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The QUINCE-PFI study: An evaluation of a promising model for child care provider training: Final report
Bryant, Donna M., September 2009
Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

An examination of the efficacy of an individualized, assessment-based, on-site consultation model of professional development for the quality improvement of early childhood programs, based on 108 child care classrooms and 263 family child care homes from twenty-four agencies in five states assigned to a group to receive a professional development intervention or to a control group

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Effects of a community initiative on the quality of child care
Bryant, Donna M., 1999
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14(4), 449-464

A study of the impact of Smart Start, a state-funded program to implement local quality improvement initiatives on preschool quality

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Family child care in North Carolina
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S., 2000
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

A study of quality in family child care homes in North Carolina and the relationship between quality of care and involvement in Smart Start quality improvement efforts

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Contributions of hot and cool self-regulation to preschool disruptive behavior and academic achievement
Willoughby, Michael T., 2011
Developmental Neuropsychology, 36(2), 162-180

A study of the relationships among children's self regulation style, disruptive behavior, letter-word identification ability, mathematical skills, phonological awareness, inhibitory control, age, gender, and Head Start attendance, based on data from sample of 926 3-through 5-year-olds from Head Start and child care programs within a 60-mile radius of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

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The effects of Smart Start on the quality of preschool child care
Bryant, Donna M., 1997
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

A study of the effects of a broad-based community initiative, Smart Start, to improve the quality of preschool child care between 1994 and 1996

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A six-county study of the effects of Smart Start child care on kindergarten entry skills
Maxwell, Kelly, 1999
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

A study measuring the Smart Start program's effectiveness in six North Carolina counties by comparing the school readiness of Smart Start children entering kindergarten to the readiness of children from other programs

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Center-based child care in the pioneer Smart Start partnerships of North Carolina
Maxwell, Kelly, 1996
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center

An exploration of North Carolina’s Smart Start program, a partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families, concerned with improving the quality of the state’s center-based child care institutions

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Quality of early childhood programs in inclusive and noninclusive settings
Buysse, Virginia, 1999
Exceptional Children, 65(3), 301-314

A study of the factors that contributed to global program quality in early childhood settings broken down by inclusive setting, those with at least one handicapped child, and noninclusive settings

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Child care in the pioneer partnerships: 1994 and 1996
Maxwell, Kelly, 1997
Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

An evaluation of North Carolina?s Smart Start pioneer partnerships in 1994 and 1996, building on the earlier Effects of Smart Start on the Quality of Preschool Child Care evaluation, focusing on services provided, teacher education and training, and overall quality

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