Publications

Year 7 Report: (2007-2008) Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Performance and Progress in the Seventh Year (2007-2008) Executive Summary (6 pages, 311KB PDF) Full Report (101 pages, 2 MB PDF) Key Findings (2 pages, 716 KB PDF)
Year 6 Reports: (2006-2007) Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Children’s Longitudinal Outcomes and Program Quality Over Time (2003–2007) Executive Summary (6 pages, 321KB PDF) Full Report (90 pages, 578 KB PDF) Key Findings (2 pages, 192 KB PDF)
Year 5 Reports: (2005-2006) Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Children's Outcomes and Program Quality in the Fifth Year (2005-2006) Full Report (76 pages, 547KB PDF) Executive Summary (6 pages, 316KB PDF) Key Findings (2 pages, 221KB PDF)
Year 4 Reports: (2004-2005) Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Children’s Longitudinal Outcomes and Classroom Quality in Kindergarten Executive Summary (7 pages, 529KB PDF) Full Report (64 pages, 857KB PDF)
Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Year 4 (July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005) Program Characteristics and Services Executive Summary (5 pages, 290KB PDF) Full Report (36 pages, 660KB PDF)
Year 3 Report  (2003-2004) Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Year 3 Report (July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004) Executive Summary (2 pages, 264KB PDF) Full Report (87 pages, 981K PDF)
Year 2 Report  (2002-2003) Evaluation of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Year 2 Report (July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003) Executive Summary (2 pages, 445KB PDF) Full Report (78 pages, 3.4MB PDF)
Year 1 Report  (January-June 2002) Child and Program Characteristics of the North Carolina More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program: Year 1 (January-June 2002) Executive Summary (2 pages, 237KB PDF) Full Report (36 pages, 2MB PDF)

Presentations

Peisner-Feinberg, E.S., & Schaaf, J.M. (2009, April). Associations between English and Spanish Cognitive and Language Skills in Young English Language Learners. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

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Peisner-Feinberg, E.S., & Schaaf, J.M. (2009, April). Moderators of Cognitive and Social Development through Kindergarten for At-Risk Participants in a School Readiness Program. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

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Peisner-Feinberg, E.S., Nelson, L., & Schaaf, J.M. (2007, March). Longitudinal Cognitive and Social Development of At-Risk Participants in a Statewide School Readiness Program. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Peisner-Feinberg, E. (2006, September). Evaluation of the NC More at Four Program. Presentation at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children, Greensboro, NC.

Peisner-Feinberg, E.S. & Maris, C.M. (2005, September). Evaluation of the NC More at Four Program: NC-AEYC pre-conference More at Four administrators track. Presentation at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children, Greensboro, NC.

Peisner-Feinberg, E.S., & Maris, C.L. (2005, April). Taking Early Intervention to Scale: Program Quality and Children's Outcomes in the NC More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Cobb, C., Pruette, J., & Peisner-Feinberg, E. (2005, January). Building the More at Four Program: NC's Fast Track to Success. Presentation at the National Smart Start Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Bryant, D., Kupersmidt, J., Peisner-Feinberg, E., Sparling, J., Wasik, B., & Yazejian, N. (2004, November). Curriculum research at the FPG Child Development Institute: 5 studies of literacy, social-emotional, music, and comprehensive curricula. Seminar presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Anaheim, CA.

Cobb, C., Pruette, J., & Peisner-Feinberg, E. (2004, February). More at Four Pre-K Program: Helping to close the gap. Presentation at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Annual Accountability Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Peisner-Feinberg, E.S. (2004, January). Findings from North Carolina's More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program. Workshop presented at A Day for Daycare Training, Chapel Hill, NC.

Cobb, C., Peisner-Feinberg, E., Roberts, L., Ball, P., & Ponder, K. (2004, January). The State Story: More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program Update. Presentation at the National Smart Start Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Cobb, C., Peisner-Feinberg, E., Roberts, L., Ball, P., & Ponder, K. (2003, January). Governor's More at Four pre-kindergarten program: A state level perspective of the program now and in the future. Presentation at the National Smart Start Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Peisner-Feinberg, E.S., Cobb, C., & Pellin, B. (2002, November). North Carolina's More at Four pre-kindergarten initiative: An overview of the purpose, implementation, and evaluation of the program. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, New York, NY.