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

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Research on economic benefits and costs of quality preK programs and facilities

Research Reports

The State Education Standard


National Association of State Boards of Education

Early childhood development and social mobility.


Early childhood program design and economic returns: Comparative benefit-cost analysis of the Abecedarian program and policy implications.


Benefits and costs of quality early childhood education.


Why governments should invest in early education.


And a little child shall lead them—Economic recovery in 3 easy steps.


Universal and targeted approaches to preschool education in the United States.


Financing early childhood education programs: State, federal and local issues.


Kindergarten readiness impacts of the Arkansas Better Chance State Prekindergarten Initiative.


Neighborhood economic disadvantage and Head Start children’s academic, socioemotional, and behavioral functioning: Exploring quality as a mediating mechanism.


Does school mobility predict at-risk elementary school children’s math achievement? The mediating role of self-regulation


Unpacking the treatment contrast in the Head Start Impact Study: To what extent does assignment to treatment affect quality of care?


Lifetime effects: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study through age 40


Updating the Economic Impacts of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program


The High/Scope Perry Preschool Program: Cost-Benefit Analysis Using Data from the Age-40 Follow-Up


Determining Early Childhood Program Costs and Benefits


W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D.

Tight Budgets Force Hard Choices Among Child Care Providers


David Lowenberg Education Writers Association

Strategies in Pursuit of Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity:


Getting the Facts Right on Pre-K and the President’s Prek-K Proposal


W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D.

In Pursuit of Pre-K Parity


Marcy Whitbook, Ph.D. and Caitlin McLean, Ph.D. Center for the Study of Child Care Employment