Search Results

RC Produced by Research Connections

* Peer Reviewed Journal

Current Search: topic:quality-rating-systems;   
Current Filters: Resource Type:Other [remove]; New in two years [remove]; Pub Year:2006 [remove]; Full Text:yes [remove];

48 results found.
[1]   2     >    >
Select Citation
Result Resource Type

Quality preschool: Quality rating system: Establishment of a quality rating system for Connecticut's early care and education programs and providers
Stephens, Samuel A., November 2006
Trenton, NJ: Center for Assessment and Policy Development.

An overview of the process and challenges of the development and implementation of quality rating system for early childhood education and care services in Connecticut

Other


get fulltext

The best in the nation: A plan for early care and education
Winning Beginning NY, June 2006
Albany, NY: Winning Beginning NY.

A proposal of strategies for the incumbent governor of New York State to adopt towards the improvement of the state’s early childhood education and care system

Other


get fulltext

Supply, demand and accountability: Effective strategies to enhance the quality of early learning experiences through workforce improvement
Brandon, Richard N., 2006
Seattle: University of Washington, Human Services Policy Center.

A discussion of strategies to be used for improving the quality of teaching and caregiving by early care and education staff, both nationally and for Washington State

Other


get fulltext

A development plan for early care and education data and research systems: A report on building data and research capability and supporting policy decisions with quality data
Wilson, Susan B., November 2006
Farmington: Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut.

A plan for investing in an early childhood education data and research infrastructure in Connecticut by identifying the weaknesses in and opportunities for improving early childhood-relevant data systems

Other


get fulltext

Linking and learning: Lessons for afterschool from early childhood system-building efforts
Afterschool Investments Project, October, 2006
Washington, DC: Finance Project.

An overview of lessons for developing afterschool child care service delivery systems

Other


get fulltext

Starting off right: Promoting child development from birth in state early care and education initiatives
Schumacher, Rachel, 2006
Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy.

Descriptions of state strategies to improve infant and toddler child care quality

Other


get fulltext

*

A developmental approach to early childhood program quality improvement: The relation between state regulation and NAEYC accreditation
Apple, Peggy Lea, 2006
Early Education and Development, 17(4), 535-552

An examination of the relation between quality indicator provisions of state child care regulations and early childhood education and care programs involved in the voluntary accreditation process of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Other


get fulltext

Promoting quality in afterschool programs through state child care regulations
Afterschool Investments Project, June, 2006
Washington, DC: Finance Project.

A description of the challenges facing after school child care programs' attempts to comply with state child care licensing regulations, as well as ways in which licensing regulations can be used to promote program quality

Other


get fulltext

Roots of decline: How government policy has de-educated teachers of young children
Bellm, Dan, 2006
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

A demographic and public policy contextualization of the findings of the study, "Losing ground in early childhood education: Declining workforce qualifications in an expanding industry, 1979-2004"

Other


get fulltext

Making smart investments in afterschool: A policy primer for state and local leaders
Afterschool Investments Project, August, 2006
Washington, DC: Finance Project.

An overview of after school policies that address state and local system-building, promoting access to programs, and improving program quality

Other


get fulltext

Quality in program of early childhood care and education (ECCE)
Myers, Robert G., 2006
Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A discussion of diverse meanings of the term “quality” in the context of global initiatives to examine, evaluate and develop early childhood care and education programs

Other


get fulltext

Early Education Matters: Lessons learned
Evenson, Paula, July 2006
Madison: Wisconsin Council on Children and Families.

An overview and evaluation of Wisconsin's Early Education Matters initiative, discussing collaborative efforts, outcomes of community grants, parent and teacher perspectives on the initiative, and barriers impeding initiative implementation

Other


get fulltext

Increasing the effectiveness of preschool programs
Ackerman, Debra J., 2006
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.

A review of research on preschool program factors that contribute to program quality and of state preschool program standards, with policy recommendations to increase the effectiveness of preschool programs

Other


get fulltext

Ready by 5 & fine by 9: Connecticut's early childhood investment framework
Connecticut Early Childhood Education Cabinet, October, 2006
Hartford, CT: Connecticut Early Childhood Education Cabinet.

A report on the school readiness of Connecticut's preschool-aged children, and an explanation of the state's goals, policies, and funding for programs serving Connecticut's young children

Other


get fulltext

Publicly funded pre-kindergarten in South Carolina: Coordinating resources for greater impact
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness (Program), 2006
Columbia: South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness.

Analyses of and recommendations for publicly-funded prekindergarten programs in South Carolina

Other


get fulltext

Votes count: Legislative action on pre-k: Fiscal year 2007
Pre-K Now (Washington, D.C.), October, 2006
Washington, DC: Pre-K Now.

A summary of actions taken by state legislatures that affect prekindergarten services in fiscal year 2007

Other


get fulltext

Buffalo child care means business: Full study report
Fleron, Lou Jean, 2006
Buffalo, NY: Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

An overview of importance of child care for the economic growth of Buffalo, New York

Other


get fulltext

Uses of data on child outcomes and program processes in early childhood accountability systems: Assumptions, challenges, and consequences
Love, John M., 25 September, 2006
Philadelphia: National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force.

A discussion of considerations and challenges in designing and implementing state early childhood accountability systems

Other


get fulltext

2005-2009 strategic plan: First 5 Alameda County every child counts
Every Child Counts (Program) [First 5 Alameda County], June 2006
San Leandro, CA: Every Child Counts.

An outline of the principles and strategies used by Every Child Counts, an organization issuing program grants in Alameda County, California, to provide support services for young children in home, child care, and community settings

Other


get fulltext

Laying the foundation for a ready state: the Early Childhood DataCONNections Project: A report on successes & opportunities to support policy decisions with data
Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, 2006
Farmington, CT: Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut.

Highlights of the accomplishments and methods of the Early Childhood DataCONNections Project, with recommendations for future early childhood data and research capacity building in Connecticut

Other


get fulltext

What about the kids?: Policy directions for improving the experiences of infants and young children in a changing world
NSW Commission for Children & Young People, June, 2006
Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia: NSW Commission for Children & Young People.

A study of the care of Australian children in the home and in formal child care services, focusing on the development of policies to improve early childhood experiences

Other


get fulltext

Roundtable on Performance Measures of Child Care and Employment: Meeting summary [Draft]
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, October 11, 2006
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

A draft synopsis of the proceedings of a roundtable discussion, convened by the Child Care Bureau in September, 2006, in Washington, DC, about developing a long-term Child Care Development Fund performance measure and the impact of child care assistance on low-income families

Other


get fulltext

New England after 3 PM
Afterschool Alliance, 2006
Washington, DC: Afterschool Alliance.

An overview of supply of and demand for afterschool programs in New England, with profiles of existing quality programs and state efforts to increase supply

Other


get fulltext

Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care workforce development plan
Massachusetts. Department of Early Education and Care, January 03, 2006
Boston: Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care.

An overview of the early childhood workforce development plan for the state of Massachusetts, including a discussion of quality principles and policy recommendations to improve the standards of the early childhood workforce

Other


get fulltext

Federal and state child care expenditures (1997-2004): Rapid growth followed by steady spending
Besharov, Douglas J., September 01, 2006
College Park: University of Maryland, School of Public Policy, Welfare Reform Academy.

An update of an overview of federal and state spending on child care between the 1996 passage of the welfare reform law, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), and 2004

Other


get fulltext

Select Citation
[1]   2     >    >

Search Feedback


 



Research Connections is supported by grant #90YE0104 from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents are solely the responsibility of the National Center for Children in Poverty and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Google Translate