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 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 7 27 21 23 20
Wyoming No No No Yes No No
Wisconsin No Yes No Yes Yes No
West Virginia No No Yes No Yes No
Washington Yes No Yes No No No
Virginia No No Yes Yes No No
Vermont Yes Yes No No No Yes
Utah No Yes Yes Yes No No
Texas No No No No Yes No
Tennessee No No Yes No No Yes
South Dakota Yes No Yes Yes No No
South Carolina No No Yes Yes No No
Rhode Island Yes No No No Yes Yes
Pennsylvania Yes No Yes No No Yes
Oregon Yes Yes No Yes No No
Oklahoma No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ohio No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
North Dakota Yes Yes Yes No No No
North Carolina No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
New York No No Yes Yes No No
New Mexico No No No No No Yes
New Jersey No No Yes Yes Yes No
New Hampshire No No No No Yes No
Nevada No No No No Yes No
Nebraska No No No No Yes No
Montana No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Missouri No Yes No No Yes No
Mississippi No No No No No Yes
Minnesota Yes No No No No No
Michigan No No No No Yes No
Massachusetts Yes No No Yes Yes No
Maryland Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Maine Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Louisiana No No No No No Yes
Kentucky No No Yes No No Yes
Kansas No No Yes No No No
Iowa No No Yes No Yes Yes
Indiana No No Yes No Yes Yes
Illinois Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Idaho No No No No No Yes
Hawaii No No No No Yes No
Georgia No No Yes Yes No No
Florida No No Yes No No No
District of Columbia Yes No No No No No
Delaware No No No No No Yes
Connecticut Yes Yes No Yes No No
Colorado No No Yes Yes No Yes
California No No Yes Yes No No
Arkansas No No Yes Yes No No
Arizona No No No No Yes No
Alaska Yes No No No Yes No
Alabama No No No 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).