Research
shows quality preschool programs, like We Can Early Learning Curriculum, significantly reduce referrals to special education and virtually eliminate the learning gap for children from low - income families.
Not exact matches
Video
showing the essential features of a high -
quality preschool program from the National Institute for Early Education Research.
According to educators at the Critical Issues in Urban Special Education institute, recent research
shows that early intervention and high -
quality preschool programs can improve special education students» outcomes later on.
Research
shows that high -
quality preschool education has a lasting impact on children's school success, and in recent years, cities and states have moved to increase access to
preschool programs.
Proponents for public investment in early childhood education have relied on the work of Nobel Laureate James Heckman, whose studies have
shown the positive results of early childhood investments, based on higher earnings, less crime, and lower unemployment among adults who had been enrolled in high -
quality preschool programs as children.
Rouse said the studies
showed that a high -
quality preschool is a good return on investment for children, with an average earned annual income of $ 42,000 by the time children were in their 40s as compared to the $ 17,000 the
program cost.
Research has
shown that children benefit for life when they participate in high
quality preschool programs.
Research has
shown that 3 - and 4 - year - olds, especially those who are at risk for school failure, when placed in high -
quality preschool programs are more successful in their future academic and social development.
Randomized controlled trials, the gold standard of evidence, have
shown this with
programs like Nurse - Family Partnership, Reach Out and Read, and high -
quality preschool.
Large bodies of research have
shown how poor health and nutrition inhibit child development and learning and, conversely, how high -
quality early childhood and
preschool education
programs can enhance them.
Research has
shown that both curriculum
quality and teacher education have very low correlations with cognitive and social - emotional outcomes in
preschool programs.
Growing and Learning in
Preschool NIEER's five - minute video, Growing and Learning in Preschool, shows the essential features of a high - quality preschool
Preschool NIEER's five - minute video, Growing and Learning in
Preschool, shows the essential features of a high - quality preschool
Preschool,
shows the essential features of a high -
quality preschoolpreschool program.
«Although many studies
show that high -
quality preschool returns $ 7 to $ 10 for every dollar invested, the research
shows that it is not so easy to create high -
quality preschool at scale, and not all
programs reap these benefits,» says Linda Darling - Hammond, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute (LPI).
On average, children who attend high -
quality preschool gain four months of additional learning, and high -
quality programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Boston have
shown 6 to 12 months of additional learning.
Findings from these
preschool programs, coupled with findings from longitudinal studies conducted over the past several decades, have
shown that high -
quality preschool can improve school readiness, particularly for children of color and children who are non-native English speakers.
As research across neuroscience, developmental psychology, and economics demonstrates, early social - emotional, physical, and cognitive skills beget later skill acquisition, setting the groundwork for success in school and the workplace.15 However, an analysis of nationally representative data
shows that 65 percent of child care centers do not serve children age 1 or younger and that 44 percent do not serve children under age 3 at all.16 Consequently, child care centers only have the capacity to serve 10 percent of all children under age 1 and 25 percent of all children under age 3.17 High -
quality child care during this critical period can support children's physical, cognitive, and social - emotional development.18 Attending a high -
quality early childhood
program such as
preschool or Head Start is particularly important for children in poverty or from other disadvantaged backgrounds and can help reduce the large income - based disparities in achievement and development.19
Research
shows that high
quality early childhood,
preschool, and school - age
programs prepare children for future success in school, work, and life.
Extensive study of two model
programs (the High / Scope Perry
Preschool Program and the Carolina Abecedarian Study) has
shown that high
quality early childhood education can have significant and long - term positive effects on school readiness, and are significantly more beneficial to children from disadvantaged families.
Using more than 35 years of data on the Perry
Preschool program, Professor James Heckman has
shown that
quality early childhood education
programs for disadvantaged children can dramatically improve outcomes in education, employment and health.
The research
shows that high -
quality birth - to - five
programs for disadvantaged children can deliver a 13 % per year return on investment — a rate substantially higher than the 7 - 10 % return previously established for
preschool programs serving 3 - to 4 - year - olds.