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APPENDIX A
Workshop Agendas
CHILD CARE PERFORMANCE MEASURES
WORKSHOP AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 27-28, 1999
Getting to Positive Outcomes for Children in Child Care: First Workshop on Child Care Performance Measures
Lecture Room
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
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Michele Kipke, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Deborah Phillips, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Frank Fuentes, Child Care Bureau, Agency for Children and Families, Washington, D.C.
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APPENDIX A
Workshop Agendas
CHILD CARE PERFORMANCE MEASURES
WORKSHOP AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 27-28, 1999
Getting to Positive Outcomes for Children in Child Care: First Workshop on Child Care Performance Measures
Lecture Room
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
Day One–September 27, 1999
8:00 AM
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30
Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of the Workshop
Michele Kipke, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Deborah Phillips, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Frank Fuentes, Child Care Bureau, Agency for Children and Families, Washington, D.C.
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GOAL:
To address the current status of national and state efforts to assess the performance of child care and early childhood services, as well as lessons learned from efforts to establish performance measures in other domains of public policy
OBJECTIVES:
1. To critically assess current and emerging efforts to establish performance measures for child care and early childhood services
2. To examine performance measurement initiatives in other policy areas
3. To consider the current status of data sources necessary to the development of child care performance measures
4. To discuss the practical dimensions of advancing work in this area
9:00–9:10
Link Between Child Care and Early Education Performance Measures
Joan Lombardi, Bush Child Development Center, Yale University
9:10– 9:30
Why Performance Measures for Child Care? What Do We Mean by Performance Measures—Child Performance Measures or Benchmarks or Indicators? Child Care for Whom?
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Bush Child Development Center, Yale University
SESSION I
What Is The Current Status of National and State Efforts to Establish Performance Measures for Child Care and Child Care Policy?
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9:30–10:45
Charlotte Brantley, Child Care Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Helene Stebbins, National Governors Association, Washington, D.C.
Cheryl Mitchell, Agency of Human Services, Vermont
Helen Blank, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.
Moderator:
Martha Moorehouse, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, D.C.
10:45–11:05
OPEN DISCUSSION
11:05–11:15
BREAK
SESSION II
Efforts and Challenges to Developing Child Care Performance Measures
11:15–12:30
At the State Level
Bobbie Weber, Lynn-Benton Community College, Oregon
Michele Piele, Enterprise Child Care, Chicago
Sara Watson, The Finance Project, Washington, D.C.
Moderator:
Joan Lombardi, Bush Child Development Center, Yale University
12:30–1:00
LUNCH
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1:00–2:10
At the Program and Community Levels
Jason Sachs, Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden, Massachusetts
Yasmina Vinci, National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Washington, D.C.
Marci Andrews, National Center for the Child Care Workforce, Washington, D.C.
Judith Jerald, Early Education Services, Brattleboro, Vermont
Moderator:
Martha Zaslow, Child Trends, Inc., Washington, D.C.
2:10–2:20
OPEN DISCUSSION
SESSION III
Performance Measurement Considerations for Specific Populations
2:20–2:40
Minority Children
Asa Hilliard, Department of Education Policy Studies, Georgia State University
2:40–3:00
School-Aged Child Care
Michelle Seligson, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College
3:00–3:15
BREAK
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3:15–4:15
Children with Special Needs
Lynette Aytch, Frank Porter Graham Center, University of North Carolina
Cindy Oser, Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, Washington, D.C.
Mary Beth Bruder, Division of Child Care and Family Studies, University of Connecticut Health Center
4:15
OPEN DISCUSSION
5:00
RECEPTION
Day Two–September 28, 1999
8:30 AM
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
SESSION I
Performance Measures for Which Outcomes—Challenges/Critical Elements Involved in Developing Child Care Performance Measures
8:45–10:10
John Love, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
Fred Wulczyn, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago
Louisa Tarullo, Commissioner's Office of Research and Evaluation, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Washington, D.C.
Moderator:
Matthew Stagner, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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10:10–10:20
BREAK
SESSION II
Standards of Evidence in Performance Measurement—Lessons Learned from Other Domains of Policy
10:20–11:45
Gary C. Carpenter, Division of State and Community Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland
Gilda Lambert, Family, Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn, Infant and Child Health Branch, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland
Evelyn Ganzglass, National Governors Association, Washington, D.C.
