The following people contributed to this publication or helped to develop the ideas:
Panel of Experts
Marc Bornstein, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Linda Brault, Sonoma State University
Deborrah Bremond, Alameda County Children and Families Commission
Vera Guttierez-Clellan, San Diego State University
Christopher Lonigan, Florida State University
Tammy Mann, Zero to Three
Lucia Palacios, Los Angeles Universal Preschool
Jeree Pawl, Clinical Psychologist
Todd Risley, University of Alaska
Ross Thompson, University of California, Davis
Norman Yee, San Francisco Board of Education and San Francisco Children and Families Commission
Marlene Zepeda, California State University, Los Angeles
WestEd, Center for Child and Family Studies
Content development:
Ron Lally, Program Codirector
Peter Mangione, Program Codirector
Charlotte Tilson, Senior Program Associate
Cathy Tsao, Senior Program Associate
Amy Wagner, Senior Program Associate
Sara Webb-Schmitz, Program Associate
Osnat Zur, Senior Program Associate
Research assistance:
Amy Schustz-Alvarez, Program Assistant
Katie Monahan, Program Assistant
Teresa Ragsdale, Program Assistant
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research Center
Stephen Moore, Center Associate Director
Mark Wilson, Center Director; Professor, UC Berkeley
California Department of Education
Meredith Cathcart, Consultant, Special Education Division
Tom Cole, Consultant, Child Development Division
Cecelia Fisher-Dahms, Administrator, Quality Improvement Office
Michael Jett, Former Director, Child Development Division
Camille Maben, Director, Child Development Division
Anthony Monreal, Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction Branch
Mary Smithberger, Consultant, Child Development Division
Gwen Stephens, Former Assistant Director, Child Development Division
Maria Trejo, Administrator, Child Development Division
Note: The names and affiliations of individuals were current at the time of the development of this publication.