Early Childhood

Boston Public Schools Early Childhood Studies

The Work, Families & Children team has conducted a series of studies for the Boston Public Schools (BPS), including the BPS K1 and K2 Programs Needs Assessment, and a 2007-08 follow-up study.


Boston Ready
Universal Access to Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators

Using a randomized control design, Michelle Porche will conduct an evaluation of the Boston Ready professional development intervention to test its effectiveness.


Child Care Voucher Project

WCW researchers participated in a study, led by Dr. Valora Washington and under the auspices of the Bessie Tartt Wilson Children’s Foundation, to evaluate the child care voucher system in Massachusetts.


Family Income, Infant Child Care, and Child Development Study
Child Care Centers' Influence on Infant Development

This study followed a random sample of hundreds of children and 100 child care centers in order to examine links between family income, the quality and cost of child-care, and infant language and social development.


Health and Safety in Massachusetts Early Care and Education Programs

This project prepared a report is to describe the prevalent health practices and concerns in early care and education programs in Massachusetts, as part of a larger project of the Schott Fellowship in Early Care and Education.


Influence of Early Care and Education on Children's Outcomes and Family Functioning: ...
An Ecological Model: ECE, Children's Outcomes and Family Functioning

This study examines the varying quality of child care in Massachusetts and across the nation, and its effect on children's performance and family functioning.


Maine Cost and Quality Study
Cost and Quality of Child Care in Maine

This study sought to examine full-day, year round child care for preschool-age children in Maine to better illuminate links between the quality and the costs of early child care in Maine.


Massachusetts Afterschool Research Study (MARS)
Researching Quality Afterschool Programming: Massachusetts

This project sought to identify the most successful elements of afterschool programs in Massachusetts; including staff, policy making, funding, and program/activity participation.


Massachusetts Capacity Study

The Capacity Study describes the current early education and care (EEC) workforce in Massachusetts and evaluates the capacity of the State’s higher education system to meet the increased demand for a qualified workforce in early education and care.

Massachusetts Cost and Quality Study
Cost and Quality of Child Care in Massachusetts

The goal of the Massachusetts Cost and Quality Study was to examine full-day, year-round, community-based center care for preschool-age children (2.9 years to 5 years) and for infants and toddlers, pre-k classrooms in the public schools and family child care programs.


Massachusetts Early Care and Education and School Readiness Study
Early Care and Education and School Readiness: Massachusetts

Researchers focus on aspects of school readiness, including social and language development, along with other data such as hours in care, so as to better understand the ways in which a child's growth is influenced by situational factors. 


Massachusetts Early Care and Education Studies
Assessment of Early Care and Education in Massachusetts

This group of inter-related research projects seeks to understand the state of early care and education in Massachusetts and make recommendations for quality outcomes.


NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Early Environments and the Development of Children

This study, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, seeks to determine the relationship between children's early experiences and their developmental outcomes.

 


Quality Inventory for a 21st Century Plan for Boston's Youngest Children

This project provides a comprehensive picture of the quality of Boston's Early Care and Education programs for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, in both centers and family child care homes.