Child Policy Publications: Early Childhood
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.
Employment, Family Leave, and Parents of Newborns or Seriously Ill Children — 2012
Parents of newborns and seriously ill children often know about family leave options, but are too overwhelmed to apply for them. Most parents interviewed in this study wanted expert guidance and saw hospitals and clinics as promising information sources.
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
Can Health Care Information Technology Save Babies? — 2011
Using a 12-year county-level panel, this study found that a 10 percent increase in births that occur in hospitals with electronic medical records reduces neonatal mortality by 16 deaths per 100,000 live births.
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.
Does Europe have enough babies? — 2010
What can governments do to address the demographic challenge? RAND Europe examines population ageing: consequences and possible solutions.
Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood — 2010
This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.
2009
Birth Weight Effects on Children's Mental, Motor, and Physical Development: Evidence from Twins Data — 2009
Determine the effect of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) and moderately low birth weight (MLBW; 1500-2499 g) on children's mental and motor development and physical growth during the first 2 years of life and whether VLBW and MLBW babies catch up to normal birth weight (NBW; >/=2500 g) children by age 2.
Factors Influencing the Enrollment of Eligible Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Children in the Part C Early Intervention Program — 2009
Moderate iodine deficiency in Mexican schoolchildren was associated with a 4.26 times higher risk of low IQ. More attention is needed to ensure effective salt iodination processes.
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.
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