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The Children Born in 2001 at Kindergarten Entry: First Findings From the Kindergarten
Data Collections of the Early

CHILD CARE IN AMERICA 2011 State Fact Sheets (PDF)

Child Care: Like the Military, Is It Time for Shared Responsibility?

Children’s Emotional Development is Built into the Architecture of Their Brains

Children's Right to Play: An Examination of the Importance of Play in the Lives of Children Worldwide (PDF)

Community Colleges and Teacher Preparation: Roles, Issues, and Opportunities (PDF)

Comprehensive Services for Babies and Toddlers: Research, Practice, and Policy (PDF)

Coordinating America’s Highly Diversified Early Childhood Investment Portfolio (PDF)

Cost-Effective Investments in Children

Cost Savings Analysis of School Readiness in Illinois (PDF)

Covering the Pre-K Landscape: New Investments in Our Littlest Learners (PDF)

Credentials for the Infant/Toddler Child Care Workforce (PDF)

The Cultural and Linguistic Competence Family Organization Assessment (PDF)

Degrees in Context: Asking the Right Questions about Preparing Skilled and Effective Teachers of Young Children (PDF)

Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (PDF)

Do Effects of Early Child Care Extend to Age 15 Years? Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (PDF)

Dollars and Sense: A Review of Economic Analyses of PreK(PDF)

Dual Language Learning: What Does it Take?

Early Care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families

Early Child Care and Education: HHS and Education Are Taking Steps to Improve Workforce Data and Enhance
Worker Quality

Early Childhood Development and Social Mobility

Early Childhood Education in Suburban Chicago: Mapping Today's Capacity for Tomorrow's Investment (PDF)

Early Childhood Education Professional Development: Training and Technical Assistance Glossary (PDF)

Early Childhood Educators as Learners: Engaging Approaches for Professional Development

Early Childhood Educators as eLearners: Engaging Approaches to Teaching and Learning Online (PDF)

Early Childhood in Focus 6: Culture and Learning (PDF)

An Early Childhood Program Matrix: Pulling the Pieces Together for Illinois

Early Education Programs and Children of Immigrants: Learning Each Other’s Language (PDF)

Early Head Start Participants, Programs, Families, and Staff in 2009 (PDF)

Early Learning Prevents Youth Violence (PDF)

Early Learning Scale: Technical Report (PDF)

ECE-Learning: A National Review of Early Childhood Education Distance Learning Program (PDF)

The Economics of Inequality: The Value of Early Childhood Education (PDF)

Effective Early Childhood Education Programs: A Systematic Review (PDF)

Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness: Report from the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Initiative (PDF)

The Effects of Preschool Education: What We Know, How Public Policy is or is Not Aligned with the Evidenced Base, and What we Need to Know (PDF)

Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children (PDF)

Engaged Families, Effective Pre-K: State Policies that Bolster Student Success (PDF)

Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-Level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time

Enriching Children: Enriching the Nation Public Investment in High-Quality Pre-Kindergarten

Ensuring Quality Care for Low-Income Babies: Contracting Directly with Providers to Expand and Improve Infant and Toddler Care (PDF)

The Evaluation Exchange Spring 2008

Evaluating, Developing, and Enhancing Domain-Specific Measures of Child Care Quality (PDF)

Evaluation of the 40-Hour Initial Pre-Service Training for Entry-Level Child Care Providers (PDF)

Examining Conditions Preventing ECE Students from Progressing to Graduation (PDF)

Examining the Chicago Early Childhood Teacher Pipeline (PDF)

Exceptional Returns (PDF)

Extending Home Visiting to Kinship Caregivers and Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers (PDF)

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Family Child Care in the United States (PDF)

Family Child Care Network Impact Study: Promising Strategies for Improving Family Child Care Quality

Family Involvement Across Learning Settings

Family-Provider Relationships: A Multidisciplinary Review of High Quality Practices and Associations with
Family, Child, and Provider Outcomes

The Federal Role in Out-of-School Learning: After-School, Summer Learning, and Family Involvement as Critical Learning Supports

Five Steps for Selecting an Evaluator: A Guide for Out-of-School-Time Practitioners (Part 2) (PDF)

Formula for Success: Adding High-Quality Pre-K to State School Funding Forumlas (PDF)

The Foundations of Lifelong Health are Built in Early Childhood

Getting in Sync: Revamping Licensing and Preparation for Teachers in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and the Early Grades (PDF)

Getting the Most out of Early Head Start: What Has Been Accomplished and What Needs to be Done (PDF)

A Guide to Understanding State Child Care Subsidy Programs through Analysis of Public and Non-Public Use Datasets (PDF)

Head Start Administrative Practices, Director Qualifications, and Links to Classroom Quality (PDF)

