Child Policy Publications: Child Care and Preschool
2012
Accounting for Movement Between Childcare Classrooms: Does It Change Teacher Effects Interpretations? — 2012
Child care studies that have examined links between teachers' qualifications and children's outcomes often ignore teachers' and children's transitions between classrooms at a center throughout the day and only take into account head teacher qualifications.
Advancing the Professional Development System for California's Early Care and Education Workforce — 2012
Offers recommendations for improving the education and training of California's early childhood workforce.
Building Blocks for a Strong Preschool to Early Elementary Education System — 2012
Testimony presented before the Council of the District of Columbia, Committee of the Whole on February 16, 2012.
A Golden Opportunity: Advancing California's Early Care and Education Workforce Professional Development System — 2012
Focuses on the education, training, and ongoing professional development of early care and education caregivers, teachers, and administrators who work with infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children from birth to kindergarten entry in California.
How Would Programs Rate Under California’s Proposed Quality Rating and Improvement System? Evidence from Statewide and County Data on Early Care and Education Program Quality — 2012
This briefing uses existing data to provide California early care and education stakeholders with information about the performance of a proposed design for a statewide quality rating and improvement system in advance of field-based pilot efforts.
Incorporating Child Assessments into State Early Childhood Quality Improvement Initiatives — 2012
Identifies five strategies for incorporating child assessments into the design, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives designed to raise the quality of care in early care and education settings such as quality rating and improvement systems.
Moving to Outcomes: Approaches to Incorporating Child Assessments into State Early Childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems — 2012
Identifies five strategies for incorporating child assessments into the design, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives designed to raise the quality of care in early care and education settings such as quality rating and improvement systems.
Toward Standardization of Benefit-Cost Analysis of Early Childhood Interventions — 2012
The objective of this paper is to delineate a set of standards for conducting benefit-cost analyses (BCAs) of early childhood programs.
The Use of Early Care and Education by California Families — 2012
Describes child care and early learning arrangements for the approximately 2.8 million California children ages 0 to 5 who are younger than the age at which they would enter kindergarten.
2011
The Cost of Providing Quality Early Care and Education in Saint Paul, Minnesota — 2011
Shares results of a RAND analysis of programs participating in Minnesota's Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to cover the cost of high-quality early childhood education programs.
Cost Study of the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program — 2011
Minnesota's Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program provides scholarships to cover the cost of high-quality early childhood education programs. This report provides detailed cost and program data for 12 participating programs.
Differences by Mother's Education in the Effect of Childcare on Child Obesity — 2011
Explores the effects on child obesity transmitted through cumulative months of non-parental childcare over the child's pre-school years.
Early Care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families — 2011
Lynn Karoly and Gabriella Gonzalez examine the current role of and future potential for early care and education (ECE) programs in promoting healthy development for immigrant children.
Hawai'i P-3 Initiative: Findings from the First Year of the Evaluation — 2011
In 2007, Hawai'i launched its P-3 initiative, which aims for every child to read at grade level by third grade. The first year of RAND's evaluation examined plans, activities, and policy in two demonstration sites and for the initiative as a whole.
Identifying Arabic-Language Materials for Children That Promote Tolerance and Critical Thinking — 2011
Describes the creation of developmentally appropriate criteria used to identify and screen Arabic-language works for children that promote tolerance and critical thinking.
2010
Child Care Choices of Hispanic Families: Why Aren't Families Using Center Care? — 2010
Explores why Hispanic children are enrolled in preschools and early childhood centers in lesser proportions than children of other races and ethnicities.
Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood — 2010
This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.
2009
Meeting Family and Military Needs Through Military Child Care — 2009
This article summarizes results from a child care survey of military families conducted by the RAND Corporation in 2004 and draws policy implications for the military child care system.
Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California: Issues, Policy Options, and Recommendations — 2009
The California Preschool Study examined the adequacy and efficiency of preschool education in California. This fourth and final analysis integrates the results from the series of studies and makes recommendations for preschool policy in the state.
Promoting Effective Preschool Programs — 2009
RAND recommends that policymakers use federal funds to support state efforts to improve preschool quality and access for the most disadvantaged children. The related policy actions will help increase school readiness and close achievement gaps.
A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs About Key Preschool Classroom Experiences — 2009
The aim of the study was to uncover early childhood educators' beliefs about how to best work with children getting ready for kindergarten.
Strategies for Advancing Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California — 2009
Finds that California's publicly funded preschool system is not adequate in terms of access and quality or efficient in allocating resources and provides policy recommendations for improvement.
2008
Assessing Child Care Quality: How Well Does Colorado's Qualistar Quality Rating Improvement System Work? — 2008
This research brief summarizes an assessment of the Qualistar Early Learning child-care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) designed to make child-care quality transparent and improve the quality of care in participating providers.
Assessing the Validity of the Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating and Improvement System as a Tool for Improving Child-Care Quality — 2008
Assesses the validity of Qualistar Early Learning's child-care quality rating and improvement system, which was designed to make child-care quality transparent and improve the quality of care in participating providers.
Child-Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: What Can We Learn from Early Adopters? — 2008
This research brief summarizes an assessment of child-care quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) in five states and provides recommendations for designing, implementing, and refining such systems.
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