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ERIC Number: EJ371421
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Economics of Early Educational Intervention: A Review.
Barnett, W. Steven; Escobar, Colette M.
Review of Educational Research, v57 n4 p387-414 Win 1987
In the last two decades, at least 20 economic analyses of early education intervention have been conducted and their results widely distributed. A critical review of this literature indicates that few studies provide credible evidence for the cost-effectiveness of early intervention for disadvantaged children. (TJH)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Economic Research, Intervention, Literature Reviews, Program Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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