NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, Phase 3

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development is a national longitudinal research project, conducted at 10 research sites, that has examined the child care, family, and school experiences of 1,300 children since their birth in 1991. Phase I of the study followed children from birth to three years of age; Phase II followed children from three years through second grade. Data from Phases I and II currently are being analyzed and published (see http://public.rti.org/secc for more information). Phase III is following children from third grade through seventh grade. Phases II and III allow the project to examine four areas of interest: duration of effects, plasticity of development, the importance of transitions, and processes that account for observed effects.


Leadership

Deborah Vandell

Staff

Connie Showalter

Funding

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Project Website

http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/childcare

Status

Completed on June 30, 2005

Contact Information

Kim Pierce, Site Coordinator
kmpierce@wisc.edu