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Jun 29, 2018

Are Content-Specific Curricula Differentially Effective in Head Start or State Prekindergarten Classrooms?

Findings from this study demonstrate that content-specific curricula are effective in different preschool settings and should be leveraged to improve children's educational outcomes.
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Jun 25, 2018

The Big Lift Implementation Study: Final Report

The Big Lift, a learning initiative extending from preschool to third grade initiative in San Mateo County, aims to increase third grade reading proficiency in the county. As part of a Big Lift evaluation, this report focused on collective impact design and activity pillars.
Article

Jan 3, 2018

High-Quality Early Childhood Programs Can Change Lives

The most comprehensive look to date at the benefits of early childhood education found that 102 of 115 programs improved at least one outcome for children beyond a statistical doubt. And the economic and social benefits continue to pay dividends, sometimes well into adulthood.
Research Summary

Nov 28, 2017

Big Lift Participation and School Entry Indicators: Early Findings

This brief summarizes results from RAND's descriptive analysis of participation rates and school readiness outcomes for children served in the first year of the Big Lift collective impact initiative.
Research

Nov 28, 2017

Big Lift Participation and School Entry Indicators: Findings for the 2016–2017 Kindergarten Class

The Big Lift is a learning initiative extending from preschool to third grade in San Mateo County, California. This report provides descriptive analyses of participation in Big Lift programs along with measures of kindergarten-readiness at school entry.
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Nov 16, 2017

Decades of Evidence Demonstrate That Early Childhood Programs Can Benefit Children and Provide Economic Returns

An updated comprehensive review of rigorous evaluations of early childhood programs confirms and strengthens RAND researchers' findings from previous syntheses showing that many early childhood programs can improve a range of outcomes for children.
Research Summary

Nov 16, 2017

数十年的证据表明幼儿教育计划有益于儿童并带来经济回报

An updated comprehensive review of rigorous evaluations of early childhood programs confirms and strengthens RAND researchers' findings from previous syntheses showing that many early childhood programs can improve a range of outcomes for children.
Research

Nov 16, 2017

Investing Early: Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs

This report synthesizes evidence on the outcomes, costs, and benefits of early childhood programs, including those that provide early care and education, home visiting, parent education, government transfers, and combinations of approaches.
Research

Oct 23, 2017

Making Summer Last: Integrating Summer Programming into Core District Priorities and Operations

This report examines the efforts by summer leaders in Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Rochester to integrate their summer learning programs into the core priorities and operations of the larger school district as a strategy to increase sustainability.
Research

Oct 23, 2017

استدامة الصيف: دمج البرامج الصيفية في الأولويات والعمليات الأساسية على مستوى المناطق

تتناول هذه الدراسة الجهود التي يبذلها قادة البرامج الصيفية في دالاس، بيتسبرغ ، وروتشستر لدمج برامجهم التعليمية الصيفية في الأولويات الأساسية للبرامج على مستوى المناطق المدرسية، كاستراتيجية لزيادة الاستدامة لهذه البرامج الصيفية.
Podcast

May 5, 2017

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Informing Investments in High-Quality Preschool

In this congressional briefing, RAND senior economist, Lynn Karoly, presents findings from her research, which compiles the most reliable evidence concerning the short- and long-run effects of high-quality preschool programs for participating children and the associated costs, benefits, and economic returns.
Research Summary

Feb 15, 2017

The Economic Returns from Investing in Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

We assessed investments in early childhood programs in New Hampshire, summarizing benefits and economic returns of three early intervention strategies and estimating costs and benefits of statewide investments in programs for at-risk children.

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Are Content-Specific Curricula Differentially Effective in Head Start or State Prekindergarten Classrooms?

The Big Lift Implementation Study: Final Report

High-Quality Early Childhood Programs Can Change Lives

Big Lift Participation and School Entry Indicators: Early Findings

Big Lift Participation and School Entry Indicators: Findings for the 2016–2017 Kindergarten Class

Decades of Evidence Demonstrate That Early Childhood Programs Can Benefit Children and Provide Economic Returns

数十年的证据表明幼儿教育计划有益于儿童并带来经济回报

Investing Early: Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs

Making Summer Last: Integrating Summer Programming into Core District Priorities and Operations

استدامة الصيف: دمج البرامج الصيفية في الأولويات والعمليات الأساسية على مستوى المناطق

Informing Investments in High-Quality Preschool

The Economic Returns from Investing in Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

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Are Content-Specific Curricula Differentially Effective in Head Start or State Prekindergarten Classrooms?

The Big Lift Implementation Study: Final Report

High-Quality Early Childhood Programs Can Change Lives

Big Lift Participation and School Entry Indicators: Early Findings

Big Lift Participation and School Entry Indicators: Findings for the 2016–2017 Kindergarten Class

Decades of Evidence Demonstrate That Early Childhood Programs Can Benefit Children and Provide Economic Returns

数十年的证据表明幼儿教育计划有益于儿童并带来经济回报

Investing Early: Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs

Making Summer Last: Integrating Summer Programming into Core District Priorities and Operations

استدامة الصيف: دمج البرامج الصيفية في الأولويات والعمليات الأساسية على مستوى المناطق

Informing Investments in High-Quality Preschool

The Economic Returns from Investing in Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

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