Research Reports
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- A Center Piece of the PreK Puzzle: Providing State Prekindergarten in Child Care Centers (2.95 MB)
http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/NWLCPreKReport2007.pdf
A Guide to Calculating the Cost of Quality Early Care and Education
http://www.financeproject.org/publications/costguide.pdf
A Meeting Summary: A Long-Awaited Conversation: Dialogue to Bridge the High-Tech/High-Touch Gap In Early Childhood Workforce Preparation and Professional Development
http://cecl.nl.edu/ccbtech.pdf
A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy: Using Evidence to Improve Outcomes in Learning, Behavior, and Health for Vulnerable Children
http://www.developingchild.harvard.edu/content/downloads/Policy_Framework.pdf
Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES)
http://nieer.org/resources/research/APPLES.pdf
After-School Programs and Academics: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research
http://www.srcd.org/documents/publications/spr/22-2_afterschool_programs.pdf
Assessing Initiatives for Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care: An Overview of Models and Evaluations
http://www.childcareresearch.org/SendPdf?resourceId=11787
Bachelor’s Degrees Are Best: Higher Qualifications for Pre-Kindergarten Teachers Lead to Better Learning Environments for Children
http://www.trustforearlyed.org/docs/WhitebookFinal.pdf
Better Outcomes for All: Promoting Partnerships between Head Start and State Pre-K
http://www.clasp.org/publications/better_outcomes.pdf
Bilingual Infant/Toddler Environments: Supporting Language & Learning in Our Youngest Children
http://www.aed.org/ToolsandPublications/upload/BITE_web1106.pdf
Buenos Principios: Latino Children in the Earliest Years of Life
http://www.nclr.org/content/publications/download/45609 - Build Supply of Qualtiy Care: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care Research-Based Rationale
- http://www.clasp.org/publications/cp_rationale13.htm
Can A College Degree Help Preschoolers Learn?
http://nieer.org/resources/factsheets/5.pdf
Caregiver Well-Being Affects Academic Achievement
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/%7Esnapshots/snap48.pdf
Carolina Abecedarian Project
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~abc/index.cfm
Challenging Behaviors and the Role of Preschool Education
http://nieer.org/resources/policybriefs/16.pdf
Challenging Common Myths About Young English Language Learners
http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/MythsOfTeachingELLsEspinosa.pdf
Chicago Longitudinal Study
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/cls/index.htmlx
Child Care Quality: An Overview for Parents
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2000/patten00.html
Child care quality: Does it matter and does it need to be improved?
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/sr/pdfs/sr78.pdf
Child Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance Tool for Child Care and Development Fund Administrators
http://www.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/ITC_TA_Tool.pdf?docID=4245
Community Colleges and Teacher Preparation: Roles, Issues and Opportunities
http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/74/01/7401.pdf
Core Knowledge for PK-3 Teaching: Ten Components of Effective Instruction
http://www.fcd-us.org/pdfs/SadowskiBrief.pdf
Cost-Effective Investments in Children
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200701isaacs.htm
County Profiles of School Age Care in Illinois (29.9 MB)
http://www.ianetwork.org/docs/County%20Profiles%20of%20School%20Age%20Care%20in%20Illinois.pdf
Critical Issue: Organizing for Effective Early Childhood Programs and Practices
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/earlycld/ea100.htm- Designing Quality Rating Systems Inclusive of Infants and Toddlers
- http://www.nccic.org/itcc/PDFdocs/qrsdesignelements.pdf
Do Early Childhood Experiences Really Count?
