Child Policy: Documents Available Online
For more information on current research projects, please visit Child Policy Research Area. The documents below are alphabetized by title.
2008
Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Charter Schools
Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Charter Schools: A Summary
Assessing Child Care Quality: How Well Does Colorado's Qualistar Quality Rating Improvement System Work?
Assessing the Validity of the Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating and Improvement System as a Tool for Improving Child-Care Quality
Assistance and Accountability in Externally Managed Schools: The Case of Edison Schools, Inc.
Availability of Drinking Water in California Public Schools
Child-Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems in Five Pioneer States: Implementation Issues and Lessons Learned
Child-Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: What Can We Learn from Early Adopters?
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?
Does the Military Child Care System Serve Its Purpose?
The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children
Essays on Environmental Determinants of Health Behaviors and Outcomes
Evaluating the Spirituality for Kids After-School Program
Extending the Reach of Arts Education
Florida's Middle School Reading Coaches: What Do They Do? Are They Effective?
Implementation of new curriculum arrangements for 14-19 year olds: International comparisons
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: RAND Quarterly Report, October 2008
Options for Improving the Military Child Care System
An Outcome Evaluation of the Spirituality for Kids Program
Policy Insight, Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2008: The Cost-Effectiveness of Education Interventions in Poor Countries
Prepared to Learn: The Nature and Quality of Early Care and Education for Preschool-Age Children in California
Quality of Children's Health Care: Online Video of a Promising Practices Network Policy Luncheon
RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 2008
Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination
Room for Improvement in the Use of High-Quality Preschool Programs for California's Children
Sanctions in the CalWORKs Program
State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: Volume IV -- School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Interim Report
Supporting Literacy Across the Sunshine State: A Study of Florida Middle School Reading Coaches
Teens Who Work Are More Likely to Smoke
Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services Under No Child Left Behind: Progress Toward Implementation
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
2007
Accountability Under No Child Left Behind: Progress Toward Implementation
Acculturation and Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex in Filipino-American Families: A Community-Based Participatory Research Study
Active Parental Consent for a School-Based Community Violence Screening: Comparing Distribution Methods
Adolescent Participation in Preventive Health Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Nutrition: Differences Across Immigrant Generations for Asians and Latinos Compared With Whites
Adolescent Romantic Relationships as Precursors of Healthy Adult Marriages: A Review of Theory, Research, and Programs
Availability of High School Extracurricular Sports Programs and High-Risk Behaviors
Body Image and Children's Mental Health Related Behaviors: Results from the Healthy Passages Study
The Break the Cycle Evaluation Project
Breaking Ground: Analysis of the Assessment System and Impact of Mexico's Teacher Incentive Program "Carrera Magisterial"
"But Others Do It!" Do Misperceptions of Schoolmate Alcohol and Marijuana Use Predict Subsequent Drug Use among Young Adolescents?
Comparing Perceived and Objectively Measured Access to Recreational Facilities as Predictors of Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls
Do Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services Affect Student Achievement?
Does the Economy Affect Teenage Substance Use?
Early Adolescent Exposure to Alcohol Advertising and Its Relationship to Underage Drinking
Early Care and Education in the Golden State: Publicly Funded Programs Serving California's Preschool-Age Children
Effective State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Policy Forum Video
Effects of Interpregnancy Interval and Outcome of the Preceding Pregnancy on Pregnancy Outcomes in Matlab, Bangladesh
Estimating the Global Health Impact of Improved Diagnostic Tools for the Developing World
Evaluating Teacher Quality Under No Child Left Behind
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