Projects

PROJECTS

The Oklahoma Project

Since 2001, CROCUS faculty and students have worked on a variety of research projects relating to children and public policy. Many of them have focused on early childhood education, including research on pre-K programs, child care programs, and Head Start. Faculty and students have also examined child traffic fatalities, juvenile justice, and the strategies of child advocacy groups, among other research projects. The current focus of CROCUS is on Oklahoma's distinctive pre-K program, run by the state's public schools and available to all four-year-olds.

COMING ATTRACTIONS
Data for the latest phase of the Oklahoma Project are currently being analyzed. They are expected to be released in the fall of 2007.

The Oklahoma Project: Papers and Reports

The Effects of Oklahoma's Pre-K Program on Hispanic Children. (Working Paper #11, November 2007)
William T. Gormley, Jr., Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University

Classroom Quality and Time Allocation in Tulsa's Early Childhood Programs. (Working Paper #9, March 2007)
Deborah Phillips, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University
William T. Gormley, Jr., Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
Amy Lowenstein, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University

The Effects of Oklahoma's Universal Pre-K Program on School Readiness:
An Executive Summary (November 2004)
William T. Gormley, Jr., and Ted Gayer, Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
Deborah Phillips, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University
Brittany Dawson, Center for Research on Children in the U.S., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

The Effects of Universal Pre-K on Cognitive Development (Working Paper #4, November 2004)
William T. Gormley, Jr. and Ted Gayer, Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
Deborah Phillips, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University
Brittany Dawson, Center for Research on Children in the U.S., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

The Effects of Universal Pre-K in Oklahoma: Research Highlights and Policy Implications (Working Paper #2, October 2003)
William T. Gormley, Jr., Georgetown Public Policy Institute,
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, gormleyw@georgetown.edu
Deborah Phillips, Department of Psychology
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, dap4@georgetown.edu

Promoting School Readiness in Oklahoma: An Evaluation of Tulsa's Pre-K Program (Working Paper #1, October 2003)
William T. Gormley, Jr., Georgetown Public Policy Institute,
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057, gormleyw@georgetown.edu
Ted Gayer, Georgetown Public Policy Institute,
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057 gayert@georgetown.edu

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