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			Child care in the American South: Poverty, costs, and quality Collins, Vikki K., Spring 2012 Early Childhood Research & Practice, 14(1) A study of the relationship between the use of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) in southern states and family poverty, child care costs, and a variety of related socioeconomic variables, based on data from the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2010, for 14 southern states	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
			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
			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
			Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December, 2006 Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012) A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives	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
			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	Reports & Papers
			Investments in building citywide out-of-school-time systems: A six-city study Hayes, Cheryl D., Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures. An exploration of approaches to the structure of expenditures for a system of delivery of out of school time services, based on case studies of programs in Boston, Massachusetts, Charlotte, North Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Denver, Colorado, New York City, and Seattle, Washington	Reports & Papers
			Children's experiences in center-based child care as a function of teacher background and adult:child ratio Howes, Carollee, 1997 Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43(3), 404-425 An examination of child care quality in relation to adult: child ratio and teacher education, using the Cost, Quality and Outcome (CQO) and Florida Quality Improvement study datasets	Reports & Papers
			Poised for shaping results-based early learning systems: A report on child care resource and referral in the United States Smith, Linda K., June, 2003 Washington, DC: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer accessible as of September 12, 2012) A national study of child care resource and referral agencies, including services provided to parents and providers, sources and levels of agency funding, and agency data collecting activities, based on a survey of state child care resource and referral agencies	Reports & Papers
			Quality child care for infants and toddlers: Case studies of three community strategies Paulsell, Diane, 2003 Washington, DC: Zero to Three. A study of child care quality and it impact on infants and toddlers presenting a set of in-depth case studies of three types of collaborative infant-toddler child care initiatives located in four diverse communities, with findings collected during intensive three-day sight visits to the case study communities	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
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Effect of a Smart Start playground improvement grant on child care playground hazards Kotch, Jonathan, 1998 Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. A study of the impact of an Even Start playground improvement grant on child care playground hazards, focusing on playground safety assessments, planning and evaluation, quality enhancements, such as fencing and surfacing, and safety programs	Reports & Papers
			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	Reports & Papers
			Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? [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. 337-357). New York: Guilford Press An abridged reprint of a study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care	Reports & Papers
			More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program progress report to the North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina. Office of School Readiness, 01 February, 2007 Raleigh, NC: North Carolina, Office of School Readiness. A summary of the 2006/2007 implementation of North Carolina's More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program for at risk four-year-olds	Reports & Papers
			Parents and the high price of child care: 2008 update National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, June, 2008 Arlington, VA: National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. (No longer available as of December 7, 2012). A state-by-state study of the prices of center-based and family child care for infants, preschool-age children, and school-age children, based on a national survey of state child care resource and referral networks and local child care resource and referral agencies	Reports & Papers
			Building momentum--taking action: Southern states collaborate on child care financial aid and quality initiatives Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, 2002 Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families. A summary of efforts to implement the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care Action plan to improve access to child care assistance for low income families in the South, based on a survey of Task Force members and summaries of a regional child care forum and state site visits	Reports & Papers
			The association between the occupational stress of early childhood teachers and their beliefs and practices concerning the assessment of young children Brewer, Denise M., 2006 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Charlotte A survey-based examination of the relations among preschool teachers' occupational stress and their beliefs and practices in terms of assessment of young children	Reports & Papers
			Assessing the relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment among early childhood educators Shepherd-Osborne, Tracie, August 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northcentral University, Prescott Valley, AZ An assessment of the relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational commitment among early childhood educators, as well as an examination of the relationship between educators' job satisfaction and organizational commitment and their supervisors' leadership type (i.e. traits and processes) from a convenience sample of 296 educators drawn from training conferences in North Carolina	Reports & Papers
			The role of reflection: Preschool teachers' use of reflective thinking to translate higher education learning into teaching practice Stewart, Karen Elaine, April 2010 Unpublished doctoral dissertation: Capella University, Minneapolis, MN A study of the relationships between self-reported reflection on teaching practices and self-assessment of teacher quality, observations of classroom and teacher quality, institutional and social factors, teacher preparation program type, and demographic variables, based on data collected from 40 preschool teachers in 11 centers that serve 348 children in North Carolina	Reports & Papers
			Preschool teachers' beliefs and practices of outdoor play and outdoor environments Chakravarthi, Swetha, 2009 Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina, Greensboro An examination the relationship between both children's physical activity and level of play and quality of outdoor environment, teachers' level of physical activity, and their involvement in play, and an exploration of the relationship between contextual factors and children's physical activity and outdoor play from videotapes and teacher interviews with 9 teachers and 58 preschool children in three child care centers in Greensboro, North Carolina	Reports & Papers

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