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» Cost, Quality and Outcomes Study
   National Center for Early Development and Learning provides research on Children in quality care programs when they were 3 and 4 years old through the early elementary years than children in poor-quality care.
   http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~NCEDL/pages/project_summary.cfm?studyid=7

» Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
   Identifies, evaluates, and promotes effective and appropriate early intervention and preschool practices that are sensitive to culturally and linguistically diverse children and families.
   http://www.clas.uiuc.edu/

» Early Childhood Reform in Seven Communities
   The Studies of Education Reform project was initiated by the Office of Education Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, to examine the implementation and effects of twelve significant education reform strategies, including student assessm
   http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SER/EarlyChild/index.html

» Investing in Our Children
   What we know and don't know about the costs and benefits of early childhood interventions.
   http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR898/index.html

» National Centre for Early Development and Learning
   Research at the National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL), focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age eight.
   http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/

» National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
   The Early Childhood Institute (ECI) sponsors comprehensive and challenging research in order to help ensure that America's young children are successful in school and beyond -- and to enhance their quality of life and that of their families.
   http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/

» U.S.Census Bureau-Child Care Statistics
   Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation about child care arrangements. Includes weekly child care costs, and preschooler care arrangements.
   http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/childcare.html