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PUBLICATIONS

FACT SHEETS
GREAT START SERIES
QUALITY MATTERS: A POLICY BRIEF SERIES ON EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
DATA AND ANALYSES: EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
OTHER REPORTS: 2002- 2006

Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet #1- State Early Learning Initiatives 
This fact sheet looks at other states’ early learning initiatives, providing a snapshot of several states efforts to improve early care and education.

Fact Sheet # 2: Advisory Council on Early Care and Education
This fact sheet examines how a state advisory council on early care and education can serve as a catalyst to ensure that Wisconsin’s children have the early learning experiences they need, providing a mechanism for planning a statewide system.

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Great Start Series

Great Services: Components of a High-Quality Early Care and Education Program.
This short policy brief reviews the research on five components of an effective, high-quality early care and education program (October 2008).

Great Plan for Wisconsin: A System for Early Care and Education. This short policy brief examines the ingredients in a quality early care and education system to improve the early learning options for children (November 2008).

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Quality Matters: A Policy Brief Series on Early Care and Education

Policy Brief #1: Brain Development and Early Learning. This policy brief is the first in the series, focusing on research on early brain development and the implications for public policy, making the case for a new public policy that invests more in young children's development and education (Winter 2007).

Policy Brief # 2: Making the Grade: Making the Case for Well-educated, Well-trained Teaching Staff in Early Care and Education.This policy brief focuses on the strong research base confirming the importance of qualified teachers, efforts across the country to improve staff qualifications in early childhood programs, and policy options for Wisconsin to consider (Fall 2007).

Policy Brief # 3: Parents as Partners in Early Education. This policy brief explores the importance of parent involvement in early education. It examines research on the importance of parents' engagement in their child's education from an early age, Wisconsin approaches to promote parent engagement, and public policy implications and options. (Spring 2008).

Policy Brief #4: Small is Beautiful: Staff-Child Ratios and Group Size in Early Care and Education. This policy brief explores research on the importance of appropriate ratios and group size, reviews requirements in Wisconsin ECE settings, and offers implications for Wisconsin public policy (Fall 2008).

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Data and Analyses: Early Care and Education

Data and Analysis, Early Care and Education in Wisconsin: 2007 provides data and analysis on Wisconsin children and on Wisconsin early care and education trends, including a look at access to and quality of programs, an analysis of Wisconsin's strengths, comparisons with other states, and a state-level funding chart.

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Other Reports: 2002-2006

Early Education Matters: Lessons Learned , a 2006 report that highlights the work of the Early Education Matters project on collaborative 4K in Wisconsin.

Ready Kids, Ready Schools, Ready Communities: Measuring School Readiness in Wisconsin. This brief look at some of the measures of school readiness is intended to keep policy makers, families and advocates working toward public policies that promote readiness (2004).

2005 Start Smart Milwaukee Report: Giving Milwaukee's Children Their Best Start: A WisKids Report on Early Education. This report examines trends in Milwaukee children's economic, educational and health status. Using national, state, and Milwaukee data, the report examines the status of Milwaukee's early education and care system, and provides recommendations to improve early care and education in Milwaukee and to improve outcomes for the community's youngest at-risk children.

Wisconsin School Readiness Indicator Initiative: The Status of School Readiness Indicators in Wisconsin. This report presents a comprehensive definition of school readiness, a set of indicators with proven relevance to school readiness, and an assessment of the current availability of state administrative data on these indicators. It represents an important first step in building a statewide infrastructure to monitor and improve the readiness of Wisconsin children to succeed in school (2003).

2002 Start Smart Stay Smart Milwaukee contains a wealth of data and information on early care and education; nutrition; safety; economic security; and prenatal care and health. This year's edition of the annual publication also includes for the first time expanded data on educational achievement.

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TESTIMONY

Dave Edie presented testimony on the importance of early education in Wisconsin to Senate Committee on Economic Development, November 13, 2007.

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PRESENTATIONS

"Sound Anti-Poverty Investment: Early Care and Education" presented at the Poverty Matters conference, September 18, 2008.

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