Presentations

November 20, 2009
Beyond Calendars and Today's Weather: Improving Instructional Quality and Learning Outcomes for Pre-K Mathematics and Science
Presentation by NIEER Co-Director Ellen Frede and Research Professor Kimberly Brenneman at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, November 2009.

November 19, 2009
Dorothy Strickland's Congressional Testimony on Early Literacy
Dorothy Strickland, NIEER Distinguished Research Fellow, testified before the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on early literacy learning experiences, focusing on what is known, what is needed, how to improve and what is needed from the federal government to ensure high quality literacy learning experiences for young children that research shows can help reduce grade retention, improve graduation rates and enhance productivity in adult life.

June 24, 2009
The Changing Landscape of Pre-K: Examining the changes and impacts of quality standards in prekindergarten at the national, state, district and program levels.
Presentation on policies, implementation strategies and monitoring of quality standards in prekindergarten at the national, state, district and program levels.

June 12, 2009
Seeing the Learning in Play: Using Performance-based Assessment to Document and Enhance Learning in Play
Presentation by NIEER Research Professor Shannon Ayers and Co-director Ellen Frede on the Early Learning Scale and the importance of learning through play.

August 1, 2008
What's New in Pre-K Research
NIEER Co-Director Ellen Frede's presentation on research in preschool education includes information on randomized trials, NIEER state studies, and more.

June 9, 2008
Improving Teaching Through Standards-Based Systematic Assessment: Development of the Early Learning Scale
Presentation by Shannon Riley-Ayers, Ellen Frede, Gera Jacobs, and Judi Stevenson Boyd at the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development June 9, 2008.

October 11, 2007
Investing in Quality Pre-K
NIEER Director Steve Barnett presents the impacts of a quality early education at New Hampshire's 2007 Legislative Forum, October 11, 2007.

June 18, 2007
The Effects of Oklahoma's Pre-Kindergarten Program on School Readiness
A power point presentation on Oklahoma's prekindergarten program by William Gormley delivered at a congressional briefing on key issues in preschool education June 18, 2007.

June 18, 2007
New State Research on Highly Effective Pre-K
NIEER Director Steve Barnett's power point presentation on state preschool research at the Congressional briefing June 18, 2007.

November 1, 2006
NIEER Fellow Dorothy Strickland Opens NAEYC General Session
Dorothy Strickland, nationally-renowned literacy expert, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Chair in Education at Rutgers University and NIEER senior research fellow helped the National Association for the Education of Young Children kick off its opening general session November 8, 2006. View Dr. Strickland's "What Makes a Good Book!" powerpoint.

October 27, 2006
Benefits and Costs of Quality Early Education for All
Presentation by Steve Barnett to the Pre-Kindergarten Education Study Committee of the Vermont General Assembly, October 27, 2006.

December 8, 2003
Quality Early Childhood Education: It Costs, It Pays, It Counts
Steve Barnett on financing quality early childhood education - part of the Mid-Atlantic Early Childhood Education Network Forum.