Project Directors: Nancy L. Marshall, Ed.D., Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D.

Study Team Members: Julie Dennehy, Betsy Starr, Christine Johnson-Staub

The Massachusetts Capacity Study was funded by The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University, Strategies for Children, the A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and The Boston Foundation. The goals of the Capacity Study were to

To meet Goal 1: Describe the current EEC workforce, the Capacity Study team. In collaboration with the Study Board of Advisors and with Achieve Boston, reviewed existing data on the qualifications, compensation, and characteristics of the current workforce, including family child care providers, staff in centers serving infants through preschool, Head Start and Early Head Start staff, public school preschool teachers, school-age program staff, and youth workers.

To meet Goal 2: Evaluate the Capacity of the state’s higher education system. The Capacity Study team, in collaboration with the Study Board of Advisors and with Achieve Boston, conducted a survey of certificate and degree programs in Massachusetts’ institutions of higher education that currently prepare the EEC workforce.

The Study produced 3 Research Briefs:

The Study also produced 2 reports: