Georgia's Pre-K Program - FPG Child Development Institute ...

Suggested citation: Maxwell, K. L., Early, D. M., Bryant, D., Kraus, S., Hume, K., &
Crawford, G. (2009). Georgia study of early care and education: Findings from Georgia’s
Pre-K Program. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, FPG
Child Development Institute.
This study was funded by Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care
and Learning. The opinions expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect those of
the funding agency.
Several people worked hard to complete this study and report. The FPG Child
Development Institute team included Kelly Maxwell, Principal Investigator, Diane
Early, Investigator; Donna Bryant, Investigator; Syndee Kraus, project director; Sara
Fuller, research assistant; Katie Hume, research assistant; Gina Walker, administrative
assistant; Elizabeth Gunn, Lloyd DeWald, and Michelle Lemon, programmers; Kirsten
Kainz and R. J. Wirth, statisticians; and Angelia Baldwin, Joe Jungers, and Dawn
Shafar, data entry. Gisele Crawford helped with report writing, and Michael Brady
and Gina Harrison helped with report design and printing. We are very grateful to
the research assistants in Georgia who worked so hard to collect the data: Elizabeth
Crofton, Rachael Lee, Moneesha Smith, Becca White, and Othondra Williams-Hicks.
Jenny Rankin also helped collect some data. We appreciate the cooperation of DECAL
staff, particularly the assistance of Bentley Ponder. Most importantly, we are very
appreciative of the administrators and teachers who welcomed us into their programs
and classrooms so that we could better understand the care available to young
children across Georgia.
Executive summaries and full reports from this study are available at
www.decal.ga.gov.