findings from the first four waves of data collection: 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 Lerner, Richard M., 2008 Medford, MA: Tufts University, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development. A longitudinal investigation of the theory of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its promotion of the "Five Cs"--competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection--in youth, based on data on 3,342 students from 33 states assessed from grades five through eight	Reports & Papers
			Achieving, connecting, thriving: The ACT Results Framework for Boston youth: Project background, methodology and recommended next steps O'Connor, Liz, 05 October, 2010 Boston: Boston After School & Beyond. An examination of efforts in Boston, Massachusetts, to establish a citywide framework for out-of-school time program outcomes in the domains of achieving, connecting, and thriving (ACT), based on interviews and focus groups with local and national stakeholders, a review of other outcomes frameworks, stakeholder feedback on draft frameworks, and a survey of out-of-school time providers	Reports & Papers
			Achieving high school graduation: Citizen Schools' youth outcomes in Boston Arcaira, Erikson, August, 2010 Boston, MA: Citizen Schools. (No longer accessible as of January 18, 2013.) Findings from an evaluation of the seventh year of a longitudinal investigation into the influence of participation in Citizen Schools' 8th Grade Academy on students' later academic achievement, based on data for 448 participants from Boston, Massachusetts followed from high school selection to high school graduation	Reports & Papers
			Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010 National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (U.S.), January, 2011 Aurora, CO: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care. A study of the extent to which state child care regulations meet standards related to obesity prevention in the areas of infant feeding, nutrition, and physical activity	Reports & Papers
			Acute care and antibiotic seeking for upper respiratory tract infections for children in day care: Parental knowledge and day care center policies Friedman, Jennifer F., April 2003 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 157(4), 369-374 A study of predictors of the parental seeking of acute care and antibiotics for children with upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) who attend child care, based on surveys of 211 parents and staff from 36 child care centers	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			America After 3PM: Special report on summer: Missed opportunities, unmet demand Afterschool Alliance, May 2010 Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance. A study of the summer child care arrangements of kindergarten through grade 12 students during the summer of 2008, based on a survey of nearly 30,000 households	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Announced v. unannounced licensing inspections: Survey report National Association for Regulatory Administration, 1997 Conyers, GA: National Association for Regulatory Administration. Results from a survey about the requirements and practices of announced and unannounced licensing inspections by child care, child welfare, drug and alcohol, adult day care, and mental health licensing professionals in 40 different states/provinces/territories	Reports & Papers
			Another look at moral panics: The case of satanic day care centers deYoung, Mary, 1998 Deviant Behavior, 19(3), 257-278 An examination of moral panic and a discussion of its theory and use and future implications in society as an agent of change	Reports & Papers
			Apples, giraffes, and Martin Luther King: Curriculum policy in a kindergarten classroom Davila, Sarah S., 2006 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tufts University, Somerville, MA An observational study of how a kindergarten teacher combined her knowledge and beliefs about early education with four state, local, and national curriculum initiatives, including No Child Left Behind and the National Association for the Education of Young Children's accreditation standards	Reports & Papers
			Are child developmental outcomes related to before- and after-school care arrangements?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2004 Child Development, 75(1), 280-295 A study determining the effects of family factors, child care types, and child care hours on children's functioning, utilizing data from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC)	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
			Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality Porter, Toni, 2002 New York: Bank Street College of Education, Institute for a Child Care Continuum. (No longer accessible as of August 16, 2012) A catalog, directory, and report on the evaluations of 104 local and state child care quality improvement initiatives funded through the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)	Reports & Papers
			Assessing the New Federalism Weil, Alan, Washington, DC: Urban Institute A multi-year, multi-pronged project that analyzes state policy choices, including policy development and implementation, and family well-being in the context of the significant devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states	Major Research Projects
			The Assessment of Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT): Findings from the APT Validation Study Tracy, Allison J., 2012 Wellesley, MA: National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Findings from an exploration of the validity and reliability of the Assessment of Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT), an observational measure of quality in after school programs, based on observations conducted in 25 after school programs in Massachusetts and on survey responses from 824 children in the programs	Reports & Papers
			Associations between classroom quality and children's vocabulary and executive function skills in an urban public prekindergarten program Weiland, Christina, Q2 2013 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28(2), 199-209 An examination of associations between classroom quality and both receptive vocabulary and executive function, based on data from 414 children attending the Boston Public Schools public prekindergarten program in 2009-2010	Reports & Papers
			The at-risk child care program United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 1993 (OEI-02-92-00140). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. An investigation of the extent and nature of State�s participation in the At-Risk Child Care program funded and administered by the Administration for Families and Children, Department of Health and Human Services, including reports of problems and success	Reports & Papers
			Attention in the preschool classroom: The relationships among child gender, child misbehavior, and types of teacher attention Dobbs, Jennifer, 2004 Early Child Development and Care, 174(3), 281-295 A journal article on the relationship of types of teacher attention to students to child gender and misbehavior	Reports & Papers
			Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001 Early Education and Development, 12(4), 545-576 A study of a large sample of three-year-old children relating ethnic background, three levels of family income, family characteristics and experiences in child care to child development	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers

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