My research focuses on building the evidence base that state and federal policymakers need to make better decisions about early childhood systems — how educator pipelines form and break down, what it costs to deliver quality care, how subsidy policies shape access, and how data infrastructure can support ongoing learning and improvement.
Early Educator Wage Growth Under Massachusetts’ C3 Program (with K. Hyland).
Supporting Competencies of the Infant and Toddler Workforce: Case Studies of Competency Frameworks in Five States (with A. Mraz Esposito, D. Straske, F. Hurwitz, T. Nguyen, and C. Jones)
Competencies of Infant and Toddler Teachers and Caregivers: A Review of the Literature (with E. Moiduddin, S. Atkins-Burnett, K. Niland, and M. Kharsa)
Operational Funding and Early Educator Wage Growth: Evidence from Massachusetts (with K. Hyland)
Using a Narrow Cost Analysis to Inform Payment Rates: A Brief for CCDF Lead Agencies (with K. Gonzalez, L. Karoly, J. Isaacs, and P. Willenborg)
Measuring Costs to Understand Supports for Quality in Early Care and Education Centers (with T. Schulte)
Braiding Federal Funding to Expand Access to Quality Early Care and Education and Early Childhood Supports and Services: A Tool for States and Local Communities (with K. Gonzalez)
Are Ratings from Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Valid Measures of Program Quality? A Synthesis of Validation Studies from Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge States (with L. Fox, M. McCullough, and M. Herrmann)
Toddlers in Early Head Start: A Portrait of 3-Year-Olds, Their Families, and the Programs Serving Them (with C. Vogel, Y. Xue, J. Thomas, E. Bandel, N. Aikens, K. Boller, and L. Murphy)
Defining and Measuring Quality: An In-Depth Study of Five Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (with G. Kirby, L. Malone, and K. Boller)
Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education: A Review of Literature (with G. Kirby, K. Boller, E. Modlin, and J. Lyskawa)