Family-Sensitive Caregiving and Family Engagement Working Meeting: Identifying and Measuring Common Core Elements
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June, 2010
Unpublished manuscript
A summary of the proceedings of a meeting hosted by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, in Washington, DC on June 10-11, 2010, for the purpose of providing an opportunity to build upon existing definitions of the concepts of family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving and to make progress towards identifying effective strategies for measuring these concepts
Meeting Summary
Head Start Impact Study final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A longitudinal study of the effect of Head Start participation on both children's school readiness and the practices of parents, based on data collected from more than 4,600 applicants, randomly assigned to either Head Start or alternate programs, from a nationally representative sample of 378 Head Start centers
Reports & Papers
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: District of Columbia Going for the Gold tiered rate reimbursement system: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of District of Columbia's Going for the Gold, the tiered rate reimbursement system for the quality improvement of early childhood education and care programs in Washington, D.C., including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, and reimbursement rates
Other
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Mississippi Quality Step System: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of Mississippi Quality Step System, the state’s child care quality rating and improvement system for early childhood education and care programs, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, curriculum, child assessments, staff qualifications, family’s engagement, and program administration
Other
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Tennessee Star-Quality Child Care Program: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of Tennessee's Star-Quality Child Care Program, the state's quality rating and improvement system for early childhood education and care programs, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, staff qualifications, family engagement, and program administration
Other
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Pennsylvania Keystone STARS: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of Pennsylvania Keystone STARS, the state's child care quality rating and improvement system for early childhood education and care programs, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, curriculum, child assessments, staff qualifications, family engagement, and program administration
Other
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Oklahoma Reaching for the Stars: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of Oklahoma Reaching for the Stars, the state’s former child care quality rating and licensing system for early childhood education and care programs, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, staff qualifications, family engagement, and program administration
Other
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) assessment: Maine Quality for ME: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the Maine Quality for ME, the state’s child care quality rating and improvement system for early childhood education and care programs, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, curriculum, child assessments, staff qualifications and program management
Other
ACF-OPRE report: A year in Head Start: Children, families and programs
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the characteristics of Head Start children and families and their home and Head Start classroom environments from fall 2006 through spring 2007, 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, 135 centers, 410 classrooms, 365 teachers, and 3,315 children and their parents
Reports & Papers
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Compendium of quality rating systems and evaluations
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A compendium of information on quality rating systems of child care and early education programs, including a proposal of an analytic framework for the assessment and evaluation of quality rating systems and profiles of such systems in 26 states
Reports & Papers
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Maryland child care tiered reimbursement system: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the Maryland Child Care Tiered Reimbursement Program, the tiered rate reimbursement system for the quality improvement of early childhood education and care programs in Maryland, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, staff qualifications, program administration, and financial incentives
Other
ACF/OPRE report: Head Start children go to kindergarten
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the development, families, and home and school environments of kindergarten children who had entered Head Start in the fall of 2006, based on data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)
Reports & Papers
Supporting quality in home-based child care: Initiative design and evaluation options
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 30, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A discussion of strategies for the implementation and evaluation of programs and initiatives that support home-based child care
Reports & Papers
Quality in early childhood care and education settings: A compendium of measures
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 2010
(2nd ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Profiles of instruments designed to measure the quality of early care and education settings, including information on instrument program target age and setting, purpose, administration, key constructs and scoring, and reliability and validity
Methods
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Vermont STep Ahead Quality Rating System: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of Vermont's STep Ahead Quality Rating System (STARS), the state's quality rating and improvement system for early childhood education and care programs, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, staff qualifications, family engagement, and program administration
Other
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Louisiana Quality Start child care rating system: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the Louisiana Quality Start, the state’s child care quality rating and improvement system for early childhood education and care programs, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, child assessments, staff qualifications and program management
Other
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Palm Beach Quality Counts: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the Palm Beach Quality Counts, the child care quality rating and improvement system for early childhood education and care programs in Palm Beach County, Florida, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, curriculum, child assessments, staff qualifications, family engagement, and program administration
Other
Efforts to meet children's physical activity and nutritional needs: Findings from the I Am Moving, I Am Learning implementation evaluation: Final Report [Executive summary]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, February 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A summary of findings from the implementation of I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IM/IL), a Head Start program enhancement intended to increase the amount of time devoted to moderate to vigorous physical activity, improve the quality of structured movement activities, and promote healthy food choices, based on interviews with program administrators of 56 Head Start programs that implemented IM/IL to supplement their curricula
Executive Summary
Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Massachusetts family child care study: Executive summary
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, June 2010
(OPRE 2011-1). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A summary of an implementation and impact evaluation of LearningGames, an intervention to promote children's development through language-rich interactions between caregivers and children, in family child care homes in Massachusetts, based on pre- and post-test observations of 173 experimental and 180 control providers
Executive Summary
ACF/OPRE report: Data tables for FACES 2006 A second year in Head Start report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Data tables from a profile of the development, families, and home environments of children participating in their second year of Head Start who had entered the program at age 3 in the fall of 2006, based on spring 2008 data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)
Other
Efforts to meet children's physical activity and nutritional needs: Findings from the I Am Moving, I Am Learning implementation evaluation: Final Report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, February 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Findings from the implementation of I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IM/IL), a Head Start program enhancement intended to increase the amount of time devoted to moderate to vigorous physical activity, improve the quality of structured movement activities, and promote healthy food choices, based on interviews with program administrators of 56 Head Start programs that implemented IM/IL to supplement their curricula
Reports & Papers
ACF-OPRE report: A second year in Head Start: Characteristics and outcomes of children who entered the program at age three
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of the development, families, and home environments of children participating in their second year of Head Start who had entered the program at age 3 in the fall of 2006, based on spring 2008 data from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2006 (FACES 2006)
Reports & Papers
Child Care Policy Research Consortium: 2010 Annual Meeting Overview
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October, 2010
Unpublished manuscript
A summary of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium, hosted by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, in Washington, DC on October 21-22, 2010
Meeting Summary
The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: North Carolina Star Rated License System: QRS profile
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, April, 2010
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
A profile of North Carolina Star Rated License System, the state’s former child care quality rating and licensing system for early childhood education and care programs, including information on rating guidelines, quality indicators, curriculum, staff qualifications, family engagement, and program administration
Other
Quality dosage, thresholds, and features in early childhood settings: Literature review tables
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, August 2010
(OPRE 2011-5a). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Tables to accompany a review of research on the relationship of quality thresholds, timing, and features of early childhood settings to child developmental outcomes
Other