• Introduction
• Pre-K Enrollment Grows
• Childcare Centers Capture 63.1% Of Children In Preschool Settings
• Preschool Market Characterized By Fragmentation
• $1.46B Early Education Market
• 2004 State Policy-Making Initiatives
• Table 1.1: Percent of 3- and 4-Year-Olds in Childcare/Education Programs, 1991- 2001
• Table 1.2: Center-Based Enrollment By Category, 2004
• Table 1.3: Pre-K Instructional Materials Market Funding, 2004
• Table 1.4: State Policy-Making Initiatives Related to Pre-K, 2002-2004

Chapter 2: Instructional Materials and Assessments

• Introduction
• Preschool Assessment Becomes Acceptable
• Publishers Focus On Assessment
• Kits, Manipulatives Are Popular Entry Products
• Comprehensive Curriculum On The Rise
• Interactive Text Coming

Chapter 3: Federal Initiatives

• Introduction
• Head Start
• Social Services and Education
• Market Opportunites
• Involving the States
• Future of the Program
• Reading First and Early Reading First
• Grant Awards
• Future of Federal Initiatives
• Table 3.1: Federal Support for Education, 1980-2003
• Table 3.2: Fed. Agencies Providing Most Education Program Support, 1980- 2003
• Table 3.3: Major Sources of Federal Early Care and Education Funding, 2003- 2005
• Table 3.4: Head Start Snapshot, 2004
• Table 3.5: Reading First, Early Reading First Funding, 2003-2005
• Table 3.6: Estimated Instructional Materials, Assessment Funding Under Reading
• First, Early Reading First
• Table 3.7: States With the Most Agencies Requesting 2004 Early Reading First Grants

Chapter 4: State Preschool Initiatives

• Introduction
• Six Large States Spend the Most
• Budget Pressures
• Market Opportunities
• Preschool in Adoptions
• Push for Universal Preschool
• States to Watch
• Table 4.1: State-Funded Preschool Snapshot, 2004
• Table 4.2: Funding, Enrollment in State-Supported Pre-K, 2002-2003
• Table 4.3: Governor’s Pre-K Proposals, Fiscal 2005 vs. Fiscal 2004
• Table 4.4: Texas Pre-K 2003 Adoption

Chapter 5: Private Sector Opportunites

• Introduction
• Knowledge Learning and KinderCare Vie for “Largest” Title
• Market Opportunities
• Table 5.1: Private Center-Based Childcare Snapshot
• Table 5.2: Largest For-Profit Childcare Providers, 2004
• Table 5.3: Who’s Selling Where

Chapter 6: Outlook

• Introduction
• Public Pre-K Prospects Are Strongest
• Table 6.1: Pre-K Instructional Materials Market Funding, 2005

Chapter 7: Profiles of For-Profit Childcare Providers

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions
• KinderCare Learning Centers
• Knowledge Learning Corp.
• La Petite Academy
• Learning Care Group

Chapter 8: Publisher Profiles

• Delta Education
• Harcourt Education
• Houghton Mifflin Co.
• Pearson Education.
• Renaissance Learning