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Powell, Anna; Montoya, Elena; Austin, Lea J. E.; Kim, Yoonjeon; Muruvi, Wanzi; Copeman Petig, Abby – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2023
Early care and education (ECE) programs for children prior to kindergarten in California are provided through a mixed delivery system that includes licensed home- and center-based programs as well as school settings. The requirements, experience, and supports for educators vary widely across settings, depending more on funding sources and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Bantum, Camilla Nancy Phillips – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the influence of campus-based and online-based community college developmental English courses on two student success factors: course persistence and course success. Retrospective data on all first year California community college students enrolled in developmental English courses between 2008 and 2011 were analyzed for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Teaching Methods
Trimm, Maureen – 1977
The Mountain-Valley Library System (MVLS), a cooperative of 19 public and academic libraries in nine northern California counties, performed a cost study of its interlibrary delivery system during fall, 1977. This report discusses the results of item count for all 62,000 materials handled in the system during a two-month sample period and projects…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Bellm, Dan; Burton, Alice; Whitebook, Marcy; Broatch, Linda; Young, Marci P. – 2002
In response to increasing concerns about preparing young children to succeed in the primary grades, many states have increased their investment in prekindergarten programs over the past decade. Noting that increased demand for prekindergarten education coincides with a staffing shortage in the early care and education, this study documented the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration), Delivery Systems, Educational Policy
Warner, Donna D.; And Others – 1979
Findings from the evaluation of the AB 3059 alternative child care programs are presented in this report. (AB 3059 child care programs were mandated by the California legislature in 1976 with the goals of assessing features that might reduce child care costs, ensuring maximum parental choice among facilities, addressing unmet child care needs…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care
Michalopoulos, Charles; Schwartz, Christine – 2000
The impacts of 20 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine which clients derive the greatest benefits from different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. Of the 20 programs examined, 7 were characterized as employment focused, 5 provided a mix of first activities without an employment focus, 4…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
Hamilton, Gayle; Freedman, Stephen; et al. – 2001
The 5-year impacts of mandatory welfare-to-work programs on welfare recipients and their children were examined by using a rigorous research design called a social experiment to examine 11 welfare-to-work programs in 6 states (California, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Oregon). Four employment-focused and seven education-focused programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Care, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis