- Assessment
- Common Core State Standards Initiative
- Early Childhood Systems Building
- Infants and Toddlers
- Kindergarten
- Licensing
- Prekindergarten
- Professional Development Systems
- Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
- Related Links
NAEYC’s state policy efforts focus on researching and tracking national and state trends and informing NAEYC affiliates, policymakers, collaborating organizations, and other interested parties about NAEYC’s positions on state public policies and their impacts on children birth through eight and their families.
- State Early Care and Education Public Policy Developments: Fiscal Year 2012 (January 2012)
- Developing Kindergarten Readiness and Other Large-Scale Assessment Systems (December 2011)
- Compilation of NAEYC Resources Related to Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Program (August 2011)
- Quality Benchmarks for Cultural Competence Tool (June 2009)
- Elevating the Field: Using NAEYC Early Childhood Accreditation to Support and Reach Higher Quality in Early Childhood Programs (January 2009)
- Developing Kindergarten Readiness and Other Large-Scale Assessment Systems
- NAEYC Position Statement on Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation
- NAEYC Position Statement on Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- NAEYC Position Statement on School Readiness
- NAEYC Position Statement on Professional Preparation Standards
- NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria
- See: Federal Policy Letters
Common Core State Standards Initiative
NAEYC has released a joint statement with the National Association of Early Childhood Specialist in State Departments of Education on the Common Core State Standard Initiative.
- Joint Statement
- Common Core State Standards Initiative
- NAEYC Position Statement on Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- NAEYC Position Statement on Early Childhood Mathetmatics
- NAEYC Position Statement on Early Learning Standards
- NAEYC Position Statement on Learning to Read and Write
- NAEYC Position Statement on Still Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry and Placement
Early Childhood Systems Building
- Build Initiative
- Building an Early Learning System: The ABC's of Planning and Governance Structures
- Early Child Care and Education: State Governance Structure
- Emerging Entities to Govern and Manage Early Care & Education at the Community and State Levels
- Smart Start's National Technical Assistance Center Resources
- State Head Start Collaborative Offices
- NAEYC Position Statement: Still Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry and Placement
- NAEYC Position Statement on School Readiness
- Education Commission of the States Kindergarten Database
- NAEYC Report: Developing Kindergarten Readiness and Other Large-Scale Assessment Systems
- Early Childhood Education State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards: Moving Forward With Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Efforts
- National Conference of State Legislatures:State Approaches to State Readiness Assessment
- Accreditation and Pre-K: States or Cities that Require Early Care and Education Program Accreditation
- National Institute for Early Education Research The State of Preschool: 201 State Preschool Yearbook
- Pre-K Policy Framework:The National Prekindergarten Center (NPC) at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
- State Prekindergarten Programs Facts
Professional Development Systems
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
