Our Recent Publications and Datasets

Materials for Webinar on Family-Provider Relationships in Early Care and Education

On December 8th, 2011 Research Connections in coordination with the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Child Trends, Bank Street College of Education, Erikson Institute, and Westat organized a webinar on Family Provider Relationships in Early Care and Education. The purpose of the webinar was to provide an overview of theory, empirical research, and the current state of measurement and standards related to family provider relationships. A conceptual model and the results of a review of existing measurement tools produced as part of the Family-Provider Relationship Quality (FPRQ) project was presented. Additionally, the webinar provided an overview of early care and education standards related to family-provider relationships and discussed the implications of the findings for technical assistance efforts. Presenters on the webinar included:

  • Juliet Bromer, Erikson Institute 
  • Nikki Forry, Child Trends 
  • Toni Porter, Bank Street College of Education 
  • Nancy Geyelin Margie, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families 
  • Vernessa Gipson, The National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement
Materials

2012-01-17

Child Care Subsidy Administration: An Updated Key Topic Resource List

In this updated edition, Research Connections added new resources on child care subsidy administration as well as an overview on the topic. The search results are grouped in four broad areas:     

  • Child care subsidy administration    
  • Child care subsidy access and use    
  • Coordination of child care subsidies and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and other federal support programs    
  • Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) database 

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2011-12-13

CCDF Policies Database 2009

The CCDF Policies Database project is a comprehensive, up-to-date database of inter-related sources of CCDF policy information that support the needs of a variety of audiences through (1) Analytic Data Files and (2) a Book of Tables. These are made available to researchers, administrators, and policymakers with the goal of addressing important questions concerning the effects of alternative child care subsidy policies and practices on the children and families served, specifically parental employment and self-sufficiency, the availability and quality of care, and children’s development.  

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2011-11-15

The 2008 Child Care Licensing Study Dataset

Research Connections released The 2008 Child Care Licensing Study dataset. This study reports two aspects of child care licensing from 2008 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia: state child care licensing programs and policies and child care center licensing regulations. It focuses on the processes and policies in each state related to staffing for the licensing program, monitoring facilities, and enforcement of licensing regulations.  Data can be analyzed online or downloaded directly to your computer.    

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2011-11-01

Fellows Webinar on Dual Language Learners

Research Connections recently held a webinar for its Fellows, titled, "What does the research tell us about Dual Language Learners?" Researchers from the Center for Early Care and Education Research: Dual Language Learners project, based at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, presented findings from their critical reviews of the literature on the language and literacy development, and socio-emotional development of young dual language learners. Additionally, they presented the results of a secondary data analysis looking at factors associated with the development of young dual language learners. 

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2011-11-01

2010 Child Care Policy Research Consortium (CCPRC) Meeting Materials

The Child Care Policy Research Consortium is a national alliance of research projects sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Consortium's purpose is to increase the national capacity for sound child care research, identify and respond to critical issues, and link child care research with policy and practice. The Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Meeting was held October 21-22 2010, in Washington D.C. Pre-sessions were held on October 20. Materials from the conference include a summary of each session along with Powerpoint presentations. 

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2011-10-19

Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Study

The EHSRE Study is a rigorous, large-scale, random-assignment evaluation that includes an implementation study, an impact study and local research projects.  Its findings are based on a mixture of direct child assessments, observations of children's behavior by in-person interviewers, ratings of videotaped parent-child interactions in standardized ways, ratings of children's behaviors by their parents, and parents' self-reports of their own behaviors, attitudes, and circumstances.  The project was funded by the Office of Planning Research and Evaluation in three waves.  The Congressionally-mandated Birth to Three Phase (1996-2001) included an Implementation Study, an Impact Evaluation that investigated program impacts on children and families through their time in the program, and local research projects. In 2001, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) funded the Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up Phase (2001-2004) to build upon the earlier research and follow the children and families who were in the original study from the time they left the Early Head Start program until they entered kindergarten. In 2005, ACF funded the Elementary School Follow-up Phase (2005-2010) to again build upon earlier research and follow the children and families from the original study while the children are in fifth grade, or attending their sixth year of formal schooling.  Data files from all three phases are now available for secondary analysis.  

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2011-10-19

Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Massachusetts Family Child Care Study

The Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies is a multi-site, multi-year effort to determine whether and how different child care subsidy policies and procedures and quality improvement efforts help low-income parents obtain and hold onto jobs and improve outcomes for children. The Massachusetts Family Child Care Study was designed to examine the impacts on providers and children of an early childhood education program aimed at improving the development and learning opportunities in the care settings and, as a consequence, the outcomes for children in care. The data are provided in four data sets, one file containing data on the providers, a baseline observations file and two annual follow ups and they can be analyzed online and/or downloaded from our website.  

