NECTC was a five-year research project funded through the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs to investigate and validate practices and strategies that enhance the early childhood transition process and support positive school outcomes for children with disabilities. The project used a multi-method approach to identify state, community, program, family and child factors that lead to positive school outcomes. NECTC products are available as free downloads, and include things like a 2016 research brief on a child outcome framework for the early childhood transition process and many other foundational studies.