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13 indicators of quality child care: Research update
Fiene, Richard, 2002
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

An annotated bibliography of research conducted since 1992 on thirteen key child care quality indicators used in developing child care licensing regulations.

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Accountability and program evaluation in early education
Gilliam, Walter S., 2012
In R.C. Pianta (Ed.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 73-91). New York: Guilford Press

A discussion of research design options for the measurement of the outcomes of early education programs

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Child care costs in the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC): A comparison to SIPP
Macartney, Suzanne E., January 2011
(SEHSD Working Paper No. 2011-1). Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

A comparison of household child care expenses estimates in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement and the Survey of Income and Program Participation

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Child care data in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP): Inaccuracies and corrections
Besharov, Douglas J., 2006
College Park: University of Maryland, School of Public Policy, Welfare Reform Academy.

A critique of the child care module in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) identifying general data problems, including biased under coverage, high non-response, significant attrition, weighting and imputation biases, and inconsistencies across panels due to changes in the design of the SIPP's sample and questionnaire

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Child care & parent productivity: Making the business case
Shellenback, Karen, 2004
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Department of City and Regional Planning.

An outline of methodology for cost/benefit analyses of work/life initiatives, including employer-provided child care

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Common challenges in the study of continuity of child care subsidy participation: CCPRC subsidy workgroup methodology research brief series
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, December, 2012
(Methodological Brief OPRE 2012-55). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A discussion of issues in designing studies of the dynamics of child care subsidy receipt

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Comparative childcare statistics in Europe: Conceptual and methodological fallacies
Keck, Wolfgang, November, 2011
(Multilinks Insights No. 1). Berlin, Germany: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Center Berlin).

A discussion of methodological and conceptual challenges to the collection of data for making cross-national comparisons of child care arrangements in the European Union

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Comparative childcare statistics in Europe: Conceptual and methodological fallacies
Keck, Wolfgang, December, 2011
(Carlo Alberto Notebooks No. 229). Turin, Italy: Collegio Carlo Alberto.

A discussion of methodological and conceptual challenges to the collection of data for making cross-national comparisons of child care arrangements in the European Union

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Conversation analysis in early childhood research
Church, Amelia, 2007
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 14(2), 1-10

An argument for the efficacy of conversation analysis, a method of investigating social order by studying verbal interaction, in early childhood research

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Design for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Survey: Final design report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, May 13, 2011
Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.

A discussion of options and suggestions for the design of an ongoing survey of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs, staff, families, and children, including considerations for sampling, site outreach, instrumentation, data collection, and data analyses

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Cognitive interview findings report for center-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

A discussion of the methodology of the design and content of a questionnaire to survey center-based child care providers for their participation in the assessment of the national supply of child care

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Cognitive interview findings report for demand questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

A presentation of the development and content of a survey for the assessment of parental demand

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Cognitive interview findings report for home-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

A discussion of the methodology of the design and content of a questionnaire to survey home-based child care providers for their participation in the assessment of the national supply of child care

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Feasibility test report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2009
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

A description of the method used to evaluate the feasibility of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand, including an assessment of the study to answer its research questions while remaining within budget constraints

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the center-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the national supply of center-based child care services

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the demand questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the parents' demand for child care services across the United States

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the home-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the national supply of home-based child care services, including comments of changes to the actual survey

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Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Revised sampling report and addendum
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

A presentation of alternate designs of sampling methods for achieving a representative number of sample respondents for the assessment of the supply and demand of the national child care market

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Design phase of the National Study of Early Child Care Supply and Demand (NSECCSD): Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.

A description of a proposed design for a study on the functions of supply and demand in the child care market, including a discussion of public policy questions addressed through the implementation of the proposed study

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Early childhood assessment: Why, what, and how?
National Research Council (U.S.), 2008
Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

A discussion of developmental outcomes for children from birth to age five and a review of instruments used in developmental assessment

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B): Preschool-kindergarten 2007 psychometric report
Najarian, Michelle, April 2010
(NCES 2010-009). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the design of the assessments and methods of analysis used in the data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort to measure cognitive and social development of children in their transition to kindergarten

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B): Psychometric report for the 2-year data collection: Methodology report
Andreassen, Carol, August 2007
(NCES 2007-084). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the characteristics and field performance of instruments used in the two-year data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), a nationally representative longitudinal study following children born in 2001 in the United States from birth until kindergarten

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (ECLS-K): Psychometric report for the eighth grade
Najarian, Michelle, September 2009
(NCES 2009-002). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the design of the assessments used in the spring 2007 data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to measure cognitive and social development of children in the eighth grade

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K): Eighth-grade methodology report
Tourangeau, Karen, September 2009
(NCES 2009-003). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

A description of the methodology and surveys used to report on the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K) of 1998-99, with a focus on sample design and weighting, data collection methods, response rate calculations, and nonresponse bias analyses

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Expanding early childhood care and education: How much does it cost?: A proposal for a methodology to estimate the costs of early childhood care and education at macro-level, applied to the Arab States
van Ravens, Jan, March 2008
(Working Papers in Early Childhood Development 46). The Hague, Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation.

A method for calculating the average costs per child per year of providing early childhood care and education services for preschool age children and for infants and toddlers in Arab states

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