Early Childhood Care and Education Variables

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  State Choices to Promote Quality       State choices to promote quality
  Require one adult for every 10 4-year-olds, and a maximum class size of 20 in child care centers. (2011)1 Allocate state or federal funds for a network of infant/toddler specialists that provide assistance to child care providers. (2010)2 Have an infant/toddler credential. (2010)3 Require through regulation that infants and toddlers in child care centers be assigned a consistent primary caregiver. (2008)4 Have implemented a statewide Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) (2010)5
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National 15 27 21 23 20
Alabama No No No Yes No
Alaska Yes No No Yes No
Arizona No No No Yes No
Connecticut Yes No Yes No No
Delaware No No No No Yes
District of Columbia Yes No No No No
Hawaii No No No Yes No
Idaho No No No No Yes
Louisiana No No No No Yes
Massachusetts Yes No Yes Yes No
Michigan No No No Yes No
Minnesota Yes No No No No
Mississippi No No No No Yes
Missouri No No No Yes No
Nebraska No No No Yes No
Nevada No No No Yes No
New Hampshire No No No Yes No
New Mexico No No No No Yes
Oregon Yes No Yes No No
Rhode Island Yes No No Yes Yes
Texas No No No Yes No
Vermont Yes No No No Yes
Wisconsin No No Yes Yes No
Wyoming No No Yes No No
Arkansas No Yes Yes No No
California No Yes Yes No No
Colorado No Yes Yes No Yes
Florida No Yes No No No
Georgia No Yes Yes No No
Illinois Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Indiana No Yes No Yes Yes
Iowa No Yes No Yes Yes
Kansas No Yes No No No
Kentucky No Yes No No Yes
Maine Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Maryland Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Montana No Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Jersey No Yes Yes Yes No
New York No Yes Yes No No
North Carolina No Yes Yes Yes Yes
North Dakota Yes Yes No No No
Ohio No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oklahoma No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pennsylvania Yes Yes No No Yes
South Carolina No Yes Yes No No
South Dakota Yes Yes Yes No No
Tennessee No Yes No No Yes
Utah No Yes Yes No No
Virginia No Yes Yes No No
Washington Yes Yes No No No
West Virginia No Yes No Yes No
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Data Notes & Sources

  1. National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. 2011.We can do Better: NACCRRA's Ranking of State Child Care Center Regulations and Oversight. http://www.naccrra.org (accessed May 21, 2012).
  2. National Infant and Toddler Child Care Initiative. 2010. Infant/Toddler Specialist Network Fact Sheet . http://nitcci.nccic.acf.hhs.gov (accessed August 3, 2011).
  3. National Infant and Toddler Child Care Initiative. 2010. Infant/Toddler Credential Fact Sheet. Personal Communication.
  4. National Association for Regulatory Administration and the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center. 2010.The 2008 Child Care Licensing Study: Final Report. http://www.naralicensing.org (accessed August 16, 2010).
  5. NCCP contacted the New Hampshire Bright Stars programs and was informed that it is not a QRIS program. NCCP could not find confirmatory evidence beyond NCCIC that DC Gold Stars program is still active. DC Action for Children reported that the district does not have a QRIS program (http://www.dcactionforchildren.org).

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center. 2010 States and Communities Operating, Piloting, or Exploring or Designing a Quality Rating and Improvement System nccic.acf.hhs.gov/qrisresourceguide/?do=qrisstate (accessed August 16, 2010).