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Seeds of Success: State Prekindergarten Initiatives 1998-1999
Blank, Helen, 1999
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of prekindergarten initiatives across different states in order to assess the quality of prekindergarten, the accessibility of prekindergarten and the way in which prekindergarten initiatives are integrated with other early childhood programs.

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Perceptions of parents of preschool children with and without disabilities regarding inclusion
Hilbert, Dana Dawn, 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Oklahoma, Norman

A comparison of differences of perceptions of inclusion and inclusive programs of parents of children with and without disabilities, an examination of differences by severity, type of disability, demographic characteristics among those parents whose children have a disability, and a study of differences in parental perceptions of inclusive placements within specific disability based on a survey of 238 parents or caregivers of children who attend any of seven Rise School inclusive early childhood programs in four states

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Child care under the Family Support Act: Early lessons from the states
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.), 1992
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund

A study of the Head Start program’s effects on disadvantaged rural students development compared with non-Head Start rural students, based on results from the analysis of variance studies in testing of 144 children in Mississippi enrolled in Head Start I and Head Start II programs, and a non-Head Start control group

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Head Start-child care partnership study
Kagan, Sharon Lynn, 2000
New Haven, CT: Yale University, Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy.

An evaluation the establishment of Head Start collaboration offices designed to hasten cooperation among Head Start programs via the case study method

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Perspectives on young boys' reading: A survey and conversations with early childhood teachers
Moyers, Stephanie, Spring 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

A survey of teacher perspectives and practices regarding the instruction and engagement of boys in reading activities, based on data collected from a small selection of teachers and assistant teachers working in classrooms of children ages birth through 8 in several Colorado schools

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Trends in child care center licensing regulations and policies for 2011
National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013
(Research Brief No. 1). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement

An analysis of state child care center licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, child-adult ratios, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements

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Making the most of after-school time: Ten case studies of school-based after-school programs
National Association of Elementary School Principals, 2005
Alexandria, VA: National Association of Elementary School Principals.

A report profiling high quality school-based after-school programs from ten different states

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A descriptive-comparative study of professional development and observed quality in early care and education programs
Romeyn, Rebecca, March 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Denver, CO

A qualitative comparison of content, quantity, intensity, and duration of teachers' professional development experiences between 10 early care and education classrooms rated as good and 10 classrooms rated as poor that serve children ages 2½- through 5-years old, from a secondary analysis of data collected from a large-scale evaluation of Colorado’s Qualistar Quality Rating System between 2000-2003

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Quality child care for infants and toddlers: Case studies of three community strategies
Paulsell, Diane, 2003
Washington, DC: Zero to Three.

A study of child care quality and it impact on infants and toddlers presenting a set of in-depth case studies of three types of collaborative infant-toddler child care initiatives located in four diverse communities, with findings collected during intensive three-day sight visits to the case study communities

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Relations between preschool children's child-care experiences and concurrent development: The Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 1997
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 451-477

A longitudinal study of the effects of child care experiences on concurrent child outcomes, taking into account the quality of child care and the moderating influence of family and child characteristics.

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Trends in family child care home licensing requirements and policies for 2011
National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013
(Research Brief No. 2). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement

An analysis of state family child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements

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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)

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A fragile foundation: State child care assistance policies
Schulman, Karen, 2001
Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).

A report on state-level child care assistance policies and changes that have occurred between 1995 and 2001, examining the impact of policies on families' access to care and child care choices.

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The pedagogical role of Reggio-inspired studios in early childhood education
Ganus, Laura Ann, March 2010
Unpublished dissertation, University of Denver, CO

A qualitative study of the roles of the studio, activities, and children's learning in Reggio-Emilia inspired schools, based on observations, formal and informal interviews with teachers, and a collection of artifacts in 2 schools

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Trends in group child care home licensing regulations and policies for 2011
National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013
(Research Brief No. 3). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement

An analysis of state group child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements

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Early learning left out: An examination in public investments in education and development by child age
Voices for America's Children, 2004
Washington, DC: Voices for America's Children. (No longer accessible as of December 7, 2012).

A report comparing levels of public investment in early learning to investment in education for other age groups across 12 states

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Quality rating systems: The experiences of center directors
Friedman, Dana E., January/February 2007
Exchange, 173, 6-12

An investigation of child care center quality improvements related to participation in quality rating systems (QRS), based on a survey of a small number of directors across three states

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Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, 2011
Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families.

An examination and profiles of city-led efforts to build comprehensive out-of-school time systems, based on surveys and interviews with representatives from 27 cities

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Early care and education collaborative: Evaluation report
Harvard Family Research Project, 2002
Paper presented at a meeting of the Early Care and Education Collaborative, Kansas City, Missouri.

An evaluation of the design and implementation of strategic communications collaborative aimed at creating the public will and investments needed for quality and comprehensive state early care and education systems in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

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Poised for shaping results-based early learning systems: A report on child care resource and referral in the United States
Smith, Linda K., June, 2003
Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012)

A national study of child care resource and referral agencies, including services provided to parents and providers, sources and levels of agency funding, and agency data collecting activities, based on a survey of state child care resource and referral agencies

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Four-year-old children's perceptions of their experience of psychological, social and emotional, and physical well-being in social-constructivist and direct-instruction preschools
Selbitschka, Jennifer Sieminski, 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Colorado at Denver

An examination of 12 4-year-old children perceptions of their experience of psychological, social and emotional, and physical well-being in social-constructivist and direct-instruction preschools through observations, interviews with children, and artifacts of 6 children in each of two schools

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