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Forum Publications


The Forum's publications include evaluation briefs on critical issues for policymakers and civic leaders, peer-reviewed scientific papers, a new series of working papers, as well as the Early Childhood Program Evaluations: A Decision-Maker’s Guide, which helps prepare decision-makers to be better consumers of evaluation information.

Reports

The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood >>

A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy >>

Early Childhood Program Evaluations: A Decision-Maker’s Guide >>


Working Papers

#7: Workforce Development, Welfare Reform, and Child Well-Being >>

#8: Maternal Depression Can Undermine the Development of Young Children >>

#11: Building the Brain's "Air Traffic Control" System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function >>


Briefs

InBrief Series >>

Evaluation Science Briefs >>

 

Multimedia

Interactive Features


Decision-Maker's Guide - Interactive >>

Five Numbers to Remember About Early Childhood Development >>

Videos


InBrief Series Videos >>

Videos en Español >>

 

 


About the Forum

The Forum was established in 2006. In the same way the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child seeks to explain why public investments should be made in the early childhood years, the Forum tries to describe what investments should be made—and how.
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Forum Members

The Forum is a collaboration among Harvard University and Columbia University; Georgetown University; Johns Hopkins University; the University of California, Irvine; the University of Nebraska; and the University of Wisconsin. More >>

Meta-Analytic Database

Currently, a team of Forum members is building a comprehensive meta-analytic database on intervention services from the prenatal period to age five, including assessments of early care and education, family support and health-based programs. More >>

 


Major support for the Forum has been provided by: the Birth to Five Policy Alliance, the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, Casey Family Programs, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the McCormick Tribune Foundation, the Norlien Foundation, and an Anonymous Donor.