Sites & Studies that Mention the Abecedarian Project:

• The Abecedarian Project is listed as a "Program that Works" on the Promising Practices Network. 
   
• The Committee for Economic Development report titled "The Economic Promise of Investing in High-Quality Preschool: Using Early Education to Improve Economic Growth and the Fiscal Sustainability of States and the Nation" states that the Abecedarian Project is a high-quality early childhood education program. (this links to a PDF file)
   
• The successes of the Abecedarian Project are compared with other early childhood education interventions by the RAND Corporation. (this links to a PDF file)
   
• "The Economic Impacts of Child Care and Early Education: Financing Solutions for the Future," a conference sponsored by Legal Momentum's Family Initiative and the MIT Workplace Center, says the Abecedarian Project makes it "evident that high-quality early education provides substantial benefits to socioeconomically at-risk children." (this links to a PDF file)
   
• The Abecedarian Project shows the importance of PK-3 programs in the Foundation for Child Development's "PK-3: What It Is and How Do We Know It Works?" (this links to a PDF file) 
   
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' "Economic, Neurobiological and Behavioral Perspectives on Building America's Future Workforce" offers further analysis of the results of the Abecedarian Project. (this links to a PDF file) 
   
• The National Institute for Early Education Research conducted a benefit-cost analysis of the Abecedarian Project.
   
• Dr. James J. Heckman, a Nobel laureate in Economics, discusses the Abecedarian Project and the importance of early childhood education in an interview.
   
• The Brookings Institution's article "Success By Ten" calls the Abecedarian Project a "promising model program." (this links to a PDF file) 
   
• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis list the Abecedarian Project as a "sound model." (this links to a PDF file) 
   
• The FPG Child Development Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill calls the Abecedarian Project "a one-of-a-kind experience." (this links to a PDF file)
  
  
• The American Educational Research Association’s publication Research Points includes Abecedarian long-term outcomes in an issue entitled "Early Childhood Education: Investing in Quality Makes Sense." 

Sites & Studies that Mention the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP):

• IHDP is listed as a "Program that Works" on the Promising Practices Network. 
   
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discusses the 18-year follow-up study on the IHDP.
   
• National Center for Children & Families
   
• FPG Child Development Institute's Snapshot of IHDP (PDF version)