Evaluation of Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC): An ...

NCEE 2012-4003

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Evaluation of Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC): An On-Site Training of Caregivers

Evaluation of Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC): An On-site Training of Caregivers

Final Report

March 2012

Authors:

Phyllis Weinstock Berkeley Policy Associates

Johannes Bos Berkeley Policy Associates

Fannie Tseng Berkeley Policy Associates

Emily Rosenthal Berkeley Policy Associates

Lorena Ortiz Berkeley Policy Associates

Chantelle Dowsett University of Texas, Austin

Aletha Huston University of Texas, Austin

Alison Bentley University of Texas, Austin

Project Officer:

Ok-Choon Park Institute of Education Sciences

NCEE 2012-4003 U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Education

Arne Duncan

Secretary

Institute of Education Sciences

John Q. Easton

Director

National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance

Rebecca A. Maynard

Commissioner

March 2012

This report was prepared for the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, under contract ED-06CO-0014 with Regional Educational Laboratory West administered by WestEd.

IES evaluation reports present objective information on the conditions of implementation and impacts of the programs being evaluated. IES evaluation reports do not include conclusions or recommendations or views with regard to actions policymakers or practitioners should take in light of the findings in the report.

This report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should read: Weinstock, P., Bos, J., Tseng, F., Rosenthal, E., Ortiz, L., Dowsett, C., et al. (2012). Evaluation of Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC): An On-site Training of Caregivers (NCEE 20124003). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.

This report is available on the Institute of Education Sciences website at and the Regional Educational Laboratory Program website at .

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Disclosure of potential conflict of interest

Regional Educational Laboratory West, housed at WestEd, contracted with Berkeley Policy Associates to conduct a third-party evaluation of the Program for Infant/Toddler Care, a WestEd intervention. None of the authors or other staff involved in the study from Berkeley Policy Associates and its subcontractors, the University of Texas at Austin and Survey Research Management, or any members of the Technical Work Group for the study, has financial interests that could be affected by the content of this report. The evaluation was conducted independent of WestEd staff, who developed and implemented the Program for Infant/Toddler Care.

Contractors carrying out research and evaluation projects for IES frequently need to obtain expert advice and technical assistance from individuals and entities whose other professional work may not be entirely independent of or separable from the tasks they are carrying out for the IES contractor. Contractors endeavor not to put such individuals or entities in positions in which they could bias the analysis and reporting of results, and their potential conflicts of interest are disclosed.

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Acknowledgments

This study and this report were made possible by a collaborative effort of many child care practitioners, families, and researchers. The authors would like to thank the following individuals for their time, dedication, and assistance. We would like to thank the many child care providers, teachers, administrators, and parents who took time from their busy schedules to participate in this study. The study would not have been possible without their cooperation and support. At WestEd, we thank the REL West research directors, Neal Finkelstein and Thomas Hanson, for their assistance and support at all stages of this study. Of the Program for Infant/Toddler Care staff, we thank Ron Lally, Peter Mangione, Janet Poole, Arlene Paxton, Kerry Kriener-Althen, Maria Niggle, Diane Fellows, and the many PITC coordinators who provided invaluable assistance to this study. We appreciate the technical consultation and advice provided by the REL West Technical Working Group: Jamal Abedi, Lloyd Bond, Geoffrey Borman, Brian Flay, Tom Good, Corinne Herlihy, Joan Herman, Heather Hill, Roger Levine, Juliet Shaffer, and Jason Snipes. A large team of assessors and analysts supported data collection and analysis for this study. We offer special thanks to Linda Kuhn, Tony Lavender, and Gretchen Stage at Survey Research Management Boulder; to Kristina Lara, Dina De Veer, and Vincent Chan at Berkeley Policy Associates; and to Amy Imes at the University of Texas, Austin.

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