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1999/13.htm
Dollars and Sense: A Review of Economic Analyses of Pre-K
http://www.preknow.org/documents/DollarsandSense_May2007.pdf
Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9745.html
Early Childhood Development and Social Mobility
http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/05_5563_barnett-belfield.pdf
Early Childhood Education for All: A Wise Investment
http://web.mit.edu/workplacecenter/docs/Full%20Report.pdf
Early childhood education: Investing in quality makes sense
http://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Journals_and_Publications/Research_Points/RPFall05.pdf
Early Childhood Educators as Learners: Engaging Approaches for Professional Development
http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200707/default.asp
Early Childhood Professional Development Systems Toolkit
http://nccic.org/pubs/goodstart/index.html
Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States: State Report for Illinois
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npc/pdfs/StateReport_IL.pdf
Early Education Quality: Higher Teacher Qualifications for Better Learning Environments – A Review of the Literature
http://www.iir.berkeley.edu/cscce/pdf/teacher.pdf
EC E-Learning: A National Review of Early Childhood Education Distance Learning Program
http://www.ccw.org/pubs/ELearning_Web.pdf
Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation Public Investment in High-Quality Prekindergarten
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/book_enriching#toc
Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation: Illinois Summary
http://www.epi.org/books/enriching/states/il.pdf
Ensuring Quality Care for Low-Income Babies: Contracting Directly with Providers to Expand and Improve Infant and Toddler Care
http://s242739747.onlinehome.us/publications/ccee_ensuring_quality_care_contracting.pdf
Exceptional Returns
http://www.epinet.org/books/exceptional/exceptional_returns_(full).pdf
Family Child Care in the United States
http://researchconnections.org/SendPdf?resourceId=11683
Funding the Future: States' Approaches to Pre-K Finance
http://www.preknow.org//documents/FundingtheFuture_Feb2006.pdf
Getting Teachers from Here to There: Examining Issues Related to an Early Care and Education Teacher Policy
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n1/ackerman.html
Hearing on Improving Head Start for America's Future
http://edworkforce.house.gov/testimony/022807RossThompsontestimony.pdf
Helping Youth Succeed Through Out-Of-School Time Programs
http://www.aypf.org/publications/HelpingYouthOST2006.pdf
Impact of Training and Education for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers
http://www.childcareresearch.org/discover/pdf/RTPC3.pdf
Impacts of Early Childhood Programs
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/09_early_programs_isaacs/09_early_programs_isaacs.pdf
Impossible Choices: How States are Addressing the Federal Failure to Fully Fund AfterSchool Programs
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/Impossible_choices.cfm
Infants and Toddlers in Child Care
http://www.clasp.org/publications/ztt_clasp_federal.pdf
In Our Backyards: Local and State Strategies to Improve the Quality of Family Child Care
http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/G717.pdf
Is More Better? The Effects of Full-Day vs. Half-Day Preschool on Early School Achievement
http://nieer.org/resources/research/IsMoreBetter.pdf
Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education: Declining Workforce Qualifications in an Expanding Industry
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/ece
Low Wages Prevalent in Direct Care and Child Care Workforce
http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/documents/Caregivers%20Brief_final.pdf
Making the Grade: Making the Case for Well-Educated, Well-Trained Teaching Staff in Early Care and Education
http://www.wccf.org/pdf/making_the_grade.pdf
National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL) Statement on Preschool: Its Benefits, and Who Should Teach
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/%7ENCEDL/pdfs/NCEDLPreschoolStatement.pdf
Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afternoon Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs
http://www.policystudies.com/studies/youth/Promising%20Programs%20FINAL.pdf
Perry Preschool Project
http://www.highscope.org/Research/PerryProject/perrymain.htm
Pipeline or Pipedream: A Different Way to Think About Basic Skills
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/august2006
Pipelines and pools: Meeting the demand for early childhood teachers in Illinois
http://ierc.siue.edu/documents/Pipelines%20and%20Pools%202006-3.pdf
PK-3 Education: Programs and Practices that Work in Children's First Decade
http://fcd-us.org/PK3Education.html
Pre-K and Latinos: The Foundation for America's Future
http://www.preknow.com/documents/Pre-KandLatinos_July2006.pdf
Preschool Curriculum Decision-Making: Dimensions to Consider
http://nieer.org/resources/policybriefs/12.pdf
Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications
http://epicpolicy.org/files/PB-Barnett-EARLY-ED_FINAL.pdf
Preschool Experience in 10 Countries: Cognitive and Language Performance at Age 7
http://www.highscope.org/file/Research/international/IEA_Age_7_ecrq_art.pdf
Preschool is School, Sometimes: Making Early Childhood Education Matter
http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/4612287.html
Preschool: Its Benefits and Who Should Teach
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~NCEDL/pdfs/NCEDLPreschoolStatement.pdf
Preschool: the Most Important Grade
http://www.ascd.org/authors/ed_lead/el200304_barnett.html
Professional Development: The Landscape of Opportunity in Early Care and Education
http://cecl.nl.edu/research/issues/rnsu08.pdf
Program Characteristics Associated with Utilization of Early Childhood Professional Development Funding
http://cecl.nl.edu/research/issues/rnsp07.pdf
Promoting a Pre-K to Three Vision for Early Learning
http://www.nasbe.org/index.php/pub-archive/journal-archive/45-standard/426-promoting-a-pre-k-to-three-vision-for-early-learning
