Books

• William Gormley Jr. and Steven Balla. Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance, 3rd ed.. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2012.
• William Gormley. Voices for Children: Rhetoric and Public Policy. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
• William T. Gormley, Jr. and David Weimer. Organizational Report Cards. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999.

Articles in journals

• Timothy Bartik, William Gormley, and Shirley Adelstein. "Earnings Benefits of Tulsa’s Pre-K Program for Different Income Groups." Ecomics of Education Review 31 (2012): 1143-61.
• William T. Gormley, Jr., Deborah Phillips, Katie Newmark, Kate Welti, Shirley Adelstein. "Social-Emotional Effects of Early Childhood Education Programs in Tulsa." Child Development 82 (2011): 2095-2109.
• William T. Gormley, Jr.. "From Science to Policy in Early Childhood Education." Science 333 (2011): 978-981.
• William T. Gormley, Jr., Deborah Phillips, Shirley Adelstein, Catherine Shaw. "Head Start’s Comparative Advantage: Myth or Reality?." Policy Studies Journal 38 (2010): 397-418.
• Deborah Phillips, William T. Gormley, Jr., Amy Lowenstein. "Inside the Pre-K Door." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 24 (2009): 213-228.
• William Gormley, Jr., Deborah Phillips, and Ted Gayer. "Preschool Programs Can Boost School Readiness." Science 320 (2008): 1723-1724.
• William T. Gormley, Jr.. "The Effects of Oklahoma’s Pre-K Program on Hispanic Students." Social Science Quarterly (2008): 916-936.
• William T. Gormley, Jr.. "Early Childhood Education: Lessons and Puzzles." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26 (2007): 651-689.
• William Gormley, Ted Gayer, Deborah Phillips, and Brittany Dawson. "The Effects of Universal Pre-K on Cognitive Development." Developmental Psychology 41.6 (2005): 872-884.
• William T. Gormley, Jr. and Ted Gayer. "Promoting School Readiness in Oklahoma: An Evaluation of Tulsa’s Pre-K Program." Journal of Human Resources (2005): 533-558.