National Institute for Early Education Research
National Institute for Early Education Research

NIEER Research


Executive Summary – Effective State Offices of Early Learning: Structural Features, Enabling Conditions, and Key Functions in Four States


Type: Research Report
Lori Connors-Tadros, Kaitlin Northey, Ellen Frede, Katherine Hodges, and Tracy Jost

Effective State Offices of Early Learning:  Structural Features, Enabling Conditions, and Key Functions in Four States


Type: Research Report
Lori Connors-Tadros, Kaitlin Northey, Ellen Frede, Katherine Hodges, and Tracy Jost

Taking Stock of City Pre-K Quality Policy and Practice: A Framework


Type: Policy Brief

City Funding Strategies to Support Public Pre-K Programs


Type: Policy Brief

Effects of New Jersey’s Abbott preschool program on children’s achievement, grade retention, and special education through tenth grade


Type: Research Report

Fact Sheet – New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study through Grade 10 (APPLES-10)


Type: Policy Brief

Funding High-Quality Pre-K for All


Type: Policy Brief
Karin Garver
Topic: Access, Economics and Finance

Guide to Support Pre-K Expansion: Advocating for High-Quality Preschool


Type: Policy Brief
GG Weisenfeld
Topic: Access

Impacts of Covid-19 on Preschool Enrollment and Spending


Type: Policy Brief
GG Weisenfeld
Topic: Economics and Finance

What Do We Know About Infant and Toddler Care in New Jersey?


Type: Policy Brief
W. Steven Barnett
Topic: Infant and Toddler Care

Who Cares for Infants and Toddlers? Change from 2012 to 2019 and its Implications


Type: Policy Brief
W. Steven Barnett & Zijia Li
Topic: Infant and Toddler Care

Exploring the Cost of High-Quality Infant and Toddler Care in New Jersey


Type: Policy Brief
Karin Garver
Topic: Economics and Finance, Infant and Toddler Care

Seven Impacts of the Pandemic on Young Children and their Parents: Initial Findings from NIEER’s December 2020 Preschool Learning Activities Survey


Type: Research Report

Connecticut Preschool Special Education Needs Assessment


Type: Research Report
Allison Friedman-Krauss, Ph.D., Karin Garver, Milagros Nores, Ph.D., Zijia Li, Ph.D., and Charles Whitman
Topic: Special Education, State & Local

Corona pandemic in the United States shapes new normal for young children and their families


Type: Journal Article
W. Steven Barnett, Rolf Grafwallner & Georgenne G. Weisenfeld
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

An exploratory study of the use of time diaries to understand young children’s experiences during the pandemic


Type: Research Report
Milagros Nores

Evidence of support for dual language learners in a study of bilingual staffing patterns using the Classroom Assessment of Supports for Emergent Bilingual Acquisition (CASEBA)


Type: Research Report
Topic: English Language Learners

Evidence of support for dual language learners in a study of bilingual staffing patterns using the Classroom Assessment of Supports for Emergent Bilingual Acquisition (CASEBA)


Type: Journal Article
Alexandra Figueras-Daniel Straus, Center for Young Children & Families, Bank Street College of Education, and Zijia Li, National Institute for Early Education Research, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Topic: English Language Learners

The Financial Impact of COVID Licensing Standards on NJ Child Care Providers


Type: Research Report
Karin Garver

G20 Initiative for Early Childhood Development. Correspondence.


Type: Journal Article
Richter, L., Desmond, C., Behrman, J., Britto, P, Daelmans, B., Gertler, P., Hoddinott, j., Fawzi, w., Fink, G., Lombardi, J., Lopez Boo, F., Lu, C., Lye, S., Nores, M., Yousafzai, A.
The Lancet