Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 5 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 9 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 66 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
| Anne Douglass | 2 |
| Baker, Stephen | 2 |
| Banghart, Patti | 2 |
| Del Grosso, Patricia | 2 |
| Edie, Dave | 2 |
| Kathryn Tout | 2 |
| Mekos, Debra | 2 |
| Nogales, Renee | 2 |
| Paulsell, Diane | 2 |
| Spielberger, Julie | 2 |
| Winje, Carolyn | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 84 |
| Journal Articles | 16 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 4 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Collected Works - Serial | 1 |
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Education Level
| Early Childhood Education | 57 |
| Preschool Education | 23 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| Higher Education | 2 |
| Adult Basic Education | 1 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 3 |
| Policymakers | 2 |
| Researchers | 1 |
| Students | 1 |
Location
| Florida | 4 |
| Illinois | 4 |
| California | 3 |
| New York | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 |
| Colorado | 2 |
| Delaware | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| Indiana | 2 |
| Kentucky | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Temporary Assistance for… | 4 |
| Personal Responsibility and… | 2 |
| Child Care and Development… | 1 |
| Head Start | 1 |
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Infant Toddler Environment… | 2 |
| ACT Assessment | 1 |
| Early Childhood Environment… | 1 |
| Program for International… | 1 |
| Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textAnne Douglass; Kelly Maxwell; Kathryn Tout – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2023
State and territory child care and early education (CCEE) leaders typically support a range of professional development (PD) opportunities for CCEE providers. This highlight presents the "Professional Development Matrix for Quality Improvement" created by Douglass, Tout, and Doyle. The matrix provides a framework for organizing and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Professional Development, Educational Strategies
Mathematica, 2022
Researchers, federal and state policy leaders and administrators, and center directors all seek to understand what drives high quality Early Care and Education (ECE). The Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education, or ICHQ (pronounced I-check) project, led by Mathematica and funded by the Office of Planning,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Anne Douglass; Kathryn Tout; Stephanie Doyle – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2021
Early care and education (ECE) leaders often consider new content, curricula, and models to include in their quality improvement (QI) toolkit. The Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) centers equity in its approach to engaging staff at all levels in an ECE program. It is a promising approach for center-based ECE programs (with the potential to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Educational Quality
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2019
The number of family child care (FCC) providers in the U.S. is declining at an alarming rate. From 2011 to 2017, there was a 35% decrease in FCC homes (National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, 2019). Considering the substantial portion of child care that is represented in home-based child care (HBCC), a heightened level of concern is…
Descriptors: Child Care, Family Environment, Networks, Role
Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority, 2019
This document offers a summary of key findings and learnings from a preliminary evaluation of the Quality Support Program (QSP) by Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA). The QSP is an initiative of the NSW Department of Education Early Childhood Education Directorate (NSW DoE) involving the delivery by ACECQA of free…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewed
Direct linkFick, Fiona; Muhajarine, Nazeem – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2019
Realist evaluation (RE) is increasingly adopted to assess the effectiveness of social programs. RE goes beyond measurement of outcomes, providing insight into how and why programs work by focusing on how participants experience and respond to programs within certain contexts. A RE was conducted on Healthy Start-Départ Santé (HSDS), an early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Theories, Program Effectiveness
Liss, Emmy; Wallack, Josh; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Frede, Ellen – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
Over the last several years, a growing number of cities have invested in early care and education for 3- and 4-year-old children, known as "preschool." This paper aims to aid cities in planning preschool programs by outlining a range of factors to consider. We largely do not make recommendations, but rather try to identify a range of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Development, Governance, Program Administration
Fari, Ann-Marie; Hawkinson, Laura; Greenberg, Ariela; Loney, Emily – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2016
In 2012 Michigan implemented Great Start to Quality, a voluntary quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) that uses a multidimensional assessment system to rate the quality of early childhood education programs. Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest examined how changes to Great Start to Quality's rating calculation approach that were…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement
Trube, Mary Barbara – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2015
This report focuses on the Association for Childhood Education International's (ACEI) Global Guidelines (GG) and Global Guidelines Assessment (GGA), which were developed in response to and in keeping with the prominence that the issue of quality early childhood care, development, and education has reached globally. Further, the paper positions the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Guidelines
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2021
Second Substitute Senate Bill 5903 (2019) directed the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to contract with an organization providing coaching services to early achievers program participants, i.e., Child Care Aware of Washington (CCA WA), to provide statewide Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMH-C) to Early…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Early Intervention, Infants, Toddlers
Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
The Illinois Child Care Collaboration Program promotes collaboration between child care and other early care and education providers, including Early Head Start (EHS), by creating policies to ease blending of funds to extend the day or year of existing services. While no funding is provided through the initiative, participating programs may take…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Policy
Morgan, Gwen; Mitchell, Anne – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2012
Ideas are not one-time "Eureka" moments, but are parts of concepts progressing forward. Sometimes years pass before ideas are implemented. They then resurface, connect with other ideas, and move policies ahead. Meanwhile, the idea remains alive in the field, influencing decisions and goals. Ideas build on one another when implemented. The field of…
Descriptors: Child Care, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Professional Development
Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
Missouri's Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Project expands access to Early Head Start (EHS) services for children birth to age 3 by developing partnerships between federal Head Start, EHS contractors, and child care providers. Head Start and EHS contractors that participate in the initiative provide services through community child care…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, State Programs, Child Care
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2011
"Research Connections" conducted a comprehensive search of its collection for resources focused on early care and education (ECE) collaboration. This Key Topic Resource List includes an overview of the ECE collaboration literature, as well as a listing of selected resources on the topic. Search results are grouped into three broad areas:…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance, Public Education
Edie, Dave – Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, 2011
YoungStar is a program of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) created to improve the quality of child care for Wisconsin children. YoungStar is designed to: (1) Evaluate and rate the quality of care given by child care providers; (2) Help parents choose the best child care for their kids; (3) Support providers with tools and training to…
Descriptors: Parents, Child Care, Young Children, Child Caregivers
