| Literature DB >> 30147124 |
Dana Charles McCoy1, Hirokazu Yoshikawa2, Kathleen M Ziol-Guest2, Greg J Duncan3, Holly S Schindler4, Katherine Magnuson5, Rui Yang2, Andrew Koepp1, Jack P Shonkoff1.
Abstract
Despite calls to expand early childhood education (ECE) in the United States, questions remain regarding its medium- and long-term impacts on educational outcomes. We use meta-analysis of 22 high-quality experimental and quasi-experimental studies conducted between 1960 and 2016 to find that on average, participation in ECE leads to statistically significant reductions in special education placement (d = 0.33 SD, 8.1 percentage points) and grade retention (d = 0.26 SD, 8.3 percentage points) and increases in high school graduation rates (d = 0.24 SD, 11.4 percentage points). These results support ECE's utility for reducing education-related expenditures and promoting child well-being.Entities:
Keywords: early childhood education; grade retention; high school graduation; meta-analysis; preschool; special education
Year: 2017 PMID: 30147124 PMCID: PMC6107077 DOI: 10.3102/0013189X17737739
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Educ Res ISSN: 0013-189X