Head Start Impact Study Final Report: Executive Summary—January 2010 (PDF)

Head Start Impact Study: January 2010

Hearing on Improving Head Start for America's Future (PDF)

Home-School Differences: What it Means for Kindergarten Readiness (PDF)

Illinois After 3PM

Illinois Afterschool Partnership: Out-of-School Time Workforce Survey (PDF)

Illinois Early Childhood Profile (PDF)

Illinois Salary & Staffing Survey of Licensed Child Care Facilities: FY2009

Impact: Feature Issue on Early Childhood Education and Children with Disabilities (PDF)

Impacts of Early Childhood Programs (PDF)

The Importance of Professional Development for Youth Workers (PDF)

Improving School Leadership: The Promise of Cohesive Leadership Systems (PDF)

Inclusion and Disability Awareness Training for Educators (PDF)

Infants and Toddlers in CCDBG: 2008 Update (PDF)

Infants and Toddlers in Child Care (PDF)

Instructional Coaching - Helping Preschool Teachers Reach Their Full Potential

Issues of Access and Program Quality (PDF)

Latino Legislative Hearing on Pre-K and the Early Grades (PDF)

Leadership Development in Early Childhood Care and Education: A View of the Current Landscape (PDF)

Learning to Read: Early Warning! Shy Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters

Learning Together: A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs (PDF)

Leave No (Young) Children Behind: Prioritizing Access in Early Childhood Education (PDF)

Leaving Children to Chance: NACCRRA’s Ranking of State Standards and Oversight of Small Family Child Care Homes (PDF)

Learning How Much Quality is Necessary to Get to Good Results for Children (PDF)

Link Between Child Care and Academic Achievement and Behavior Persists into Adolescence (PDF)

Linking Home-Based Child Care and State-Funded Preschool: The Community Connections Preschool Program (PDF)

Making the Case: A 2009 Fact Sheet on Children and Youth in Out-of-School Time (PDF)

Making the Grade: Making the Case for Well-Educated, Well-Trained Teaching Staff in Early Care and Education (PDF)

Many Missing Pieces: The Difficult Task of Linking Early Childhood Data and School-Based Data Systems (PDF)

Math and Science in Preschool: Policies and Practice (PDF)

A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers for the Pre-K Classroom (PDF)

Maximizing the Impact of State Early Childhood Home Visitation Programs

Meeting the Early Learning Challenge: A Checklist for a High Quality QRIS

Meeting the Early Learning Challenge: Supporting English Language Learners

National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL) Statement on Pre-school: Its Benefits, and Who Should Teach (PDF)

NCRECE in Focus: Increasing Knowledge in Early Childhood (PDF)

Non-Participation of Children and Adolescents in Out-of-School Time Programs: Child, Family, and Neighborhood Factors

OSEP Spanish Glossary

Outcome Evaluation: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Practitioners (Part 4) (PDF)

Out-of-School-Time: Leveraging Higher Education for Quality

Pre-K–3rd: Putting Full-Day Kindergarten in the Middle (PDF)

PreK–3rd: Raising the Educational Performance of English Language Learners (PDF)

Pre-school Curriculum Decision-Making: Dimensions to Consider

Pre-school Education and its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications (PDF)

Pre-school: Its Benefits and Who Should Teach (PDF)

Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education Programs (PDF)

Process Evaluations: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Practitioners (Part 3) (PDF)

The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children (PDF)

Professional Development Needs of Directors Leading in a Mixed Service Delivery Preschool System

Professional Development: The Landscape of Opportunity in Early Care and Education (PDF)

Program Characteristics Associated with Utilization of Early Childhood Professional Development Funding (PDF)

Promoting Children's School Readiness: Rethinking the Levers for Change (PDF)

Promoting Effective Early Learning: What Every Policymaker and Educator Should Know

Promoting Young Children’s Health and Development: Taking Stock of State Policies (PDF)

Providing Preschool Education for All 4-Year-Olds: Lessons from Six State Journeys (PDF)

Public Policy Form: Research on Early Childhood Outcomes

A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs About Key Preschool Classroom Experiences

Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures (Second Edition) (PDF)

Quality Improvement in Early Childhood Teacher Education: Faculty Perspectives and Recommendations for the Future

The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings (PDF)

A Race Against the Clock: The Value of Expanded Learning Time for English Language Learners (PDF)

Random Assignment Evaluation Studies: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners (Part 5) (PDF)

Reaching Families Where They Live

Recommended Transition Practices for Young Children and Families (PDF)

Relationship of English-Only to Young Children Social and Language Skills

Responding to the Needs of Young Latino Children: State Efforts to Build Comprehensive Early Learning Systems (PDF)

