QUALITYstarsNY: Field test evaluation report
An evaluation of the field test of QUALITYstarsNY, New York State's quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), that examined: program recruitment, support, and participation; the use of QRIS standards to measure quality; and the implications for state-wide implementation, based on program observations, surveys, interviews, and documents, and lead agency interviews
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QUALITYstarsNY Recruitment Project evaluation report
An evaluation of efforts to recruit early care and education programs for the 2012-2014 implementation of QUALITYstarsNY, New York State's quality rating and improvement system, based on data collected from 7 recruitment agencies, 419 QUALITYstarsNY applicants, and 9 quality improvement specialists
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QUALITYstarsNY Readiness Project evaluation report
An evaluation of training efforts as part of the implementation of QUALITYstarsNY, New York State's quality rating and improvement system, that examines child care providers' experiences of facilitator-led trainings and facilitators' experiences of the training they received themselves, based on a survey of 24 facilitators and 903 child care providers
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Child care quality and consumer education: Final report: September 2000-September 2004
A study of the implementation and outcomes of Child Care Programs of Excellence, a quality rating and improvement system, in four counties in New York State
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Trends in child care center licensing regulations and policies for 2011
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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Trends in family child care home licensing requirements and policies for 2011
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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Trends in group child care home licensing regulations and policies for 2011
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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Asymmetric information and the child care market
A study using data from the Child Care Programs of Excellence (CCPOE) project to examine which types of providers are more likely to participate in a voluntary quality rating system, and the significance of quality in parents' decisions about child care arrangements
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State early childhood advisory councils: An overview of implementation across the states
An examination of developments and variation among state early childhood advisory councils, based on a review of state applications for grants provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), as well as updates provided by council leadership
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Quality New York: Assessment of its contributions to program improvement in early care and education programs in New York City
An examination of the impact of Quality New York (QNY), a professional development intervention with both group and individual components for early childhood program directors, on the management and administration early childhood programs, based on data for 11 programs that participated in the (QNY) initiative for at least 18 months
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Ensuring quality care for low-income babies: Contracting directly with providers to expand and improve infant and toddler care
An analysis of states' use of contracts to provide subsidized child care for infants and toddlers and the potential for contracts to improve the quality or increase the supply of child care, based on interviews with policymakers and contracted providers
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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives
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Predicting acceptance of diversity in pre-kindergarten classrooms
A study of the relationships between diversity-promoting practices in prekindergarten classrooms and classroom composition, process quality, and teacher characteristics, based on data from 692 publicly-supported prekindergarten classrooms across 11 states, from both the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)
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Assessing Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) investments in child care quality
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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Perspectives on the impact of pre-k expansion: Factors to consider and lessons from New York and Ohio
An examination of the influence of state-funded prekindergarten expansion policies and practices on child care quality and supply in New York and Ohio, based on analyses of qualitative data, secondary data, and policy documents
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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2009
A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2009, based on a survey of legislative fiscal staff in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories
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Putting it together: A guide to financing comprehensive services in child care and early education
An examination of sources of federal funding for comprehensive services in early childhood settings, with examples of promising collaborations as part of state and local funding models, based on interviews with national experts, as well as with policymakers, advocates, and administrators
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Early care and education state budget actions FY 2010
A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal year 2010, based on a survey of legislative fiscal offices in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories
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Legally-exempt child care: What does it mean in New York State?
A comparison of license-exempt child care provision and policies in New York State to provision and policies in California, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington, based on state surveys and key informant interviews
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Making quality count: Lessons from the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative
A description of the Ready by 21 Quality Counts initiative, a systems-building model for the improvement of the quality and capacity of out of school time programming, based on information from the implementation of the model at 7 community sites and 6 state sites
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The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families
A study of the child care and early education participation of children of immigrants and barriers to accessing child care and early education services for immigrant families, based on interviews with local leaders, policymakers, child care and early education service providers, and immigrant parents conducted during community site visits
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A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care
A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care
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Early care and education state budget actions: FY 2007 and FY 2008
A study of state appropriations of state funds for early care and education programs in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, based on a survey of the 50 states and territories
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The state of preschool 2008: State preschool yearbook
An annual review of access to, quality in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for three- and four-year-old children in all 50 states during the 2007-2008 program year, based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs
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Young children's early experiences: Examining differences on Long Island
An examination of the availability of, access to, and quality of child care and early education services in 8 communities on Long Island, New York, based on a service provision scan, which includes observations, interviews, site visits, and document reviews, and on observations of 27 child care and early education providers
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