Early Care & Education Report: Works Cited

A study published by the Goodman Research Group in March 2009 titled "A Study of Early Care and Education in Vermont" was used as a foundation for much of the research included in the Early Care & Education report. Click here to download a copy of the Goodman study*. For all other sources included in the report, please refer to the works cited below. 

*Please note: Given the dynamic nature of the field, we are aware that the child care subsidy, early childhood spending, and child care provider case study budget sections of the Goodman study may already contain some outdated data.

Nurturing Our Youngest Vermonters

1. Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University. “InBrief: The Science of Early Brain Development.” Online at: http://developingchild.harvard.edu/library/briefs/.
2. National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. “Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications.” Online at: http://nieer.org/resources/research/PreschoolLastingEffects.pdf. 2008.
3. The New York Times. “The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers.” Online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/business/economy/28leonhardt.html. July 2010. 
4. Calman, Leslie J. and Linda Tarr-Whelan. “Early Childhood Education for All: A Wise Investment.” Online at: http://web.mit.edu/workplacecenter/docs/Full%20Report.pdf. April 2005.
5. Eric I. Knudsen, James J. Heckman, Judy L. Cameron, and Jack P. Shonkoff. “Economic, Neurobiological, and Behavioral Perspectives on Building America’s Future Workforce.” Online at: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/27.toc. July 2006.

A Window of Opportunity (sidebar)

A Commitment to Vermont’s Workforce (sidebar)

1. Vermont Business Roundtable website: http://vtroundtable.org/pre-k-vermont/.
2. Ventriss, Lisa. Personal Interview. August 2010. 

Looking for Quality (sidebar)

1. The Permanent Fund for the Well-Being of Vermont Children & the A.D. Henderson Foundation. Online at: http://www.permanentfund.org/ and http://www.hendersonfdn.or

 The Landscape of Early Care and Education

1. Goodman Research Group, Inc. “A Study of Early Care and Education in Vermont.” March 2009. 
2. Department for Children and Families - Bright Futures Information System. Accessed by Vermont Northern Lights Career Development Center. January 2010.

Affordability & Accessibility 

1. Vermont Child Care Advisory Board. “Child Care: 2009 Legislative Report.” Online at: http://www.vermontccab.org/pdf/ccab_leg_rept_09.pdf. 2009.
2. Goodman Research Group, Inc. “A Study of Early Care and Education in Vermont.” March 2009. 
3. Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division database: Bright Futures Information System. “Vermont Families accessing VT Child Care Financial Assistance.” April 19, 2010.
4. National Institute for Early Education Research. “The State of Preschool 2009.” Online at: http://nieer.org/yearbook/. 2009.

Access to Quality Preschool (sidebar)

1. The Permanent Fund. Vermont Community Preschool Collaborative website: http://www.permanentfund.org/collaborations/vcpc.php. 

Rating Quality

1. Zellman, Gail L. and Michal Perlman. RAND Corporation. “Child-Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems in Five Pioneer States: Implementation Issues and Lessons Learned.” Online at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG795/. 2008.
2. Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Resource Guide website: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/qrisresourceguide/index.cfm?do=qrisabout. 
3. Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division - Bright Futures Information System. March 2010.
4. National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies. “We Can Do Better: 2009 Update.” Online at: http://issuu.com/naccrra/docs/we-can-do-better-2009-update. March 2009.

Professional Development

1. National Institute for Early Education Research. Preschool Policy Matters. “Better Teachers, Better Preschools: Student Achievement Linked to Teacher Qualifications.” Online at: http://nieer.org/resources/policybriefs/2.pdf. 2004. 
2. Goodman Research Group, Inc. “A Study of Early Care and Education in Vermont.” March 2009. 
3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provided by Public Assets Institute in August 2010. 
4. Professional Preparation and Development Committee of Building Bright Futures. “Professional Development Survey.” September – October 2008.
5. Windham Child Care Association and Peace & Justice Center. “The Economic Impact of Vermont’s Child Care Industry.” Online at: http://www.vermontchildcare.org/downloads/ facts/2002-full-report.pdf. June 2002.
6. Vermont Northern Lights Career Development website: http://northernlights.vsc.edu/res_colleges.html. 

Tracking the Training (sidebar)

1. Data collected by Vermont Northern Lights Career Development Center. FY2009 and FY2010.
2. Goodman Research Group, Inc. “A Study of Early Care and Education in Vermont.” March 2009. 
3. A.D. Henderson Foundation. Online at: http://www.hendersonfdn.org/.

Early Literacy Programs for Providers (sidebar)

1. RMC Research Corporation. Prepared for the A.D. Henderson Foundation. “Environmental Scan of Literacy Approaches in the State of Vermont.” 31-32. October 2001.

 
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