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

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Evaluations of national preK policy and programs, such as ESSA, Head Start and Early Head Start

Research Reports

New Findings on Impact Variation From the Head Start Impact Study: Informing the Scale-Up of Early Childhood Programs


Head Start Teachers’ Professional Development, Well‐being, Attitudes, and Practices: Understanding Changes Over Time and Predictive Associations


PDG B-5: Goals and Opportunities for New Mexico


CEELO turns 5, looks to future


Jana Martella and Lori Connors-Tadros Ph.D.

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


AI/AN: Infusing PreK Curriculum with Tribal Culture


Jessica Barnes-Najor and Ann Cameron

Takeaways from New America and CEELO Blog Series on Early Learning and ESSA


Laura Bornfreund and Lori Connors-Tadros

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


W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D.

Looking Before They Leap: How ESSA Can Help Students Transition


Michelle Horowitz

Variation in Head Start Teacher Qualifications, Compensation, and Turnover


Allison Friedman-Krauss, Ph.D. NIEER

State(s) of Head Start


W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D. and Allison H. Friedman-Krauss, Ph.D.

Putting the ‘Every’ in ESSA: How States Can Prioritize PreK to Grade 3


by Lori Connors-Tadros, Ph.D.

He Said; She Said: Candidates Promote Competing Visions for Child Care


by Michelle Horowitz

Public Pre-K Financial Landscape


Richard Kasmin

In the Education Olympics Politicians Promise Much but Fail the First Hurdle


By W. Steven Barnett Ph.D.

Implementing 15 Essential Elements for High Quality: A State and Local Policy Scan


W. Steven Barnett, G.G. Weisenfeld, Kirsty Clarke Brown, Jim Squires, and Michelle Horowitz

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


W. Steven Barnett

Who Are These Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students?


Eugene E. Garcia and Delis Cuellar

Updating the economic impacts of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program


Using Pressure and Support to Create a Qualified Workforce


Sharon Ryan and Debra J. Ackerman