Promoting Effective Early Learning: What Every Policymaker and Educator Should Know
http://nccp.org/pub_pes07a.html
Promoting Quality Through Professional Development: A Framework for Evaluation
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/resources/issuebrief8.html
Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention: Proven Results, Future Promise
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~scpp/nat_allies/na_archive.cfm?nrID=171
Public Policy Form: Research on Early Childhood Outcomes
http://www.publicpolicyforum.org/Matrix.htm
Quality Counts 2007: Paying Attention Earlier On
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/01/04/17early.h26.html
Quality of Childcare Affects Language Development
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~scpp/nat_allies/na_archive.cfm?nrID=216
Raising Preschool Teacher Qualifications: With a Case Study on How New Jersey’s Early Childhood Teachers are Getting Four-Year Degrees and Certification Under a Four-Year Deadline
http://www.trustforearlyed.org/docs/NJAbbottBrief.pdf
Reaching All Children? Understanding Early Care and Education Participation Among Immigrant Families
http://www.clasp.org/publications/child_care_immigrant.pdf
Ready to Teach? Providing Children With the Teachers They Deserve
http://www.fcd-us.org/pdfs/2006AnnualReport.pdf
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: Attracting, Supporting, and Keeping High Quality Early Childhood Educators
http://www.naeyc.org/policy/federal/pdf/HEAhandout07.pdf
Recent Evidence on Preschool Programs
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2001/schweinhart01.html
Reconstructing Teacher Education to Prepare Qualified Preschool Teachers: Lessons from New Jersey
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n2/lobman.html
Relationship of English-Only to Young Children Social and Language Skills
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~scpp/nat_allies/na_archive.cfm?nrID=224
Research on Early Childhood Outcomes
http://www.publicpolicyforum.org/Matrix.htm
Research on Quality in Infant-Toddler Programs
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2002/honig02.html
Research Synthesis Points on Early Childhood Inclusion
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npdci/assets/media/products/NDPCI_ResearchSynthesis_9-2007.pdf
Role, Relevance, Reinvention: Higher Education in the Field of Early Care and Education
http://cayl.org/files/Role%20Relevance%20Reinvention.pdf
Selected State and Local Policies to Support Immigrant and Limited English Proficient (LEP) Early Care and Education Providers
http://www.clasp.org/publications/policies_support_lep_providers07.pdf
Shared Features of High-Performing After-School Programs
http://www.tascorp.org/publications/catalog/psa/PSA%20TASC%20SEDL%20Evaluation.pdf
Spanish-speaking children's social and language development in pre-kindergarten classrooms
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap41.pdf
States Efforts to Integrate Measures of Leadership and Management in Quality Rating Systems
http://cecl.nl.edu/research/issues/rnsu07.pdf
Successfully Supporting All Children in Early Education Programs
http://ddpc.state.ny.us/publications/childcare_education/child_care_pub_final.pdf
Teacher Preparation and Teacher-Child Interaction in Preschools
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2002/kontos02.html
Teen REACH After School Program Benchmarks: A summary of best practices in after school developed for the Illinois Department of Human Services
http://www.cprd.uiuc.edu/research/highrisk-pubs/TRBenchmarks904.pdf
Testing the Whole Teacher Approach to Professional Development: A Study of Enhancing Early Childhood Teachers’ Technology Proficiency
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v8n1/chen.html
The Challenges of Change: Learning from the Child Care and Early Education Experiences of Immigrant Families
http://www.clasp.org/publications/challenges_change.htm
The Contribution of Four-Year Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Programs
http://www.fcd-us.org/pdfs/11-3-03EriksonReportII.pdf
The Contribution of State Boards of Higher Education and National Professional Accreditation Organizations
http://www.fcd-us.org/pdfs/11-3-03EriksonReportI.pdf
The Dynamic Relationship Between Child Care Work Environments and Learning Environments
http://cecl.nl.edu/research/issues/rnw08.pdf
The Economic Promise of Investing in High-Quality Preschool
http://www.ced.org/docs/report/report_prek_econpromise.pdf
The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13016.pdf
The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings
http://www.researchconnections.org/SendPdf?resourceId=12576
The Role of Professional Development in Creating High Quality Preschool Education
http://www.childtrends.org/Files/RevisedBrookingsPaper110504.pdf
The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do
http://www.developingchild.net/pubs/persp/pdf/Science_Early_Childhood_Development.pdf
The State of Preschool 2007
http://nieer.org/yearbook/pdf/yearbook.pdf#page=9
Thinking Guide to Inclusive Child Care
http://www.disabilityrightswi.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/thinking-guide-to-inclusive-child-care.pdf
Title I and Early Childhood Programs: A Look at Investments in the NCLB Era
http://www.clasp.org/publications/ccee_paper2.pdf
Walking the Walk: A Guide to Diversity Resources for Trainers
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~walkingthewalk/pdfs/WTW_guide.pdf
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9352/index1.html
Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2005
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/childcare.html
Who’s Teaching Our Youngest Students?
http://nieer.org/resources/files/NPSteachers.pdf
Who's Caring for the Kids: The Status of the Early Childhood Work Force in Illinois 2008
http://cecl.nl.edu/research/reports/whos_caring_report_2008.pdf
Workforce Designs: A Policy Blueprint for State Early Childhood Professional Development Systems
http://www.naeyc.org/policy/ecwsi/pdf/Workforce_Designs.pdf
Votes Count: Legislative Action on Pre-K Fiscal Year 2009
http://www.preknow.org/documents/LegislativeReport_Sept2008.pdf