Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) and family-sensitive caregiving in early care and education arrangements: Promising directions and challenges
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October, 2011
(Issue Brief OPRE 2011-11d). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A discussion of the alignment of family-sensitive care model concepts with child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) indicators for family partnerships
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Family-provider relationships: A multidisciplinary review of high quality practices and associations with family, child, and provider outcomes
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October, 2011
(Issue Brief OPRE 2011-26a). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A review of research to identify high-quality practices in family-provider relationships and explore the relationship of these practices to child, family, and provider outcomes
Literature Review
Understanding parents' child care decision-making: A foundation for child care policy making
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, February 2011
(Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2011-12). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
An elaboration of a chart of the factors that influence the parental child care decisionmaking process
Fact Sheets & Briefs
FACES 2009 study design
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June, 2011
(OPRE Report 2011-9). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
An overview of the study design of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2009 (FACES 2009)
Other
Family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving: Identifying common core elements and issues related to measurement
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October, 2011
(Issue Brief OPRE 2011-26b). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A summary of a meeting on the identification of core elements of and methods to measure family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving in early care and education settings
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of home visiting program models implemented in tribal communities: Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, February 04, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A review of research on the effectiveness of home visiting programs for pregnant women or families with children from birth to age 5 in tribal communities or with samples that included substantial proportions of American Indian and Alaska Native participants
Literature Review
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: The Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Evaluation Toolkit
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011
(OPRE Report 2011-31). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A guide to planning and conducting child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) evaluations
Other
Design for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Survey: Final design report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, May 13, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A discussion of options and suggestions for the design of an ongoing survey of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs, staff, families, and children, including considerations for sampling, site outreach, instrumentation, data collection, and data analyses
Methods
Learning as we go: A first snapshot of Early Head Start programs, staff, families, and children: Vol. I. First report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, February, 2011
(OPRE 2011-7). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the characteristics of Early Head Start children and families, their home and Early Head Start program environments, and program services and staff in spring 2009, based on data collected from a nationally representative sample of 89 Early Head Start programs and 976 parents of 194 newborns and 782 1-year-olds, as part of the Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES
Reports & Papers
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Child care quality rating and improvement systems: Approaches to integrating programs for young children in two states
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011
(OPRE Report 2011-28). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
An examination of the role, and how to assess the role, that state child care quality rating and improvement systems can play in early childhood care and education system integration and development, based on document reviews, administrator interviews, and two-day site visits in Indiana and Pennsylvania
Reports & Papers
Data tables for FACES 2009 Head Start children, families, and programs: Present and past data from FACES report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December, 2011
(OPRE Report 2011-33b). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Data tables from a profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments in fall 2009, including children's cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development, and Head Start classroom curricula and activities, based on data collected from a sample of 60 Head Start programs, 129 centers, 486 classrooms, and 3,349 children
Other
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011
(OPRE Report 2011-29). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
An examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee
Reports & Papers
Quality of Caregiver-Child Interaction for Infants and Toddlers (Q-CCIIT): A review of the literature
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August, 2011
(OPRE 2011-25). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A review of research to identify measures of adult-child interactions in infancy and toddlerhood and measures of child care setting quality and interactions related to infants and toddlers
Literature Review