Costs and benefits of quality child care.

Considering Purpose and Intended Use When Making Evaluations of Assessments: A Response to Dickinson

“…Furthermore, multiple sources of information are virtually always better for interpretation and decision making than any single indicator (Standard 12.18, AERA, APA, & NCME, 1999). This principle is particularly important given the multifaceted and complex nature of child development (Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 2002), the multidimensional nature of the quality of early childhood settings for young children (Helburn et al, 1995), and the complex interactions between the quality of care and the community and family contexts within which it is delivered (Van Horn & Newell, 1999). The current political climate notwithstanding, no one aspect of either child development or the quality of the settings that foster that development can be given absolute priority over consideration of the whole.…”

Freedom of choice for poor families.

“…Van Horn and Newell (1999, this issue) cited many of the ambiguities I noted aboutshort- and long-term child-care effects and relationships between cost and quality. I agree with nearly everything they said, because they restated many of my points.…”

“…As with child-rearing advice, to which early education is closely allied, fads come and go, and different cultural groups have quite different definitions of what constitutes the proper way to rear and educate young children. What Van Horn and Newell (1999) interpreted as poor parental choices of child programs is more likely to represent differences between what parents want and are willing to pay for, and what professionals think they should want.…”

Organizational Profile, HR Practices And The Perceived Quality And Performance Of Small Businesses: Empirical Highlights From The Urban Child Care Centers

“…al, 1996; Howes and Hamilton, 1993; Nelson and Garduque, 1991). Despite frequent recommendations by social, behavioral and educational researchers for a market based approach of childcare (Lowenberg and Tinnin, 1992;Olsen, 1997;Hertz, 1997;Van Horn and Newell, 1999;Currie, 2001), scholars of business, economics, and organizational studies have yet to recognize childcare center as organizations and enterprises needing serious investigation. It is in this respect that this research is undertaken-to bridge the gap.…”