To support effective policymaking, the Herr Research Center publishes research briefs and reports synthesizing relevant knowledge in the early childhood field, as well as papers reporting the findings of our own original research projects.
A selection of the center’s publications are listed below, with the most recent items first.
Selected publications
Samuel J. Meisels, Jana Fleming
This report designed a process that could provide schools and educational leaders with age-appropriate information about children’s developing knowledge and skills. More »
Juliet Bromer, Diane Paulsell, Toni Porter, Julia R. Henly, Dawn Ramsburg, Roberta B. Weber
A new conceptual framework for measuring quality in family-provider relationships in early care and education settings. More »
Juliet Bromer, Tonya Bibbs
A pilot training program for agency staff who support caregivers working out of their own homes. More »
Toni Porter, Juliet Bromer, Shannon Moodie
Brief examining QRIS family partnership standards through the lens of family-sensitive caregiving. More »
Juliet Bromer
Recommendations for policy makers and family child care networks seeking to ensure the highest quality care in family child care homes. More »
Juliet Bromer
Recommendations for policy makers and family child care networks seeking to ensure the highest quality care in family child care homes. More »
Juliet Bromer, Julia R. Henly
A qualitative investigation of the work-family support roles of a sample of 29 child care providers serving low-income families in the Chicago area. More »
Juliet Bromer
Study examining the relationship between affiliation with a staffed support network and quality of child care among affiliated family child care providers in the city of Chicago. More »
Herr Research Center
Scientific and pragmatic rationale for combining poverty reduction and work-support policies with early care and education policies. More »
Herr Research Center
Highlights and key messages from the second annual Midwest Policy Conference held in October 2007. More »
Jon Korfmacher, Aimee Hilado
Comparison of early childhood mental health competency systems across six states, highlighting convergences in the systems’ structure, content, and use. More »
Jon Korfmacher, Aimee Hilado
A comparison of six states' efforts to define standards and professional competencies in the field of early childhood mental health services. More »
Carol Horton
A detailed review of the most notable recent or ongoing research studies that examine the relationship between early care and education program participation and child development. More »
Carol Horton
An examination of the relationship between early childhood education programs and child development in real-world settings. More »
The first issue of the Herr Research Center's newsletter explores early learning standards and approaches to assessment. More »
Robert Halpern
An analysis of the tasks, questions, and challenges associated with system-building in the after-school field, focusing on city-level efforts. More »
Robert Halpern
An exploration of the expectations, goals, potential, and challenges of after-school care in the United States at the start of the 21st century. More »
Robert Halpern
This monograph clarifies the potential and the limits of after-school programs as literacy development settings. More »
Samuel J. Meisels
This paper examines the genesis of accountability testing in preschool and refutes the quality-assurance, production-model assumptions that underlie its use with young children. More »
Robert Halpern
An exploration of the potential roles of after-school and youth programs and of organized youth sports, as well as such broader responses as renewing outdoor play and recreation spaces and reinstating recess in school. More »
Robert Halpern
This paper analyzes the expectation that after-school programs help boost academic achievement. More »
