2012-05-24T14:09:20Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/preschool-children.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB647.html May 1, 2012 May 1, 2012

This briefing uses existing statewide and county data to provide California early care and education quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) planners and other stakeholders with important information about some fundamentals of the proposed QRIS rating scheme that could inform California's QRIS design in advance of field-based pilot efforts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1188.html Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

California has taken steps to implement components of a comprehensive professional development system for its early child education workforce. However, further advances are needed and more information is required to identify possible inefficiencies in the current system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP356.html Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

Uses two sources of representative data, the 2005 National Household Education Survey and the 2007 RAND California Preschool Study, to describe 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP364.html Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

Better child outcomes are the ultimate goal of early care and education (ECE) quality improvement (QI) efforts, but assessing these outcomes is difficult and rarely done. This study identifies five strategies for incorporating child assessments into the design, implementation, and evaluation of QI initiatives such as quality rating and improvement systems. The study assesses the merits of each strategy and offers guidance for its use.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9638.html Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

Offers recommendations for improving the education and training of California's early childhood workforce.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9639.html Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT372.html Feb 16, 2012 Feb 16, 2012

The earliest years of a child's life are critical to physical, socio-emotional, behavioral, and cognitive development. High quality early education can improve readiness and success in school, particularly for disadvantaged children, but access to such programs is uneven.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120010.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR856.html Mar 25, 2011 Mar 25, 2011

A focus on children, whose ideas are still being developed, may be more effective in promoting tolerance and critical thinking in the Arabic–speaking world than efforts directed toward adults, whose attitudes are already established.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR947.html Mar 15, 2011 Mar 15, 2011

In 2008, the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation created the Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program, a pilot program to provide families with scholarships to cover the cost of high-quality early childhood education (ECE) programs. This report provides detailed cost and program data for a sample of 12 ECE programs participating in the scholarship program, including the per-child per-hour cost for participation of children in the programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9581.html Mar 15, 2011 Mar 15, 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.

http://www.rand.org/labor/projects/ca_preschool.html Sep 24, 2010 Sep 24, 2010

The California Preschool Study sought to understand achievement gaps among the state's children, whether existing preschool education programs is adequate, and what efficiencies could be achieved through public funding of early childhood education.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD258.html Jan 25, 2010 Jan 25, 2010

<p>Explores why Hispanic children are enrolled in preschools and early childhood centers in lesser proportions than children of other races and ethnicities.</p>

http://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2010/01/25/promising_practices_related_to_child_care_quality.html Jan 24, 2010 Jan 24, 2010

In a Webinar held on December 9th 2009, child policy experts discussed the latest research related to child care quality and the implications of the findings for policy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100023.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/05/28.html May 28, 2009 May 28, 2009

California can improve its early childhood education system in an era of fiscal crisis and lay the foundation for improving access and quality in the future when more resources are available.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG889.html May 27, 2009 May 27, 2009

<p>In an era of fiscal crisis, California can still improve access and quality in its early childhood education system through low-cost improvements, such as adopting efficiencies and better use of existing resources. Such measures will also allow the system to lay the foundation for greater improvements in the future when more resources are available.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9452.html May 20, 2009 May 20, 2009

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9427.html Mar 27, 2009 Mar 27, 2009

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090328.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>The aim of the study was to uncover early childhood educators' beliefs about how to best work with children getting ready for kindergarten.</p>