Current NIEER Projects
Highly Qualified Teachers: The Workforce Early Education Needs and Deserves
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Access to quality prekindergarten varies across and within states.
Learn about the relationship of preschool quality to short- and long-term child outcomes.
Learn what the research has to say about assessments of preschool children and preschool programs.
Special education in preschool and inclusive preschool programs.
Find out about the economic benefits of preschool as well as the costs of preschool programs and facilities.
Information and state-specific research on state-funded preschool programs.
Gather information on what is known about English language learners in preschool.
Aspects of state preschool programs including variations in state delivery systems.
Find the latest information on state and local systems of governance and accountability
Teacher quality, teacher salaries and compensation, and teacher training and professional development.
Resources related to outcomes for children who attend preschool.
Gather information about preschool programs targeted to serve at-risk children versus access for all children.