Policy Brief/Analysis
A Review of the Reason Foundation’s Report on Preschool and Kindergarten
Date
October 1, 2006
By W. Steven Barnett
2006
Summary
NIEER Director Steve Barnett’s analysis finds that the Reason Foundation (RF) report is an unreliable source of information about preschool education. Dr. Barnett finds that the information that is included in the RF report is unrepresentative and is selected and then presented in ways that yield a distorted view of research and its implications.
The Authors
W. Steven (Steve) Barnett is a Board of Governors Professor and the founder and Senior Co-Director of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. Dr. Barnett’s work primarily focuses on public policies regarding early childhood education, child care, and child development.