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This report presents results of in-depth interviews with technical assistance providers in 17 states that have statewide QRISs. The results highlight features of quality assistance they are providing as part of a QRIS.

Other Publications

• Linking Home-Based Child Care And State-Funded Preschool
  The Community Connections Preschool Program (Illinois Action for Children)
  Report, May 2011
• Racial Gaps in Early Childhood
  Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys
  Report, May 2011
• Quality in Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care Settings
  Report, May 2011
• Quality Stars NY
  Field Test Evaluation Report
  Report, April 2011
• Putting the Pieces Together
  New York Early Learning Program Data Systems
  Report, February 2011
• State-level Indicators for Social-emotional Development
  Building Better Systems
  Report, February 2011
• Environmental Health in Early Childhood Systems Building
  Opportunities for States
  Brief, December 2010
• Features of Professional Development and On-site Assistance in Child Care Quality Rating Improvement Systems
  A Survey of State-wide Systems
  Report, October 2010
• Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Young Children in the Child Welfare System
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Report, September 2010
• Improving Supports for Parents of Young Children
  State-level Initiatives
  Report, September 2010
• Key Readings on Children’s Development of Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
  Bibliography, July 2010
• An Annotated Bibliography on Children’s Development of Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
  Bibliography, July 2010
• Key Readings on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Bibliography, July 2010
• An Annotated Bibliography on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  July 2010
• Promoting Young Children’s Health and Development
  Taking Stock of State Policies
  Brief, May 2010
• Supporting Parents of Young Children in the Child Welfare System
  Report, February 2010
• A Guide to Understanding State Child Care Subsidy Programs Through Analysis of Public and Non-public Use Datasets
  Bibliography, August 2009
• Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, August 2009
• State-based Home Visiting
  Strengthening Programs Through State Leadership
  Report, March 2009
• Guide to Datasets for Research and Policymaking in Child Care and Early Education
  Bibliography, January 2009
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for Houston's Families
  Fact Sheet, November 2008
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for San Antonio's Families
  Fact Sheet, September 2008
• Present, Engaged, and Accounted For
  The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades
  Report, September 2008
• Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the United States
  Brief, August 2008
• How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling
  Facts for Policymakers
  Fact Sheet, February 2008
• The Influence of Maternal & Family Risk on Chronic Absenteeism in Early Schooling
  Report, January 2008
• Child Care in Colorado
  Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
  Report, November 2007
• A National Portrait of Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades
  Brief, October 2007
• The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings
  Brief, June 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Executive Summary
  Brief, June 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Report, June 2007
• Measuring Quality in Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
  Conceptual and Practical Issues
  Brief, April 2007
• Family Child Care in the United States
  Brief, April 2007
• Assessing Initiatives for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care
  Brief, March 2007
• Promoting Effective Early Learning
  What Every Policymaker and Educator Should Know
  Brief, January 2007
• School-Age Child Care Arrangements
  Brief, October 2006
• Developing Fiscal Analyses and Children’s Budgets to Support ECCS and Children
  Short Take No. 3
  Brief, September 2006
• Effective Preschool Curricula and Teaching Strategies
  Report, September 2006
• Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
  Brief, September 2006
• Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies
  Brief, June 2006
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems that Spend Smarter
  Maximizing Resources to Serve Vulnerable Children
  Report, February 2006
• Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use
  Brief, January 2006
• Resources to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness in Young Children and Families
  A Community Guide
  Report, November 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Arrangements
  Brief, August 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Quality
  Brief, August 2005
• Impact of Training and Education for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers
  Brief, August 2005
• Promoting Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
  Brief, April 2004
• Changing Children’s Trajectories of Development
  Brief, December 2003
• Low Income and the Development of America’s Kindergartners
  Brief, November 2003
• Low Income and Hardship Among America’s Kindergartners
  Brief, September 2003
• Continuity and Stability
  Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use in Oregon
  Report, August 2002
• The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use
  A Collaborative Study of Five States
  Report, August 2002
• Ready to Enter
  What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children
  Report, July 2002