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Quality Initiatives
National, State, or local initiatives that increase access to quality programs by providing parent education/consumer education and quality enhancements or improvements, including training and technical assistance; grants, scholarships, and other financial incentives; and other supports.
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The Library collection contains summaries and availability information for published documents of interest to policymakers, administrators, practitioners, researchers and other members of the child care community. Links to full-text publications about child care and school-age issues are provided when available.
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| Alaska's Children. | This report by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development examines the Welfare to Work reform. Counting the number of families who no longer receive welfare benefits does not tell the whole... [view more] | Library |
| Alaska Department of Education and Early Development: Alaska Five Star Child Care Rating Scales: September 22, 2002 | This document describes the Alaska Five Star Child Care Rating Scale, a comprehensive description of quality indicators in the areas of child care program, administrator qualifications, administrator and... [view more] | Library |
Aligning Assessment To Guide the Learning of All Students (PDF) 
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This publication is a collection of new research reports that build upon progress in the use of alignment systems in K-12 education. Educators, policy-makers, and researchers at the national, State, and... [view more] | Library |
| Alive and Well? A Research and Policy Review of Health Programs for Poor Young Children | Focusing on families with children under the age of 6 years whose incomes fall below the federal poverty level, this monograph provides the first comprehensive overview and assessment of the literature... [view more] | Library |
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All Children Ready for School Success: Closing the Preparation Gap (HTML)
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An Initiative to Improve Wisconsin Child Care Quality (PDF)
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This brief examined whether the Early Childhood Excellence Initiative raised the quality of care for Wisconsin’s low-income children. The classroom quality of 28 early care and education Centers for Excellence... [view more] | Library |
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Annual Report to the General Assembly: The Status of Child Care in Connecticut; Situación del Cuidado Infantil en Connecticut (PDF)
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This document presents the Connecticut Department of Social Services’ annual child care report for SFY 2002-2003 in both Spanish and English. The report describes several early childhood initiatives that... [view more] | Library |
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Annual Report to the Governor of Iowa: Early Access for Children and Families (PDF)
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This annual report by the Iowa Council for Early ACCESS presents the efforts of the Council and the Early ACCESS system that occurred July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002. The Early ACCESS system is the... [view more] | Library |
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State Investments in Family Support: Appendix D (HTML)
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This appendix from The Future of Children report describes State approaches to family support services. Despite their diversity, family support programs typically have some or all of the following components:... [view more] | Library |
| Apprenticeship Guidelines and Procedures Manual | This manual describes the guidelines and procedures of the Arkansas Child Care Apprenticeship Program (ACCAP). The manual is essential to forming an organized, quality program for child care apprentices.... [view more] | Library |
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