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			Children, families and child care: A report on their status in Kern County (2003) G. J. Kinley & Associates, 2004 Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Child Care Council. An overview the supply of and demand for child care services in Kern County, California, as a whole and in its regions, based on existing data sources and focus groups	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
			An external evaluation of the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Program: Final report MGT of America, Inc., 2004 Tallahassee, FL: MGT of America. An implementation evaluation of the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Enhancement Program, a Maryland initiative to improve the access to and quality of programs for children from birth to age five, as well as improve child outcomes, through early childhood centers (Judy Centers) and accreditation and professional development grants (Enhancement Grants), based on program administrative data, stakeholder surveys, interviews, and focus groups, child assessments, and direct program observation	Reports & Papers
			Building bridges: A comprehensive system for healthy development and school readiness Halfon, Neal, 2004 (Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 1). University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy. A presentation of a set of principles that states can use to advance their planning process, reach out to new partners, develop collaborative strategies, and build a foundation for the implementation phase of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) initiative	Reports & Papers
			Work with young children: A case study of Denmark, Hungary and Spain: Consolidated report Korintus, Marta, 2004 London: University of London, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Care Work in Europe. An exploration of the nature of work involving early childhood education and care in three European countries, based on interviews with 36 child care workers in center-based facilities in Denmark, Hungary, and Spain	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
			Working for change: Canada's child care workforce: Labour market update: Profiles and case studies Beach, Jane, 2004 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Child Care Human Resources Sector Council. Profiles of 18 Canadian child care providers' caregiving experiences and case studies of child care service provision in two cities	Reports & Papers
			The economics of early care and education in Arizona Valley of the Sun United Way. Success by 6, 2004 Phoenix, AZ: Valley of the Sun United Way, Success by 6. A comprehensive study of the economic impact of early child care education in Arizona	Reports & Papers
			San Francisco Beacon Initiative June 2004 evaluation report school year: 2003-2004 and February 2005 compliance standards audit Resource Development Associates, June, 2004 San Francisco Beacon Initiative. A comprehensive evaluation of both the global quality and the participant educational outcomes of the after school activities for youth provided by the Beacon Centers in San Francisco public schools	Reports & Papers
			Inclusion: The next generation in child care in Canada Irwin, Sharon Hope, 2004 Wreck Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada: Breton Books. Two studies from Canada, the first on the influence of child care center directors on staff attitudes toward the inclusion of children with special needs, based on questionnaires from center directors and their staff, and the second on the relationship between overall child care center quality and inclusion quality and on factors that contribute to high inclusion quality, based on observations of child care centers	Reports & Papers
			Parents' access to and demand for childcare in Scotland: Final report Scotland. Scottish Executive, 2004 Edinburgh: Scotland, Scottish Executive. A study of the usage of and demand for child care by parents who participate in the labor market in Scotland	Reports & Papers
			First 5 Ventura County: Annual evaluation report: Fiscal year 2003-2004 Thompson, Lisa, September, 2004 Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities. An evaluation of the First 5 Ventura County early childhood initiative, including surveys of the program, participants, systems, satisfaction, and child outcomes, and an exploration of the role of such programs in the improvement of the delivery of services for children and families	Reports & Papers
			In whose interest?: Voluntarism and child care, 1880-1980 Swain, Shurlee, 2004 Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 29(4), 24-32 A research paper examining three stages in the history of Australian child care, including nineteenth-century creches (child care centers), World War II nurseries, and the Community Child Care movement of the 1970s	Reports & Papers
			Virtual Y: 2003-2004 program implementation report YMCA of Greater New York, August, 2004 New York: YMCA of Greater New York. An assessment of the services provided through an after school initiative of the YMCA of Greater New York operated in public schools throughout New York City, using survey results from program stakeholders/participants, and including an examination of the relationship among the founding goals of this program, components of this program that signal its quality, and established best practices standards for after school programs	Reports & Papers
			Implementing a state-wide universal prekindergarten program: A small city case study Watamura, Sarah, 2004 Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Early Childhood Program. A case study of the implementation of a state-wide universal prekindergarten program in a public school district in a small, upstate New York city, based on interviews with members of the early education community in the school district	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
			Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life: Vol. 3. New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004 Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. An examination of ways in which tax and benefit policies, child care policy, and employment and workplace practices in New Zealand, Portugal, and Switzerland affect parents trying to balance work and family life	Reports & Papers
			What is the penny buying for South Carolina?: Child development programs for four-year-olds: Longitudinal studies of later academic achievement, 1995-96 through 1999-2000 and 2000-01 through 2001-02 South Carolina. State Department of Education. Office of Research, 2004 Columbia: South Carolina State Department of Education, Office of Research. A longitudinal study through grade five of the effects on academic achievement of a South Carolina half-day child development program for at risk four-year-old children, based on assessment score comparisons with nonparticipants	Reports & Papers
			Contexts for facilitating emergent literacy in typically developing preschoolers Wilhjelm, Karen N., 2004 Unpublished master's thesis, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City An examination of the effects of a combined intervention approach (dialogic reading and phonological awareness) on the emergent literacy skills of preschoolers as compared with the effects of only teaching dialogic reading	Reports & Papers
			Realizing the potential: Final report of the Michigan Full-Day Preschool Program Comparison Study Jurkiewicz, Theodore C., 2004 Ypsilanti, MI: High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. An analysis of the Michigan Full-Day Preschool Program comparison study	Reports & Papers
			Supporting and training license-exempt child care providers: Recommendations and strategies for child care resource and referral programs California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. Task Force on License-Exempt Child Care, 2004 San Francisco: California Child Care Resource and Referral Network An overview of license-exempt child care in California, with recommendations for training providers and improving the quality of services provided	Reports & Papers
			Building quality, scale, and effectiveness in after-school programs: Summary report of the TASC evaluation Reisner, Elizabeth R., 03 November, 2004 New York: The After-School Corporation. A longitudinal survey-based evaluation of The After-School Corporation (TASC) after school programs, with assessments of program quality, participant benefits, and the relative value of different program characteristics	Reports & Papers
			The homelife interview from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Assessment of parenting and home environment for 3- to 15-year-olds Leventhal, Tama, 2004 Parenting: Science and Practice, 4(2-3), 211-241 A description of the development of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Homelife Interview using aspects of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment inventory	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Preliminary investigation examining the validity of The Compliance Test and a brief behavioral observation measure for identifying children with disruptive behavior Filcheck, Holly A., 2004 Child Study Journal, 34(1), 1-13 A study to determine the validity of two measures of disruptive behavior, The Compliance Test and the Revised Edition of the School Observation Coding System (REDSOCS)	Reports & Papers

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