Sources on Quality Child Care

This page offers sources to complement the Inform fact sheet entitled Benefits of Quality Child-Care Environments (released December 2004):

• Burchinal, Margaret, Debby Cryer, Richard Clifford, and Carollee Howes. 2002. "Caregiver training and classroom quality in child care centers.” Applied Developmental Science 6 (1): 2-12.

• Child Welfare League of America. 2004. Child Care and Development: Facts and Figures. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America, Retrieved September 2004.
  http://www.cwla.org/programs/daycare/facts.htm

• Clarke-Stewart, K.A. et al., 2002. “Do regulable features of child-care homes affect children’s development?” Early Childhood Research Quarterly 17: 52-86.

• Fiene, Richard. 2002. Thirteen indicators of quality child care: research update. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved September 2004.
  http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/ccquality-ind02

• National Center for Early Development & Learning. 1997. “Quality in child care centers.” Chapel Hill: National Center for Early Development & Learning, Retrieved September 2004.
  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/PDFs/facts1_1.pdf

• National Women’s Law Center. 2004. "Child care providers: Increasing compensation raises women’s wages and improves child care quality.” Washington, DC: National Women’s Law Center, Retrieved September 2004.
  http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/WomenAsProvidersFactSheet2004.pdf

• NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. 1999. “Child outcomes when child care center classes meet recommended standards for quality.” American Journal of Public Health 89 (7): 1072-1077.

• Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen, Margaret Burchinal, Richard Clifford, Mary Culkin, Carollee Howes, Sharon Kagan, and Noreen Yazejian. 2001. “The relation of pre-school child-care quality to children’s cognitive and social development trajectories through second grade.” Child Development 72 (5): 1534-1553.

• Todd, Christine. 2001. “The NICHD child care study results: What do they mean for parents, child-care professionals, employers, and decision-makers?” Ames, Iowa: National Network for Child Care, Retrieved October 2004.
  http://www.nncc.org/Research/NICHD.ECIresponse.html