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2	The state of preschool 2011. National Institute for Early Education Research - Barnett, Carolan, et al. - 2011 (Show Context) Citation Context ...-year old children and 52 percent of 4-year old children, a total that exceeds 224,000 children, while Head start accounted for 8 percent of 3-year old children and 10 percent of 4-year old children (=-=Barnett et al., 2011-=-). The Texas program is large and well established, but the program is not considered high-quality. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) ranks state pre-K programs on numerous c...