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ED417827 PS026387
Title: Quality in Child Care Centers.
Author Affiliation: North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Frank Porter Graham Center.(BBB04365)
Source: Early Childhood & Research Policy Briefs, v1 n1 Sum 1997
Pages: 7
Publication Date: 1997
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Contract No: R307A60004
Report No: ECI-97-9017
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Availability: Gina Harrison, Publications Director, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, CB No. 8185, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8185; phone: 919-966-4221; e-mail: ginaharrison@unc.edu. This brief may also be downloaded from the NCEDL home page at: www.fpg.unc.edu/ncedl/ncedl.html
Language: English
Document Type: Collected works--Serials (022); Information Analysis (070)
Geographic Source: U.S.; North Carolina
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG1998
Millions of
young children in the United States are cared for daily by someone
other than their parents, and a growing number are cared for in
child-care centers. This research and policy brief, a quarterly
synthesis of issues addressed by investigators and affiliates of
the National Center for Early Development & Learning, focuses
on quality in child care centers. The brief addresses issues such
as: (1) What is quality and how can it be measured?; (2) How good
is the quality of child care programs in the United States today?;
and (3) What do we know about the relationships between quality
of child care and outcomes for children? The brief also includes
sections on additional research questions that need to be answered,
and on what policy changes are needed. The brief includes a fact
sheet on quality in child care centers, summarizing the findings
of the larger report. (EV)
Descriptors: Day Care; *Day Care Centers; *Day Care Effects;
Early Childhood Education; Policy Formation; Research Needs; Research
Utilization
Identifiers: *Child Care Needs; *Day Care Quality; Day Care
Regulations; Quality Indicators
