An investigation into the correlation between the acquisition of emergent literacy skills and the early experiences of children in school settings, based on a sample of 100 children from five locations in Australia
A longitudinal study into the development of children’s literacy skills from the year prior to school entry through fourth grade, based on a sample of 100 children followed for five years from four sites across Australia
A review of the legislative issues surrounding Project Head Start's reauthorization, the expansion of Medicare, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Child Care and Development Block Grant by the 101st United States Congress
A series of recommendations for strengthening provisions in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act to better support high-quality early education
A discussion of the relationship between the quality of child care environments and child stress, health, and developmental outcomes, and a call for an increase in compensation and training for child care workers
An annotated bibliography of research conducted since 1992 on thirteen key child care quality indicators used in developing child care licensing regulations.
An argument for reducing the percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in British Columbia, Canada, to 15 by 2015, including a policy framework to achieve the goal
A summary of an argument for reducing the percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in British Columbia, Canada, to 15 by 2015, including a policy framework to achieve the goal
Executive Summary
The 1992 Oregon child-care rates
Arthur Emlen & Associates, Inc., 1992
Portland, OR: Portland State University, Regional Research Institute for Human Services.
A 1992 study of child care market rates, specifically reporting the 75th percentile rate charged for each type of care found in communities throughout Oregon State
A report of findings from the 1996 and 1997 Australian Government censuses of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff
A summary of findings from the 1996 and 1997 Australian Government censuses of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff
1999 California child care portfolio
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, 1999
San Francisco: California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Other
1999 census of child care services
Australia. Department of Family and Community Services, 2000
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia, Department of Family and Community Services.
A report of findings from the 1999 Australian Government census of all child care providers receiving government funding, which provided information on services offered, children served, and child care staff
A study of child care market rates in Oregon in 1999, including analyses of provider capacity and enrollment, average hours considered full time, children's age by provider type, and nonstandard hour care and additional fees
An investigation into both kindergarten teachers’ preferred methods of reporting students’ achievement and their views on the meaning of readiness, based on a survey of 174 kindergarten teachers in Delaware
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