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Part II Evaluating ECD Outcomes— Lessons from Longitudinal Studies ...

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Chapter 4 Outcomes of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Study and Michigan School Readiness Program Lawrence J. Schweinhart* Evalua ...

Measuring ECD Outcomes High/Scope Perry Preschool Study The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study is a scientific experiment iden- ti ...

statistically significant at p< 0.05. The missing-data rate across all measures was only 6 percent. Because the study was bas ...

Beyond High School.The benefits of participating in the ECD program extended beyond high school. The findings for the program gr ...

their post-program intellectual performance, school achievement and commitment to schooling, and then on to their educational at ...

The program is intended to help these children get ready for school. The program serves approximately 22,000 children each year ...

The state evaluation serves as a scientific model for ECD evalua- tion. It was conducted by trained data collectors and included ...

More program children passed Michigan’s 4th grade reading and mathematics tests, compared with the no-program children (44 perc ...

Lessons for Program Design The two evaluation studies—of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Pro- gram and the MSRP—yield important l ...

the success of the program and the evaluation. ECD programs in de- veloping countries may be better served by having program dir ...

from-typical accomplishment. Tracking individuals over time is a dif- ficult problem anywhere, especially in developing countrie ...

Fulfill a 1:8 ratio of adults to children Visit with families frequently to discuss their children’s develop- ment with them. ...

Program implementation—to ensure that an ECD curriculum is being implemented as expected Teacher and child engagement—to ensure ...

Child Observation Record) or tests (e.g., the Woodcock-Johnson Achievement Test), or both. Assuring that the tools which are use ...

In the North Carolina Abecedarian Project, Campbell and col- leagues (2002) underscored the point that high-quality child- care ...

Long-Term Effects of Nurse Home Visitation on Children’s Crimi- nal and Antisocial Behavior: 15-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized T ...

Chapter 5 The Abecedarian Experience Joseph Sparling, Craig T. Ramey, and Sharon L. Ramey* Early child development (ECD) program ...

104 Joseph Sparling, Craig T. Ramey, and Sharon L. Ramey ECD policies and programs that embrace these three attributes can signi ...