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EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
The focus on children’s development starts at birth and continues through early elementary school. We examine the multiple dimensions of children’s development, including early language and literacy, social skills and emotions, motivation, general cognition, and physical health and motor skills.
We also look at how early care environments contribute to children's development. We study:
- the features of high-quality environments
- professional development for the early care and education workforce
- effective strategies for improving the quality of children’s early experiences, both at home and in child care
The Early Childhood Highlights series is intended to provide a snapshot of the latest research on early childhood released by Child Trends and other leading researchers working on young children’s issues.
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Research Briefs
Home Visiting Application Process: A Guide for Planning State Needs Assessments
A guide to help states apply for federal home visiting grants. It outlines key steps for completing the grant application process and provides national and state-level data useful to applicants conducting needs assessments, identifying high-risk populations, and selecting and measuring benchmarks.
Child Trends
June 30, 2010
A Review of School Readiness Practices in the States: Early Learning Guidelines and Assessments
Research on the importance of the early childhood years has compelled states to support children’s school readiness. This brief provides an overview of states’ Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs) and school readiness assessments.
Sarah Daily; Mary Burkhauser; Tamara Halle
June 2010
Early Head Start: Research Findings
This brief summarizes findings from a number of studies, including the Congressionally mandated Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a rigorous, large-scale, random-assignment evaluation, which concluded that Early Head Start makes a positive difference for children and families in terms of school success, family self-sufficiency, and parental support of child development.
Child Trends
May 10, 2010
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education
Research suggests that high quality early care and education programs can have a significant impact on improving the cognitive, academic and social skills for all children, especially those most at risk for later school failure. A number of states are developing Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) to assess and improve the quality of early care and education programs for children ages birth to five and older.
Child Trends
May 10, 2010
Evaluating, Developing, and Enhancing Domain-Specific Measures of Child Care Quality
Nicole Forry; Jessica Vick; Tamara Halle
May 2009
Early Care and Education Quality and Child Outcomes
Peg Burchinal; Kirsten Kainz; Karen Cai; Kathryn Tout; Martha Zaslow; Ivelisse Martinez-Beck;
Colleen Rathgeb
May 2009
Multiple Purposes for Measuring Quality in Early Childhood Settings: Implications for Collecting and Communicating Information on Quality
Martha Zaslow; Kathryn Tout; Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry
May 2009
What We Know and Don’t Know About Measuring Quality in Early Childhood and School-Age Care and Education Settings
Child Trends
May 2009
Issues for the Next Decade of Child Care Quality Rating Systems
Kathryn Tout; Martha Zaslow; Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry
May 2009
Child Care Use by Low-Income Families: Variations Across States
Laura Lippman; Sharon Vandivere; Julie Keith; Astrid Atienza
June 2008
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Executive Summaries & Full Reports
Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures (Second Edition)
Tamara Halle; Jessica Vick Whittaker; Rachel Anderson (Project Managers)
March 2010
This report was written to provide a consistent framework with which to review the existing measures of the quality of early care and education settings. The aim is to provide uniform information about quality measures. It is hoped that such information will be useful to researchers and practitioners, and help to inform the measurement of quality for policy-related purposes.
Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (Executive Summary)
Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry; Elizabeth Hair; Kate Perper;
Laura Wandner; Julia Wessel; Jessica Vick
June 2009
Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (Full Report)
Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry; Elizabeth Hair; Kate Perper;
Laura Wandner; Julia Wessel; and Jessica Vick
June 2009
Early Childhood Predictors of Early School Success: A Selected Review of the Literature
Susmita Pati; Kyleen Hashim; Brett Brown; Alex Fiks; Christopher B. Forrest
May 2009
Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures
Tamara Halle; Jessica Vick
November 2007
See also Early Childhood Measures Profile
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Speeches, Presentations & Briefings
Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota’s Pilot Quality Rating System - Key Findings from the Year 2 Evaluation Report
Kathryn Tout
Early Childhood Caucus Briefing
January 20, 2010
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Other Publications
Emerging Research on Early Childhood Professional Development
Martha Zaslow - Kathryn Tout - Tamara Halle - Jessica E. Vick Whittaker - Bridgett Lavelle. In Preparing Teachers for the Early Childhood Classroom: Proven Models and Key Principles. Susan B. Neuman, Michael L. Kamil, Eds. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. August 31, 2010. This book covers the major issues faced by those who are creating early childhood professional development systems. Read more...
The Impact of Child Care Subsidies on Low-Income Single Parents: An Examination of Child Care Expenditures and Family Finances
N. D. Forry. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 30(1), 43-54, March 2009. Read more...
Food Insecurity During Infancy: Implications for Attachment and Mental Proficiency in Toddlerhood
M. Zaslow - J. Bronte-Tinkew - R. Capps - A. Horowitz - K.A. Moore - D. Weinstein. Maternal and Child Health Journal
. 2008. Read more...
Head Start and Early Head Start as an Evolving Model
M. Zaslow. Infants & Young Children, 21(1), 4-17. January-March 2008. Read more...
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