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EJ631454 PS532030
Title: Effects of a Community Initiative on the Quality of Child Care.
Author(s): Bryant, Donna M.; Maxwell, Kelly L.; Burchinal, Margaret
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v14 n4 p449-64 1999
Publication Date: 1999
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB2002
Examined effects of Smart Start, a broad-based community initiative, on the quality of child care for North Carolina preschoolers. Found that care quality, as measured by the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, was significantly higher in 1996 than in 1994. Child care quality in 1996 was related to the number of local quality improvement activities in which centers participated. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *Community Programs; *Day Care; Day Care Centers; Longitudinal Studies; Preschool Children; Program Evaluation; *Program
Improvement
Identifiers: *Day Care Quality; *Smart Start NC
