The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Interim report
Frede, Ellen, June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
The interim results through kindergarten of a longitudinal study of the impact of participation in the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, based on classroom observations and direct child assessments
Reports & Papers
Effects of five state prekindergarten programs on early learning
Barnett, W. Steven, October 2007
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
A study of the impact of state prekindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia on children's vocabulary, math, and print awareness skills by comparing children who had completed a year of prekindergarten with nonparticipants who had missed the enrollment age cut-off and were about to start prekindergarten
Reports & Papers
The effects of New Jersey's Abbott Preschool Program on young children's school readiness
Lamy, Cynthia Esposito, 2005
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
A study on the effects of attending the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program on language, early literacy and early math skills in children entering kindergarten, part of a larger study on school readiness
Reports & Papers
The effects of state prekindergarten programs on young children's school readiness in five states
Barnett, W. Steven, 2005
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
A study on the effects of state-funded preschool programs on the school readiness of children from New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia
Reports & Papers
Estimated impacts of number of years of preschool attendance on vocabulary, literacy and math skills at kindergarten entry
Barnett, W. Steven, 2006
New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research.
An analysis of the effects of years of preschool attendance on vocabulary, literacy, and math skills at kindergarten entrance based on direct child assessments
Reports & Papers
Fragile lives, shattered dreams: A report of implementation of preschool education in New Jersey's Abbott districts
Barnett, W. Steven, 2001
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, Center for Early Education Research.
A critical account of the implementation of the Abbott preschool program in New Jersey, based on compliance and achievement data from the state’s 30 Abbott districts
Reports & Papers
Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow: Classroom quality and language skills in the Abbott preschool program: Year one report, 2002-2003
Lamy, Cynthia Esposito, 2004
Trenton: New Jersey Office of Early Childhood Education.
A study of the Abbott preschool program to prepare children to enter kindergarten with the skills and abilities necessary to succeed in school
Reports & Papers