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Naomi Goldstein, Director of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration of…

This research brief summarizes the state of the field on cultural competence in social services. The information is relevant for organizations serving children and families from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, but the brief highlights research and strategies in serving Hispanic populations. The brief describes cultural competence and provides service providers and administrators with concrete strategies for the ongoing self-reflection and development that is key to strengthening...

This is a presentation on Strengthening Family and Municipal Competencies: A Strategy to Improve Early Childhood...

Identified and disseminated research in early childhood and family issues, and continued to foster partnerships…

This snapshot uses longitudinal data from 2019, 2021, and 2022 in the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to examine the mental health and well-being of the center-based CCEE workforce from 2019, by race and ethnicity.

The Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) measure administration and scoring guide provides information to support users in administering and scoring the ExCELS measure.

This publication uses data from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to present four sets of tables, summarizing...

This report offers a national picture of selected segments of the early care and education market by describing how important attributes of the supply and demand for center-based care relate to each other.

This report draws on data from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to describe characteristics of early care and education centers that participate in Head Start and publicly-funded pre-kindergarten. The supplement to the report provides additional details about the analyses, including information about tabulations and definitions used, as well as a discussion of features of the data that affect how additional analyses might be undertaken...

Three principles of scale development — Dimensionality, Item Selection, & Item Scoring are especially relevant for Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) rating scales. This brief describes how using these principles can help in the development and refinement of QRIS rating scales. Attention to these principles will enhance the ability of QRIS ratings to achieve the goal of predicting observed quality scores and child outcomes...