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Center Ratios and Group Sizes: Research-Based Rationale
Publication Date: August 2008
Publisher(s): Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Rachel Schumacher
Special Collection: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Topic: Health (Licensing and regulation)
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This rationale presents research on the effects of ratios and group sizes on babies in center-based child care. As part of the Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care project, this rationale supports the Policy Frameworkâs Recommendation #6: Ensure that babies and toddlers in centers are in small groups with sufficient numbers of providers.