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Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature
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Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature

Published: Aug 30, 2010
Publisher: Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Human Services Quality Improvement Early Childhood Quality Measurement

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Child Care and Early Education Quality Features, Thresholds, and Dosage and Child Outcomes

Time frame: 2009-2014

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

Authors

Martha Zaslow

Rachel Anderson

Zakia Redd

Julia Wessel

Louisa Tarullo

Margaret Burchinal

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 and children’s outcomes, is looking at whether thresholds of quality, levels of dosage, and quality features are associated more strongly with children’s positive outcomes.

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