Part IProgram Dosage and Quality

1. 2Synthesis of Preschool Dosage: How Quantity, Quality, and Content Impact Child Outcomes

   Barbara A. Wasik and Emily K. Snell

2. 3Teacher Influences and Program Effectiveness in Early Childhood Education

   Gregory Camilli

3. 4Boosting School Readiness with Preschool Curricula

   Tutrang Nguyen, Greg J. Duncan, and Jade M. Jenkins

4. 5What Can We Learn from State-of-the-Art Early Childhood Education Programs?

   Beth Meloy, Madelyn Gardner, Marjorie Wechsler, and David Kirp

Part IIContinuity from Preschool to Third Grade

1. 6Patterns of Experiences across Head Start and Kindergarten Classrooms That Promote Children’s Development

   Andrew J. Mashburn and Rita Yelverton

2. 7Quality and Continuity in Young Children’s Educational Experiences

   Deborah J. Stipek

3. 8The Child–Parent Center Preschool-to-Third-Grade Program: A School Reform Model to Increase and Sustain Learning Gains at Scale

   Arthur J. Reynolds

4. 9State Policies That Support Children’s Literacy through Pre-K–Third Grade Education

   Laura Bornfreund and Abbie Lieberman

Part IIISchool and Family Processes of Impacts over Time

1. 10School-Related and Family Processes Leading to Long-Term Intervention Effects

   Arthur J. Reynolds, Suh-Ruu Ou, Christina F. Mondi, and Momoko Hayakawa

2. 11Lessons on Sustaining Early Gains from the Life-Course Study of Perry Preschool

   Lawrence J. Schweinhart

3. 12Sustaining Gains from Early Childhood Intervention: The Abecedarian Program

   Frances A. Campbell, Yi Pan, and Margaret Burchinal

4. 13Differential Effects of High-Quality Early Care: Lessons from the Infant Health and Development Program

   Juan C. Chaparro, Aaron J. Sojourner, and Nathan Huey

Part IVSynthesis and Guiding Principles

1. 14Enhancing Children’s Outcomes since “Eager to Learn”

   Barbara T. Bowman

2. 15Reframing Policy and Practice Deliberations: Twelve Hallmarks of Strategies to Attain and Sustain Early Childhood Gains

   Craig T. Ramey and Sharon Landesman Ramey