Watching Teachers Work: Using Observation Tools to Promote Effective Teaching in the Early Years and Early Grades
Lisa Guernsey and Susan Ochshorn
Education Policy Program at New America Foundation
November 2011

Lifting Pre-K Quality: Caring and Effective Teachers
Bruce Fuller, John W. Gasko, and Rebecca Anguiano
Institute of Human Development, University of California Berkeley
2010

A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers for the Pre-K Classroom
Marisa Bueno, Linda Darling-Hammond, and Danielle Gonzales
Pre-K Now, a campaign of the Pew Center on the States
March 2010

Effective Investments in the Child Care and Early Education Profession
Roberta B. Weber, Ph.D., Molly Trauten, M.G.S.
Oregon State University, Family Policy Program; Oregon Childcare Research Partnership
October 2008

Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education: Declining Workforce Qualifications in an Expanding Industry, 1979-2004
Stephen Herzenberg, Mark Price, David Bradley
Economic Policy Institute
2005

Early Education Quality: Higher Teacher Qualifications for Better Learning Environments
Marcy Whitebook
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
2003

Low Wages = Low Quality: Solving the Real Preschool Teacher Crisis
W. Steven Barnett
NIEER
March 2003

Supply, Demand and Accountability: Effective Strategies to Enhance the Quality of Early Learning Experiences Through Workforce Improvement
Richard N. Brandon, Juliet P. Scarpa
Human Services Policy Center
May 2006

Better Teachers, Better Preschools: Student Achievement Linked to Teacher Qualifications
W. Steven Barnett
NIEER
December 2004

Bachelor's Degrees Are Best: Higher Qualifications for Pre-kindergarten Teachers Lead to Better Learning Environments for Children
Marcy Whitebook
Trust for Early Education
2003

Getting Ready for Quality: The Critical Importance of Developing a Skilled, Ethnically Diverse Early Childhood Workforce
California Tomorrow