The demand for infant and toddler care:
a. Has declined steadily over the past decade.
b. Is about the same as the demand for school-age care.
c. Exceeds the supply due in part to the high cost of maintaining low ratios.
d. Is easily supplied with affordable high quality programming to all families that want it.
Question 2...A large family child care home is best described as:
a. A home that serves 2-3 unrelated children.
b. A child care center that is furnished like a home.
c. A home-based program that serves between 7 to 12 children.
d. Several family child care homes that are part of a network of providers.
Question 3...The two most common types of child care are:
a. Centers and family child care.
b. Business and military child care.
c. Faith-based and secular child care.
d. Preschool and school-age child care.
Question 4...Research indicates that potential benefits of high quality child care and education services include:
a. Enhanced social, emotional, language, literacy, and mathematical development.
b. Children in quality programs reach milestones of physical developmental more quickly.
c. Both parents in more families are in the workforce.
d. Teachers of young children can demand higher salaries.
Question 5...The No Child Left Behind legislation:
a. Decreased public funding on early education.
b. Required the development of Good Start Grow Smart early learning guidelines.
c. Mandates a minimum level of education for any teacher working in a program of early care and education.
d. Mandates that public schools offer educational services to all young children beginning at age three.
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