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Research

Long-term effects of an Early Childhood Intervention on Educational Achievement and Juvenile Arrest - A 15-Year Follow-up of Low-Income Children in Public Schools

Arthur J. Reynolds, Ph.D., Judy A. Temple, Ph.D., Dylan L. Robertson, Emily A. Mann, M.S.S.W; Journal of the American Medical Association -Reprinted May 9, 2001

Getting Ready: Findings from the National School Readiness Indicators Initiative

Sponsored by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Kauffman Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Prepared by Rhode Island KIDS COUNT; February 2005.

Quasi-Structural Estimation of a Model of Child Care Choices and Child Cognitive Production

Working paper; Raquel Bernal and Michael Keane; 2005.

Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education: Declining Workforce Qualifications in an Expanding Industry

Stephen Herzenberg, Mark Price, and David Bradley; Economic Policy Institute, 2005.

Child Care Financing Matrix

Compiled by Louise Stoney and Karen Edwards, this chart summarizes financing methods and provides state examples, potential uses for funds, and dollars generated by programs.

From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development,
Jack P. Shonkoff and Deborah A. Phillips, Editors; Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, 2000.

Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers,
Barbara T. Bowman, M. Suzanne Donovan, and M. Susan Burns, Editors; Committee on Early Child Pedagogy, National Research Council, 2000

CIVITAS Survey Results

The Carolina Abecedarian Project

The Perry Preschool Project

The Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program in Chicago

Exceptional Returns: Economic, Fiscal, and Social Benefits of Investment in Early Childhood Development (PDF), Robert G. Lynch, Economic Policy Institute*, October 2004

The State of Preschool: 2004 State Preschool Yearbook (PDF), W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D., Kenneth B. Robin, Psy.M., Jason T. Hustedt, Ph.D., and Karen L. Schulman, M.P.P., National Institute for Early Education Research

Pre-kindergarten: Four Selected States Expanded Access by Relying on Schools and Existing Providers of Early Education and Care to Provide Services (PDF), Government Accountability Office, September 2004

Chicago's Child-Parent Centers, Proving the Value of Early Childhood Education in the Real World, Rochelle Stanfield, Annie E. Casey's AdvoCasey*

Child Care and Early Education Coordination in the States: A Statutory Overview (PDF), Scott Groginsky, Program Manager, National Conference of State Legislatures, April 2002

Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships (PDF), National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2004