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2011-10-19

Materials from Webinar on Connecting the Research Community and State Early Childhood Advisory Councils

Research Connections recently held a Webinar on Connecting the Research Community and State Early Childhood Advisory Councils. The Webinar provided examples of state early childhood advisory councils that have established connections with their state research communities and are applying research in their decision making.

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2011-07-18

Early Care and Education Collaboration: A Key Topic Resource List

Research Connections conducted a comprehensive search of its collection for resources focused on early care and education collaboration. This Key Topic Resource List includes an overview of the literature, as well as a listing of selected resources on the topic. Search results are grouped into three broad areas:

  • Resource List on:
    • Defining, Measuring, and Evaluating Collaboration 
    • Collaboration and Early Care and Education Programs 
    • Evaluations of Collaborations in Early Care and Education
  •  Create Updated Search Results

2011-07-18

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study [United States]: Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999, Kindergarten-Eighth Grade Full Sample

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999, Kindergarten-Eighth Grade Full Sample Data Collection focuses on children's early school experiences beginning with kindergarten through eighth grade. It is a nationally representative sample that collects information from children, their families, their teachers, and their schools.   ECLS-K K-8 provides data about the effects of a wide range of family, school, community, and individual variables on children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development, their early learning and early performance in school, as well as their home environment, home educational practices, school environment, classroom environment, classroom curriculum, and teacher qualifications. Included in the data file are all waves of collection: kindergarten, first, third, fifth, and eighth grade. Unlike the public-use longitudinal files released in previous rounds, this file contains all data for all ECLS-K sample cases that have been publicly released in any of the rounds. Thus, it can be used for within-year (cross-sectional) analyses of any round of data collection and cross-year (longitudinal) analyses of combinations of rounds.   

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2011-06-16

Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Illinois Site Public Use Files, 2005-2006

The Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies is a multi-site, multi-year effort to determine whether and how different child care subsidy policies and procedures and quality improvement efforts help low-income parents obtain and hold onto jobs and improve outcomes for children. The Illinois site of the Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies was designed to test the impact of increased income eligibility and an extended redetermination period on various child care and economic outcomes (such as type of care used, stability of child care arrangements, earnings, employment, etc.). In a follow-up survey, respondents were asked a series of questions about the following topics: Child Care Arrangements; Child Care Reliability and Flexibility, Satisfaction with the Care, and Costs; Employment; Major Life Events; and Income. Data files are now available for download for the Illinois site. In addition, these data are available for analysis online.  

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2011-06-16

Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies: Washington Site Public Use Files, 2005

The Evaluation of Child Care Subsidy Strategies is a multi-site, multi-year effort to determine whether and how different child care subsidy policies and procedures and quality improvement efforts help low-income parents obtain and hold onto jobs and improve outcomes for children. The Washington evaluation was designed to test the impact of changing parental copayment levels on various child care and economic outcomes (such as type of care used, earnings, employment, etc). In the evaluation, study participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: (1) a control group assigned to the standard copayment schedule, and (2) a program group assigned to an alternative copayment schedule, which had copayment amounts that were equal to or lower than standard copayment schedule amounts. Data files are now available for download for the Washington site. In addition, these data are available for analysis online.    

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2011-06-16

Review of Research: Quality in Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care Settings

This review examines the current research related to the quality of family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care, including structural and process quality in FFN child care settings, parental perceptions of FFN care, and the relationship between FFN care and child outcome.

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2011-05-11

Head Start Impact Study Online Training and Q & A

The Head Start Impact Study (HSIS) is a national, longitudinal study that involves approximately 5,000 three and four year old preschool children across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies and is aimed at determining how Head Start affects the school readiness of children participating in the program as compared to children not enrolled in Head Start and under which conditions Head Start works best and for which children.

The conversation begins Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1-3 p.m. (EST) with a live data training via webinar at which you will have the opportunity to ask questions. It continues Thursday & Friday, February 24-25 where you can

  • Ask the experts additional questions
  • View the recorded webinar and post questions and comments. Then Westat will respond publicly to continue the conversation.
  • Comment and receive feedback on Data User Tips and other useful information that will be posted to stir further discussions about the HSIS.

Chat with the experts, share ideas, participate in the HSIS data community, ask questions--all from the convenience of your computer. It's easy, free, and open to all.

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2011-01-28