A Review of School Readiness Practices in the States: Early Learning Guidelines and Assessments (PDF)

The Role of Leadership in Bridging the Gaps Between Early Childhood and K–12 Education Systems (PDF)

Role, Relevance, Reinvention: Higher Education in the Field of Early Care and Education (PDF)

Room to Grow: Tapping the After-School Workforce Potential

School-Age Children in CCDBG: 2008 (PDF)

School-Based Early Childhood Education and Age-28 Well Being: Effects by Timing, Dosage, and Subgroups (PDF)

School Readiness Outcomes for Illinois's State-funded Prekindergarten Program (PDF)

A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy: Using Evidence to Improve Outcomes in Learning, Behavior, and Health for Vulnerable Children (PDF)

The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do (PDF)

Selected State and Local Policies to Support Immigrant and Limited English Proficient (LEP) Early Care and Education Providers (PDF)

Social-Emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know (PDF)

Spanish-Speaking Children's Social and Language Development in Pre-kindergarten Classrooms (PDF)

Staff Preparation, Reward, and Support: Are Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Including All of the Key
Ingredients Necessary for Change? (PDF)

Standards, Assessments, and Readiness—Oh My! (Part I)

Standards, Assessments, and Readiness—Oh My! (Part II)

Starting Smart: How Early Experiences Affect Brain Development

State CCDBG Plans to Promote Opportunities for Babies & Toddlers in Child Care (PDF)

State Early Childhood Advisory Councils: An Overview

The State of PreSchool 2009

States Effort to Integrate Measures of Leadership and Management in Quality Rating Systems (PDF)

Statistical Information on Child Care in the United States (PDF)

Successfully Supporting All Children in Early Education Programs (PDF)

Supporting a Diverse and Culturally Competent Workforce: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care Research-Based Rationale

Supporting Student Outcomes Through Expanded Learning Opportunities

Teacher Preparation and Teacher-Child Interaction in Pre-schools

Teen REACH After-School Program Benchmarks: A Summary of Best Practices in After-School Developed for the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) (PDF)

Testing the Whole Teacher Approach to Professional Development: A Study of Enhancing Early Childhood Teacher's Technology Proficiency

Thinking Guide to Inclusive Child Care (PDF)

Title I and Early Childhood Programs: A Look at Investments in the NCLB Era (PDF)

Toward the Identifications of Features of Effective Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators (PDF)

Transforming Public Education: Pathway to a Pre-K-12 Future

Transition Issues and Barriers for Children with Significant Disabilities and from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds

Turning College Students into Leaders in Early Childhood Education (PDF)

Uncertain Times 2009: Recession Imperiling Afterschool Programs and the Children They Serve

Understanding Your Child’s Behavior: Reading Your Child’s Cues from Birth to Age Two (PDF)

Votes Count: Legislative Action on PreK Fiscal Year 2009 (PDF)

Walking the Walk: A Guide to Diversity Resources for Trainers (PDF)

Watching Teachers Work: Using Observation Tools to Promote Effective Teaching in the Early Years
and Early Grades

We CAN Do Better: NACCRRA's Ranking of State Child Care Center Regulations and Oversight (PDF)

What Do We Know About the Impact of Publicly Funded Preschool Education on the Supply and Quality of Infant/Toddler Care (PDF)

What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?

What Does the Research Say about Dual Language Learners?

What Happens When the School Year is Over?: The Use and Costs of Child Care for School-Age Children During the Summer Months

What Works: An Introductory Teacher Guide for Early Language and Emergent Literacy Instruction (PDF)

What's New in Pre-K Research? (PDF)

Who's Minding the Kids?: Child Care Arrangements—Spring 2005 (PDF)

Who's Caring for the Kids: The Status of Early Childhood Work Force in Illinois 2008 (PDF)

Why America needs High-Quality Early Care and Education (PDF)

Why Business Should Support Early Childhood Education (PDF)

Why Conduct a Program Evaluation?: Five Reasons Why Evaluation Can Help an Out-of-School Time Program (Part 1) (PDF)

Why Isn't Johnny in pre-school? (PDF)

Why Teens are Not Involved in Out-of-School Time Programs: The Youth Perspective (PDF)

A Window on Early Childhood Administrative Practices (PDF)

Workforce Development, Welfare Reform, and Child Well-Being

Workforce Information: A Critical Component of Coordinated State ECE Data Systems

Working Together to Help Youth Thrive in Schools and Communities (PDF)

Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool, and Summer Learning to Support Student Success

Yet More Evidence: It’s Time to Strengthen Math, Science in Pre-K

Young Dual Language Learners: A Key Topic Resource List

Young Hispanic Children: Boosting Opportunities for Learning