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21st Century Community Learning Centers: A descriptive evaluation for 2011-2012
Hammer, Patricia Cahape, December, 2012
Charleston: West Virginia, Department of Education, Office of Research.

An evaluation of West Virginia 21st Century Community Learning Centers that examines student participation, volunteers and partnerships, professional development and technical assistance, parent and community involvement, substance abuse prevention, and improvement and accountability processes, based on teacher surveys for 3,131 students, director surveys for 28 programs, and state educational administrative data

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Prekindergarten participation rates in West Virginia
Geraghty, Thomas M., April, 2012
(REL Technical Brief, REL 2012-No. 021). Washington, DC: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia.

A study of participation trends in a universal, voluntary public prekindergarten program in West Virginia from the 2002-2003 through 2010-2011 school years, including slots provided by schools versus collaborative partners and participation rates by socioeconomic and demographic subgroups and district characteristics, based on an analysis of state and federal data

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State efforts to address obesity prevention in child care quality rating and improvement systems
Gabor, Vivian, January, 2012
Ann Arbor, MI: Altarum Institute.

An examination of the use of state child care quality rating and improvement system provisions to address obesity prevention, based on information gathered from participants at an advisory committee meeting, interviews with 18 key informants from 8 states, a document review, and input from representatives from 8 states

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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

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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

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