Early childhood care and education is of great interest to educators and policymakers who seek to understand how that education might impact later academic, personal, and professional achievement.

NORC is a pioneer in providing trustworthy data and insights on early childhood care and education. In addition to the groundbreaking HighScope Perry Preschool study, which has surveyed the participants in the Perry School’s intervention curriculum from the age of 3 to the age of 50, NORC has helped develop and evaluate assessments to support pre-K math and language instruction; measured the effectiveness of a reading intervention program pioneered by AmeriCorps; and completed the National Survey of Early Care and Education, the largest national study of its kind to assess the accessibility and quality of early care and education in the United States.