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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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Parental perceptions of quality child care: An examination of Northwest Arkansas parents
Dahms, Helen Hennis, August 2009
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A comparison of perceptions of child care center quality among approximately 60 parents who either enroll their children in centers that participate or that do not participate in Arkansas' quality approval system

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High quality pre-kindergarten: The key to crime prevention and school success in Arkansas
van der Does, Louise,
Washington, DC: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

A discussion of the positive influence of quality prekindergarten programs on children’s future school and life success and crime prevention in Arkansas

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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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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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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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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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Collaboration among child care, Head Start, and pre-kindergarten: A telephone survey of selected southern states
Campbell, Dottie, 2002
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

A survey of select southern states collaborative projects between child care, head start and prekindergarten

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Inclusion vs. exclusion: A study of play and social interactions of children with disabilities
Gregory, Samantha R., May 2009
Unpublished master’s thesis: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

An investigative comparison of play and social interaction of 3 children with disabilities in inclusive settings and 3 in exclusive child care settings

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The NICHD Study of Early Child Care: Contexts of development and developmental outcomes over the first seven years of life
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
In J. Brooks-Gunn, A.S. Fuligni, & L.J. Berlin (Eds.), Early child development in the 21st century (pp. 181-201). New York: Teachers College Press

A description of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care’s examination of the relationship between child care and children's development over the first seven years of life

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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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Early child care and mother-child interaction from 36 months through first grade
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2003
Infant Behavior & Development, 26(3), 345-370

A study of the relationship between early child care experiences in a child's first 3 years of life and mother-child interaction through the child's transition to school

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Parenting and family influences when children are in child care: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2002
In Parenting and the child's world: Influences on academic, intellectual, and social-emotional development. Monographs in parenting series (pp. 99-123). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

A study of the relationship between parenting and family influences in understanding preschoolers’ socio-emotional and cognitive development based on data collected from the National Institute for Child Health and Development

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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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Building momentum--taking action: Southern states collaborate on child care financial aid and quality initiatives
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2002
Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families.

A summary of efforts to implement the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low income families in the South, based on a survey of Task Force members and summaries of a regional child care forum and state site visits

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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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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
In Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Care and Youth Development (pp. 3-36). New York: Guilford Press

A study of the relationships between types of nonmaternal care and children’s social and emotional adjustment, cognitive and linguistic development, and physical growth and health

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School readiness: A multifaceted, developmental approach
Williams, Shannon, 2007
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Davis

A study of patterns of children's school readiness, the relationship of children's early child care experiences to their school readiness and success, the relationship of children's school readiness to their school success, and the role of family risk factors in children's school readiness, based on analysis of data for 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2001
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 22(5), 457-492

An examination of connections among child care experiences, family characteristics, and early childhood developmental outcomes, based on a study of 1100 children followed from birth to age 7

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The relation of child care to cognitive and language 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. 318-336). New York: Guilford Press

An abridged reprint of a study of the relationship between cognitive and language development and quality, amount, and type of child care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care?
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 1998
Developmental Psychology, 34(5), 1119-1128

An analysis of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care

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Teacher-child relationships and children's success in the first years of school
Pianta, Robert C., 2004
School Psychology Review, 33(3), 444-458

An examination of teacher-child relationships in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, investigating the association between the relationships and children's socioemotional development and academic achievements in school

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Type of child care and children's development at 54 months
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2004
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19(2), 203-230

An investigation of the factors that contribute to parents' child care decision-making, and the effects of child care settings on child outcomes, funded by the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network

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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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