learn and the skills they gain in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten determine how well they will succeed academically in the next few years that follow. The National Institute for Early Childhood Research is an institute that concentrates on using research to support and enhance Early Childhood programs in the United States. This institute has been using research to promote a higher education for young children since 2002. They are currently doing research on several projects. Evaluations The 'Even Start Classroom Literacy Interventions and Outcomes Study is a controlled study that assesses the contribution of the enhanced parenting component of the program. This program was created in 1989. The focus of this program was to help the parents of low-income families in order to improve the literacy skills of their children. By increasing the parents' knowledge and skills needed for reading and writing, the literacy skills of their young children would most likely increase as well. It focuses on evaluating whether focused literacy instruction combined with parent education will provide better outcomes than current programs. The Early Reading First National Evaluation assesses the impact of the program on children’s language, literacy outcomes and preschools’ literacy instruction. The main focus of this study was to give the children of low-income families the opportunity to gain the necessary academic skills need to succeed in school. The study compares schools’ programs who received funding from the Early reading grant and those who did not. References "Milestones: A Child Care History Timeline." Milestones: A Child Care History Timeline., 2011. Web. 9 Nov. 2014. U.S Department of Education. "Archived: Early Childhood Education." Archived: Early Childhood Education. Web. 8 Nov. 2014. U.S Department of Education. "Early Learning." The White House. The White House, n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2014. U.S Department of Education. "Early Learning: America's Middle Class Promise Begins Early." U.S. Department of Education. Web. 9 Nov. 2014. United States federal education legislation Early childhood education in the United States United States federal legislation articles without infoboxes