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ED463896 - Regulation of Child Care. Early Childhood Research & Policy Briefs, Volume 2, Number 1

Category
Executive Agency Publications
Collection
Education Reports from ERIC
SuDoc Class Number
ED 1.615:
Date Issued
January 1, 2002
Author
Azer, Sheri; Morgan, Gwen; Clifford, Richard M.; Crawford, Gisele M
Source Institution
National Center for Early Development & Learning, Chapel Hill, NC
Sponsoring Agency
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC
Publication Type
Reports - Descriptive
Subject
Accreditation (Institutions), Change Strategies, Day Care, Day Care Effects, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care, Research Needs, State Regulation
Identifiers
Day Care Licensing, Day Care Quality, Day Care Regulations
Abstract
Licensing is the first line of protection for children in out-of-family child care settings in the United States. The highest level of program quality assurance available to most parents is through accreditation systems, which are intended to identify high quality programs. This research and policy brief, a quarterly synthesis of issues addressed by investigators and affiliates of the National Center for Early Development and Learning, examines the state of knowledge of regulation in the United States. The brief explores why regulation is currently an issue, and what research says about regulatable elements of quality in child care. The brief also summarizes what is known about state licensing, and offers.recommendationsin the areas of licensing, funding, and research to improve child care regulation in the United States. A chart provides salient characteristics of licensing regulations for each of the states. Also included is a fact sheet summarizing findings in the larger report. (Contains 47 references.).