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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.	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Increasing culturally diverse meals in Head Start using a collaborative approach: Lessons learned for school food service modifications Hoffman, Jessica A., 2012 NHSA Dialog, 15(3), 246-259 A description of a collaborative process that includes both Head Start teachers and food service staff, by which food service modifications are made in Head Start sites to increase culturally diverse foods served, while adhering to Head Start's nutrition performance standards, and a study of the extent to which children and teaching staff ate the culturally diverse foods compared with foods prepared from standardized recipes already being used at the sites, based on data from 9 Head Start sites as part of Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures, a larger early childhood obesity prevention initiative in Boston	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Kindergarten development grants: Line item 7030-1002: Progress report for FY04 Massachusetts. Department of Education. Early Learning Services, 2004 Malden: Massachusetts Department of Education, Early Learning Services. A discussion of the improvement of full-day kindergarten programs in Massachusetts funded by the state�s development grants	Reports & Papers
			Citizen Schools: Evidence from two student cohorts on the use of community resources to promote youth development: Phase II report of the Citizen Schools evaluation Citizen Schools, 30 August, 2004 Washington, DC: Policy Studies Associates. Findings from the second phase of an evaluation of the impact of Citizen Schools program participation on the improvement of the academic outcomes and life trajectories of at risk middle-school students in Massachusetts, with a focus on student participants' selection of college preparatory high school and on schedule advancement into tenth grade	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Framing early childhood development: Strategic communications and public preferences Gilliam, Jr., Franklin D., 2004 (Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 7). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy. An examination of approaches to conveying organizational information, and the role of communications methods in early childhood program planning, implementation, and management	Reports & Papers
			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)	Reports & Papers
			Extended learning initiatives: Opportunities and implementation challenges: Profiles of six selected state-sponsored initiatives Council of Chief State School Officers, 2000 Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers. A report presenting findings from six profiles of state-sponsored extended learning initiatives	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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.	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			The policy context and infant and toddler care in the welfare reform era Witte, Ann D., 2001 (Wellesley College Working Paper 2001-04). Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Department of Economics. (No longer accessible as of December 19, 2012). A study of the effects of welfare reform and child care subsidy policies on the availability, quality, and price of child care for infants and toddlers from 1996 to 2000 in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and five representative areas in Massachusetts	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Childhood social environment and Hodgkin's lymphoma: New findings from a population-based case-control study Chang, Ellen T., 2004 Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 13(8), 1361-1370 A study examining the potential relationship between childhood social environments and incidence of Hodgkin's lymphoma	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Early effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children program Minkovitz, Cynthia Schaffer, 2001 Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(4), 470-479 An evaluation of the implementation and effects of The Healthy Steps for Young Children Program for children aged 2 to 4, focusing on services received, satisfaction with services, and parent practices	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Rich culture, poor markets: Why do Latino parents forgo preschooling? Fuller, Bruce, 1996 Teachers College Record, 97(3), 400-418 A study focusing on the low proportion of Latino parents who select a formal preschool or child care center for their three-to-five year old children	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers

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