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 Require one adult for every four 18-month-olds, and a maximum class size of eight 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 early learning standards or developmental guidelines for infants and toddlers. (2010)3 Have an infant/toddler credential. (2010)4 Require through regulation that infants and toddlers in child care centers be assigned a consistent primary caregiver. (2008)5 Have implemented a statewide Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) (2010)6
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National 15 7 27 33 21 23 20
Alabama No No No Yes No Yes No
Alaska Yes No No Yes No Yes No
Arkansas No No Yes Yes Yes No No
California No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Connecticut Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
Delaware No No No Yes No No Yes
District of Columbia Yes No No Yes No No No
Florida No No Yes Yes No No No
Georgia No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Idaho No No No Yes No No Yes
Indiana No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Iowa No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Kansas No No Yes Yes No No No
Kentucky No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Louisiana No No No Yes No No Yes
Maine Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Maryland Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Michigan No No No Yes No Yes No
Minnesota Yes No No Yes No No No
Mississippi No No No Yes No No Yes
Nebraska No No No Yes No Yes No
New Hampshire No No No Yes No Yes No
New Mexico No No No Yes No No Yes
North Carolina No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
North Dakota Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Ohio No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oregon Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
Pennsylvania Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Tennessee No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Virginia No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Washington Yes No Yes Yes No No No
West Virginia No No Yes Yes No Yes No
Wisconsin No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Arizona No No No No No Yes No
Colorado No No Yes No Yes No Yes
Hawaii No No No No No Yes No
Illinois Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Massachusetts Yes No No No Yes Yes No
Missouri No Yes No No No Yes No
Montana No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Nevada No No No No No Yes No
New Jersey No No Yes No Yes Yes No
New York No No Yes No Yes No No
Oklahoma No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Rhode Island Yes No No No No Yes Yes
South Carolina No No Yes No Yes No No
South Dakota Yes No Yes No Yes No No
Texas No No No No No Yes No
Utah No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Vermont Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Wyoming No No No No Yes No 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 InitativeInfant/Toddler Early Learning Guidelines Factsheet. 2010. http://main.zerotothree.org (accessed July 26, 2011).
  4. National Infant and Toddler Child Care Initiative. 2010. Infant/Toddler Credential Fact Sheet. Personal Communication.
  5. 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).
  6. 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).