Helen Raikes, National Gallup Organization, Lincoln, Nebraska
Moderator:
Barbara Broman, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
11:45–12:00
OPEN DISCUSSION
12:00–12:30
LUNCH
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SESSION III
Standards of Evidence in Performance Measurement—Indicators of Quality
12:30–1:30
Rebecca Kilburn, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
Bruce Clary, Muskie School of Public Policy, University of Southern Maine
Thomas Schultz, Head Start Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Jeffrey J. Koshel, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
SESSION IV
Data Sources and Potential Indicators—Current Efforts to Develop Child Care Indicators
1:30–2:45
William O'Hare, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland
William Gormley, Public Policy Program, Georgetown University
Martha Zaslow, Child Trends, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Moderator:
Anne Witte, Department of Economics, Wellesley College
2:45–3:00
OPEN DISCUSSION
3:00–3:10
BREAK
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3:10-4:30
Conclusions: Panel Discussion
Bruce Clary, Muskie School of Public Policy, University of Southern Maine
Charlotte Brantley, Agency for Children and Families, Child Care Bureau
Joan Lombardi, Bush Child Development Center, Yale University
Martha Zaslow, Child Trends, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Lynette Aytch, Frank Porter Graham Center, University of North Carolina
Moderator:
Deborah Phillips, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council/Institute of Medicine
DISCUSSION POINTS:
1. What have we learned about the current status of national and state efforts to assess the performance of child care and early childhood services?
2. What lessons on how to establish performance measures can we adapt from other domains of public policy?
3. What should we focus on when addressing the challenges of establishing criteria for assessing the quality of child care services?
4:30–4:50
OPEN DISCUSSION
4:50
Conclusions and Next Steps
Michele Kipke, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Yonette Thomas, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
5:00
ADJOURN
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CHILD CARE PERFORMANCE MEASURES
WORKSHOP AGENDA
FEBRUARY 28-29, 2000
Getting to Positive Outcomes for Children in Child Care: Second Workshop on Child Care Performance Measures
Holiday Inn Georgetown, Mirage I & II
2101 Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C.
Day One–February 28, 2000
8:30 AM
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00
Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of the Workshop
Maxine Hayes, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Michele Kipke, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
GOAL:
The purpose of this meeting is to address the challenge of establishing criteria for assessing the quality of child care services and examine their implications for performance measures in child care.
Participants will be asked to discuss the content areas that research suggests should be included in such measures and consider the challenges involved in moving from conceptualizing performance measures for child care to an initiative focused on developing and implementing them.
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9:15
Perspectives from the Child Care Bureau
Charlotte Brantley, Child Care Bureau
9:30
Innovative State and Community Level Approaches to Delivering and Monitoring Quality Child Care
Stephanie Fanjul, North Carolina Division of Child Development
Kathy Stegall, Arkansas Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
Deborah Montgomery, American Institutes for Research
Barbara Kamara, District of Columbia Office of Early Childhood Development
Judy Collins, National Child Care Information Center
Moderator:
Gwen Morgan, Wheelock College
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. What data do you currently collect? Why? Who uses these data? How are the data used?
2. What kinds of information do you need to know about the child, the family, the setting, and the system?
3. How do you use the data on each to ensure quality?
4. What is working and why?
5. What are the challenges and barriers?
6. What does it take to sustain what you are doing?
11:30
GENERAL DISCUSSION/QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
12:00 PM
QUICK LUNCH
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1:00
Challenges and Implications of Establishing Criteria for Assessing the Quality of Child Care Services
Pauline Koch, National Association for Regulatory Administration
Thelma Harms, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Karen McIntyre, Education Policy and Issues Center
Mimi Graham, Florida State University
Moderator:
Deborah Eaton, National Association for Family Child Care
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. What are the challenges?
2. Are there existing assessment mechanisms that can be utilized/incorporated?
3. Who should assess?
4. Who should be assessed?
5. Which content areas should be included in any assessment mechanism?
6. Discuss the connection between process and outcomes.
2:30
GENERAL DISCUSSION/QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
3:00
What Else Do We Need to Know?
Stephanie Fanjul, North Carolina Division of Child Development
Karen McIntyre, Education Policy and Issues Center
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GROUP ACTIVITY
Moderator:
Stacie Goffin, Independent Consultant
4:30
BREAK
4:40
SUMMARY—What Does This All Mean?
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Yale University
5:00
ADJOURN
Day Two–Tuesday, February 29, 2000
9:00 AM
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:30
Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice
Overview—Clara Pratt, Oregon State University
What Are the Challenges Involved in Moving from Conceptualizing Performance Measures to an Initiative Focused on Developing and Implementing Them?
David Blau, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Richard Clifford, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Gregg Powell, National Head Start Association
Deborah Montgomery, American Institutes for Research
Steve Bagnato, University of Pittsburgh
Moderator:
Clara Pratt, Oregon State University
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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. Which outcomes should be targeted to facilitate change in the community norms for providing child care?
2. What are the strategies for achieving those outcomes?
3. What is the scope? Should all forms of child care be included? Different age groups?
4. What are all the other influences on the child that should be accounted for?
5. What are the strategies for engaging the child care field in this process?
11:00
GENERAL DISCUSSION/QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
12:00 PM
QUICK LUNCH
1:00
Implications for the Field
Policy—Charlotte Brantley, Child Care Bureau
Research and Practice—Clara Pratt, Oregon State University
Thoughts from the Group
Moderator:
Maxine Hayes, Board on Children, Youth and Families
2:50
Conclusions and Next Steps
Michele Kipke, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Yonette Thomas, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
3:00
ADJOURN
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Representative terms from entire chapter:
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