This report presents findings from an impact evaluation and implementation study of the Seeds to Success Modified Field Test, a child care quality rating and improvement system in Washington State.

Focuses on key design issues and methods relevant for understanding the substantive analyses.

This literature review is one of multiple components to the Child Care and Early Education Quality Features, Thresholds and Dosage and Child Outcomes (Q-DOT) project. This project, which is examining evidence and providing new data on the relationship between the quality of early care settings...

This report presents findings from an impact evaluation and implementation study of the Seeds to Success Modified Field Test, a child care quality rating and improvement system in Washington State.

Assessment is fundamentally a positive process that holds the potential for enhancing teaching and improving learning. This chapter provides an analytical discussion of the field by adhering to the National Education Goals Panel typology that categorizes four uses or roles for assessment in the...

This article examined home learning environments in a sample of 1,852 low-income families and their children at ages 1, 2, 3, and 5 years. The study found enriched learning experiences as early as 15 months are important to children's vocabulary growth and provide a foundation for children's...