Snapshots and Reports
These “snapshots” and reports explore a particular topic related to early childhood education. These summaries are shared to inform and provide insights to support best practices.
May 20, 2024
Demographic Diversity & Enrollment of Priority Populations in Early Childhood Centers
The purpose of this report was to learn how early care and education centers that accept subsidies align into groups based on the demographics of children being served.
August 22, 2023
2023 Annual DIEEC Quality Improvement Synopsis
This report summarizes key DIEEC accomplishments from July 2022 – June 2023.
June 27, 2023
Arkansas Center-Based Provider Participation in the Child Care Voucher System
The purpose of this study was to learn how early childhood centers in Arkansas make decisionsabout enrolling children in their programs. Methods used included surveys and interviews.
June 9, 2023
Shining the Light on You: Family Child Care (FCC) Health and Wellness Initiative
This one-pager snapshot gives a detailed breakdown of this wellness initiative, presented in partnership with the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences. This 15-week program focuses on improving participants’…
Quarterly Data Reports
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FY22
Presentations
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Screening Tool vs. Formative Assessment: What is the Difference? Presentation Potts, J. Presented at the 2019 Making a Difference Conference, Dover, DE. (April, 2019)
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Intentional Leaders: Stronger Teams. Presentation Potts, J. Presented at the 2019 Making a Difference Conference, Dover, DE. (April, 2019)
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Providing meaningful experiences for school-age children in family child care. Presentation Portlock, L. & Smith, K. Presented at the 2019 Making a Difference Conference, Dover, DE. (April, 2019)
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Interpreting and utilizing TS GOLD data. Presentation Ashe, I. & Farmer, L. Presented at the 2019 Making a Difference Conference, Dover, DE. (April, 2019)
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Does auspice matter? Impacts of New Mexico PreK in public and nonpublic settings. Symposium Friedman-Krauss, A., Hustedt, J. T., Jung, K., Barnett, W. S., & Slicker, G. In M. McCormick (Chair), Where do pre-K programs operate best? Exploring variation in pre-K access and quality in mixed-delivery systems. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Washington, DC. (March, 2019)
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Maternal influences on toddlers’ communication and socioemotional competence. Poster Session Gaviria-Loaiza, J., Han, M., & Hustedt, J. T. Presented at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD. (March, 2019)
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New Mexico PreK impacts: Regression-discontinuity results overall and by child race/ethnicity and cohort. Symposium Hustedt, J. T., Jung, K., Friedman-Krauss, A., Barnett, W. S., & Slicker, G. In C. Weiland (Chair), Evaluating publicly-funded preschool programs: Understanding impacts, impact variation, and lasting effects. Symposium presented at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD (March, 2019)
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Exploring the relationship between Delaware’s Quality Rating and Improvement System and family child care quality. Paper Session Tang, J., Hallam, R., & Francis, J. Presented at the 2019 biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, Maryland. (March, 2019)
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Examining effectiveness of the Promoting First Relationships intervention with parents and young children in home and center-based Early Head Start models. Poster Session Hustedt, J. T., Hallam, R. A., Hooper, A., Han, M., Vu, J. A., & Ziegler, M. Presented at the 80th National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. (November, 2018)
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Parent perspectives on the PFR intervention as part of Early Head Start Poster Session Slicker, G., Han, M., Hustedt, J.T., & Hooper, A. National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (November, 2018)
