July 31-August 1, 2008

The Child Care Policy Research Consortium is a national alliance of research projects sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Consortium's purpose is to increase the national capacity for sound child care research, identify and respond to critical issues, and link child care research with policy and practice.

The Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Meeting was held July 31-August 1, 2008, in Washington D.C. Materials from the conference, listed below, include a summary of each session along with Powerpoint presentations.

Notes

1. Most files are available in PDF format, and can be read using Acrobat Reader, a free product available from Adobe, Inc.

2. To print large Powerpoint files, click on "print" and then select "scale to fit."

3. Files are labeled as follows:

   • ZIP - Compressed Powerpoint or Excel files (decompress using WinZip)

   • PDF - Adobe PDF files

Plenaries and Breakout Sessions

1. Welcome and Opening Remarks (Plenary)

   • Summary (PDF 52K)

2. Determinants of Parental Decisionmaking (Plenary)

   • Summary (PDF 128K)

   • Determinants of Parental Child Care Choice (PDF 52K)

3. The Role of Information in Parental Decisionmaking: Key Questions and Challenges (Breakout)

   • Summary (PDF 132K)

   • Using Factorial Survey Analysis to Examine Parents' Child Care Preferences (PDF 96K)

   • The Use of Quality Information: A Comparison of Child Care and Health Care Provider Markets (PDF 344K)

4. Professional Development Strategies: Findings and Implications (Breakout)

   • Summary (PDF 132K)

   • Findings from evaluations of professional development models: Supporting high quality early childhood education curricula in subsidized child care centers (PDF 1.3MB)

   • The QUINCE Study: Quality Interventions for Early Care and Education (PDF 1.7MB)

   • The "Right from Birth" Study: An Evidence-Informed Training Model to Improve the Quality of Early Child Care and Education (PDF 15.7MB)

5. QRS Evaluations: Challenges and Opportunities (Breakout)

   • Summary (PDF 96K)

   • QRIS Evaluation: Challenges and Opportunities (PDF 124K)

   • QRS Evaluations: Challenges and Opportunities (PDF 88K)

   • Measuring child outcomes in QRS evaluations: A brief consideration of options (PDF 28K)

   • QRS Evaluation Design and Measurement Issues (PDF 140K)

6. Integrated Data Systems (Breakout)

   • Summary (PDF 100K)

   • Kentucky Integrated Data System (PDF 144K)

   • South Carolina's Child Care Data Bridge (PDF 1MB)

7. Quality Topics Relevant for Policy and Practice (Plenary)

   • Summary (PDF 112K)

   • Child Care Quality and Child Outcome MultipleStudies Analyses (PDF 428K)

   • Evaluating Quality Initiatives (PDF 56K)

   • Work Towards Developing New Quality Measures (PDF 1MB)

8. Promising Policies and Practices to Reduce Work and Child Care Instabilities and Promote Employment (Breakout)

   • Summary (PDF 116K)

   • Promising Policies and Practices to Reduce Work and Child Care Instabilities and Promote Employment (PDF 1.5MB)

   • The Role of Child Care Policies in Subsidy and Employment Durations (PDF 664K)

9. Child Care Utilization Issues for Diverse Families (Breakout)

   • Summary (PDF 112K)

   • Child Care Utilization Issues for Diverse Families: The case of Latino Families (PDF 60K)

10. Current Status and Challenges in Quality Measures Development: Linking Practices to Young Children's School Readiness across Domains of Development (Breakout)

    • Summary (PDF 116K)

    • Current Status and Challenges in Quality Measures Development: Linking Practices to Young Children's School Readiness across Domains of Development (PDF 940K)

11. Measuring Outcomes Related to Systems-Level Collaboration (Breakout)

    • Summary (PDF 92K)

    • Measuring Outcomes Related to Systems-Level Collaboration (PDF 744K)

12. Professional Development: Strategies, Systems, and Measures (Plenary)

    • Summary (PDF 128K)

    • Professional Development Strategies that Support Outcomes for Children (PDF K)

    • Professional Development Strategies, Systems, and Measures (PDF K)

13. Aligning and Evaluating Services and Systems (Plenary)

    • Summary (PDF 112K)

    • Aligning and Evaluating Services & Systems (PDF 232K)

    • Evaluation and Self-Assessment: Focusing on Key Questions (PDF 28K)

14. Provider Practices That Support Parents and Families: Implications for Policy, Concepts of Quality, and Research (Breakout)

    • Summary (PDF 108K)

    • Provider Practices that Support Families: Implications for Policy, Concepts of Quality, and Research (PDF 10MB)

    • Provider Practices that Support Families: Findings from a Review of the Literature on Home-based Child Care (PDF 2.1MB)

    • Provider Practices that Support Families: Findings and Insights from Research on Providers and the Voucher System (PDF 3.5MB)

    • Professional Development Strategies, Systems and Measures (PDF 2.2MB)

15. Child Care Subsidies and Family Self-Sufficiency Outcomes (Breakout)

    • Summary (PDF 104K)

    • Child Care Subsidies & Family Self-Sufficiency Outcomes (PDF 1.2MB)

16. Multiple Programs, Services, and Funding Streams: Implications for Families, Policymakers, and Researchers (Breakout)

    • Summary (PDF 112K)

    • Multiple Programs, Services and Funding Streams: Implications for Families, Policy-Makers and Researchers (PDF 44K)

    • Multiple Programs, Services, and Funding Streams: Implications for Families, Policy-Makers, and Researchers (PDF 1.1MB)

17. Professional Development and Systems-Building Overlap (Breakout)

    • Summary (PDF 76K)

    • Professional Development & Systems Building Overlap (PDF 10.6MB)

18. Populations of Interest: Decisionmaking; Access across Programs and Systems; and Challenges Related to Quality, Research, and Measurement (Plenary)

    • Summary (PDF 116K)

    • Populations of Interest: Decisions, Access and Quality Challenges (PDF 116K)

    • Challenges in Understanding Child Care Decision-making for Populations of Interest (PDF 152K)

    • Research and Policy Issues for Child Care for Special Populations: Children with developmental or behavioral problems (PDF 660K)

    • Promoting High Quality Child Care for Young Children with Mental Health Needs (PDF 1.8MB)

    • Challenges in Understanding Child Care Decision-making for Populations of Interest (PDF 152K)

19. Emerging Issues and Next Steps (Closing Plenary)

    • Summary (PDF 116K)