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This brief summarizes the research evidence on how high-quality ECE benefits all young children, as well as key subgroups, such as children from families experiencing low household income, children who are dual language learners, and children with disabilities.

This highlight summarizes research on subsidy stability, defines key terms, describes potential administrative and policy obstacles to subsidy use, and shares resources for CCEE leaders interested in improving their subsidy programs.

Read a summary of research about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected child care and early education programs and the families they serve in the first year of the pandemic.

This White paper from the Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High-Quality Early Care and Education project presents results from an experiment of tokens of appreciation to support survey response among staff in child care and early education centers

This chartbook uses data from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education Center-based Survey and 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education Workforce to describe classrooms with young children.

In this piece on nontraditional-hour care, we highlight descriptive reports using national data on both families with young children who need nontraditional-hour care, as well as the characteristics of providers who offer nontraditional-hour care.

This chartbook uses data from the 2012 NSECE and 2019 NSECE to describe the center-based ECE workforce that served children five and under not yet in kindergarten

Explore this brief from the OPRE-funded Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) to understand what is known about what leadership looks like in center-based early care and education settings and how it functions to improve center quality and, in turn, children’s experiences and outcomes.

This user’s guide provides information to support researchers who are conducting secondary analysis with the ExCELS descriptive data.

Learn about ExCELS theory of change which is an illustration of what leadership looks like in center-based ECE settings and how leadership by center managers and teaching staff can influence outcomes.