NCER: Presentations and Publications

Research Reports

Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness

Practice Guides

Presentations

Workshops and Conferences

Workshop on Evaluating State and District Level Interventions The workshop will provide an overview of quasi-experimental and experimental evaluation designs, with a focus on state-level and district-level design issues.
Summer Research Training Institute: Cluster-Randomized Trials The summer institute will focus on national capacity to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the effectiveness of education interventions by training researchers to conduct cluster (group) randomized trials in education settings.

Data Products

Data Products From the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) Pilot Year Study

The National Center for Education Research (NCER) has released a CD-ROM that contains documentation, an electronic codebook, and restricted-use data files for the fall 2002 and spring 2003 waves of data collection for the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Pilot Year study. Data from direct child assessments, parent interviews, teacher report on child behavior, preschool teacher interviews, and classroom observations are provided in ASCII format. These CD-ROMs are only available to holders of restricted-use data licenses. Researchers interested in obtaining a copy of the PCER Pilot Year data CD-ROM should contact the IES Data Security Office (IESData.Security@ed.gov OR go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp). Researchers who have questions about the PCER Pilot Year data may contact Caroline Ebanks for more information.
Data Products From the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) Multi-Program Evaluation Study

The National Center for Education Research (NCER) has released a CD-ROM that contains documentation, an electronic codebook, and restricted-use data files for the baseline pre-kindergarten year (Fall 2003), pre-kindergarten follow-up (spring 2004), and the kindergarten follow-up (Spring 2005) waves of data collection for the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Multi-Program Evaluation study. Data from direct child assessments, parent interviews, teacher report on child behavior, preschool teacher interviews, kindergarten teacher surveys, and classroom observations (preschool year only) are provided in ASCII format. These CD-ROMs are only available to holders of restricted-use data licenses. Researchers interested in obtaining a copy of the PCER Pilot Year data CD-ROM should contact the IES Data Security Office (IESData.Security@ed.gov OR go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp). Researchers who have questions about the PCER Pilot Year data may contact Caroline Ebanks for more information.

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