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Nores, Milagros; Harmeyer, Erin; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Li, Zijia; Contreras, Carol – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducted a landscape evaluation of early childhood programs in Indiana (IN) between the spring of 2021 and the summer of 2022. Commissioned by Early Learning Indiana (ELI), this study provides Indiana programs and policymakers with research-based information on the quality of a sample of…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness
Corso, Phaedra S.; Ingels, Justin B.; Walcott, Rebecca L. – Administration for Children & Families, 2022
Children develop fastest in their earliest years, and the skills and abilities they develop in those years lay the foundation for their future success. Similarly, early adverse experiences can contribute to poor social, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and health outcomes both in early childhood and later life. Children who grow up in families…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Home Visits, Preschool Children, Child Development
Xue, Yange; Baxter, Cassandra; Jones, Christopher; Shah, Harshini; Caronongan, Pia; Aikens, Nikki; Bandel, Eileen; Cannon, Judy; Schellenberger, Kerry; Defnet, Amy; Vogel, Cheri; Atkins-Burnett, Sally – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Early Head Start provides a comprehensive array of services for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers. The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) 2018 provides a wealth of information about Early Head Start programs, center-based or home-based services, teachers and home visitors, and the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Surveys
Li, Weilin; Duncan, Greg J.; Magnuson, Katherine; Schindler, Holly S.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Leak, Jimmy – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
This paper uses meta-analytic techniques to estimate the separate effects of the starting age, program duration, and persistence of impacts of early childhood education programs on children's cognitive and achievement outcomes. It concentrates on studies published before the wide scale penetration of state-pre-K programs. Specifically, data are…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, School Entrance Age, Time, Program Effectiveness
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2019
The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is the State Lead Agency for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C program for Washington State. Within DCFY, the Part C programmatic home is the Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) program. During Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018),…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Campbell, Fernanda Q.; Patil, Pratima A. – Boston Foundation, 2019
Over the past three years, the Boston Birth to Eight Collaborative has convened more than 200 individuals and organizations from across the early childhood field--center and family-based providers, pediatricians, public health researchers, hospitals, family engagement organizations, and parents--to ensure all children are ready for sustained…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Supply and Demand, Child Care
Murphey, David; Cooper, Mae – Child Trends, 2015
Like all states, Nebraska faces distinct challenges in how it allocates resources to meet the most immediate needs of its citizens while investing responsibly in long-term social and economic growth. This report presents selected indicators that describe the status of infants and toddlers in Nebraska; Often comparable data for the U.S. as a whole…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Trend Analysis, Resource Allocation
Kipnis, Fran; Whitebook, Marcy; Austin, Lea; Sakai, Laura – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2013
The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California, Berkeley, is assisting the New Jersey Council for Young Children (Council) in collecting and analyzing information about the state's early learning professional preparation and development system. The project consists of two phases: a Mapping Phase and a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Quality, Academic Degrees
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Blackorby, Jose; Schiller, Ellen; Mallik, Sangeeta; Hebbeler, Kathleen; Huang, Tracy; Javitz, Harold; Marder, Camille; Nagle, Katherine; Shaver, Debra; Wagner, Mary; Williamson, Cyndi – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
Reported here are the results of analyses to describe the patterns of identification and academic and developmental outcomes for children with disabilities, conducted as part of the 2004 National Assessment of the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This report provides background context for National…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Disability Identification, Infants
Shaw, Evelyn, Comp.; Goode, Sue, Comp. – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2008
This fact sheet provides data on infants, toddlers and young children who are experiencing high stress as a result of a number of risk factors specifically identified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004), including substantiated abuse or neglect, foster care placement, homelessness, exposure to family…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Homeless People, Disabilities, Young Children
Hardin, Belinda J.; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S. – 2001
The Early Learning Accomplishment Profile (Early LAP) provides a systematic method for observing children's functioning in the birth to 36-month age range in order to assist teachers, clinicians, and parents in assessing individual skills development in six developmental domains: gross motor, fine motor, cognition, language, self-help, and social…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Criterion Referenced Tests, Emotional Development
Harrison, Holly – 2001
This final report describes achievements and activities of Project SELF (Supports for Early Learning Foundations), a federally funded project in New Mexico which developed, evaluated, and replicated an innovative model that provides strategies for early interventionists and families to support early learning foundations. The project identified…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Early Intervention