The Impact of Teacher Education on Outcomes in Center-Based Early Childhood Education Programs: A Meta-analysis
By Pamela Kelley and Gregory Camilli (2007)
Does a teacher's bachelor's degree have a positive impact on early childhood education outcomes? This meta-analysis was conducted to provide a quantitative synthesis of research findings on the relationship of teacher educational attainment and measures of classroom quality and child development.

Challenging Behaviors: Preschool as a Contributing or Ameliorating Factor?
By Lisa A. McCabe and Ellen Frede (2007)
Highly publicized research on preschooler's challenging behaviors in early care and education settings is examined in this NIEER working paper.

Preschool Education Studies: A Bibliography Organized by Research Strengths
By W. Steven Barnett (2007)
This paper explains how to read and understand the various types of research methods used in studying preschool education programs.

A Review of the Reason Foundation's Report on Preschool and Kindergarten
By W. Steven Barnett (2006)
An analysis by NIEER of the Reason Foundation's report Assessing proposals for preschool and kindergarten: Essential information for parents, taxpayers and policymaker.

Is More Better? The Effects of Full-Day vs Half-Day Preschool on Early School Achievement
By Kenneth B. Robin, Ellen C. Frede, & W. Steven Barnett (2006)
This NIEER working paper presents the findings of a randomized trial comparing the effects of extended-day, extended-year public preschool to half-day public preschool on children's literacy and mathematics learning.

Estimated Impacts of Number of Years of Preschool Attendance on Vocabulary, Literacy and Math Skills at Kindergarten Entry
By W. Steven Barnett and Cynthia Esposito Lamy (2006)
This study estimates the effects of attending preschool for one or two years on measures of early vocabulary development, literacy and math skills shortly after children entered kindergarten.

The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth
By William T. Dickens, Isabel Sawhill and Jeffrey Tebbs (2006)
This paper develops a model that takes into account a wide range of assumptions for determining the long-term effects of early education on growth and the national economy.

The Macroeconomics of Pre-Schooling: Simulating the Effects of Universal Early Childhood Education on the U.S. Economy
By Clive R. Belfield and Andre Neveu (2006)
In this NIEER working paper, the authors use a general equilibrium macroeconomic model to estimate the economic consequences of a large-scale, publicly-funded preschool program.

Does It Pay to Invest in Preschool for All? Analyzing Return-on-Investment in Three States
By Clive R. Belfield (2006)
This NIEER working paper summarizes three studies projecting the economic consequences of expanding preschool programs toward universal enrollment in three states - Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin.

What Impacts Does Preschool Education Have on Personal Responsibility and Related Social Behavior?
By Karen L. Schulman and W. Steven Barnett (2006)
This NIEER report summarizes key discoveries regarding the benefits from preschool participation on commitment to education, social adjustment and crime reduction, family relationships, health-related behaviors and community involvement.

How Much Does Quality Preschool Cost?
By W. Steven Barnett and Kenneth B. Robin (2006)
While enrollment in state-funded preschool programs and national awareness of the importance of early education on the rise, the questions remain: Which programs are most effective, and how much do these programs cost?

Effects of Preschool on Educational Achievement
By Luis M. Laosa (2005)
Can current school reform policies like the No Child Left Behind Act close the achievement gap?