Untangling the Evidence on Preschool Effectiveness
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Total Pages | : 91 |
Release | : 2019 |
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This report presents the evidence on the effects of preschool, finding that well-implemented programs support substantial early learning gains and can have lasting impacts throughout school. It explains how the findings from evaluations of the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K and Head Start programs inform interpretations of preschool effectiveness and demonstrate how study methodology used to compare children in a program to those outside the program shapes the interpretation of research results. When children who attend a specific preschool program are compared to similar children who did not attend preschool at all - as opposed to those who attended another program - the benefits of preschool are clear. Research finds that the quality of both preschool programs and primary schools can affect the measured outcomes of preschool before and during elementary education. [Publisher summary, ed]