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Investing in Quality Pre-K Concord, New Hampshire October 11, 2007 W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D. National Institute for Early Education Research Impacts of Quality Early Education Increased Educational Success and Adult Productivity Achievement test scores Special education and grade repetition High school graduation Behavior problems, delinquency, and crime Employment, earnings, and welfare dependency Decreased Costs to Government Schooling costs Social services costs Crime costs Health care costs (teen pregnancy and smoking) Barnett, W. S. (2002) Early childhood education. In A. Molnar (Ed.) School reform proposals: The research evidence (pp.1-26). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. Interesting “New” Benefits Reduced abuse and neglect Less smoking Less depression Maternal earnings from employment Randomized Trials Long Term Perry Preschool1, IDS2, Early Training Project3 Abecedarian4, Milwaukee5, CARE6 IHDP7 (not Disadvantaged), Houston PCDC8 Mauritius Preschool Study9 Short Term National Early Head Start10 National Head Start11 Many smaller scale studies *See slides at the end of the presentation for references. Quasi-Experimental Studies: Follow-up Into School Years Chicago Child Parent Center Study (12th grade)12 Michigan School Readiness (4th grade)13 South Carolina Pre-K (1st grade)14 New York Pre-K (3rd Grade)15 Ludwig Miller Head Start (12th grade +)16 RAND National study of 4th grade NAEP17 Cost Quality and Outcomes (3rd grade)18 Vandell NICHD Early Care and Education19 Early Provision of Preschool Education (England)20 *See slides at the end of the presentation for references. Three Benefit-Cost Analyses with Disadvantaged Children Barnett, W. S., Masse, L. N. (2007). Early childhood program design and economic returns: Comparative benefit-cost analysis of the Abecedarian program and policy implications, Economics of Education Review, 26, 113-125; Temple, J. A., Reynolds, A. J. (2007). Benefits and costs of investments in prescho