Her research includes work on the effects of pre-kindergarten on educational outcomes, the early childhood teacher labor force, the “academicization” of kindergarten, and the effects of universal pre-kindergarten on the private child care sector. She is the principal investigator on an Institute of Education Sciences project to examine Louisiana’s efforts to overhaul their early childhood education system. Bassok holds a PhD and two MAs from Stanford University, and a BA from the University of Michigan.