Defining and Measuring Access to High Quality Early Care and Education (ECE): A Guidebook for Policymakers and Researchers

Report February 1, 2018

The ECE Access Guidebook was developed to address the need for developing a common understanding and approach to measuring access. Ultimately, this Guidebook is intended to support states’ efforts to assess the reach and effectiveness of their policy initiatives aimed at expanding ECE access. The Guidebook provides information in four sections: Clarifying and Defining Access; Describing the Indicators of Access; Measuring the Indicators of Access; and Identifying ECE Access Datasets and Sources.

Effective Mental Health Interventions and Treatments for Young Children With Diverse Needs

Archived Meeting Resources January 1, 2018

In this article four authors describe programs that represent the diversity within the training, interventions, and treatment for infants, toddlers, and their families, and the importance of integrating a socio-cultural and diversity-informed perspective in this important work.

New Opportunities? ESSA and Its Implications for Dual Language Learners and ECEC Workforce Development

Article December 1, 2017

This policy brief analyses the opportunities ESSA introduced for DLLs and the ECEC workforce. It begins by setting out key demographics of the DLL population, then discusses trends in the ECEC workforce and its capacity to meet the needs of DLLs and other children in ECEC settings. It maps the ESSA provisions intended to address these needs through support for ECEC workers. Finally, it highlights opportunities to support the recruitment, training, and ongoing development of a robust and culturally responsive workforce.

What We’re Reading

Blog November 3, 2017

Diversity of Child Care Programs Participating in Parent Aware: An Equity Lens

Report February 1, 2017

This report describes and provides data on Parent Aware, Minnesota’s Quality Rating and Improvement System. Information, including the equity principles for which it stands and the measures in place to carry out those principles.