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

December 1, 2007 This report was released in December 2007 by the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. Increasing demands for evidence-based early childhood services and the need by policymakers to know whether a program is effective or whether it warrants a significant investment of public and/or private funds -- coupled with the often-politicized debate around these topics -- make it imperative for policymakers and civic leaders to have the independent knowledge needed to be able to evaluate the quality and relevance of the evidence provided in reports. This clear, concise guide from the National Forum on . . .