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Direct linkSabol, Terri J.; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015
Head Start is the oldest and largest federally funded preschool program in the United States. From its inception in 1965, Head Start not only provided early childhood education, care, and services for children, but also sought to promote parents' success. However, almost all evaluation studies of Head Start have focused solely on…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Income Groups
Ladd, Helen F.; Muschkin, Clara G.; Dodge, Kenneth A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2014
This study examines the community-wide effects of two statewide early childhood policy initiatives in North Carolina. One initiative provides funding to improve the quality of child care services at the county level for all children between the ages of 0 to 5, and the other provides funding for preschool slots for disadvantaged four-year-olds.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Grade 3, Child Care, State Aid
Wong, Vivian C.; Cook, Thomas D.; Barnett, W. Steven; Jung, Kwanghee – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
Since 1980, the number of state pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs has more than doubled, with 38 states enrolling more than one million children in 2006 alone. This study evaluates how five state pre-K programs affected children's receptive vocabulary, math, and print awareness skills. Taking advantage of states' strict enrollment policies…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Program Evaluation, Preschool Children
Henry, Gary T.; Gordon, Craig S. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
The emergence of publicly subsidized preschool raises important policy questions about the role of market forces and, in places where competition to provide these services exists, presents a setting in which the effects of competition on educational outcomes can be tested. We test neo-institutional hypotheses concerning the effects of competition…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Preschool Education, Outcomes of Education, Competition
Joyce, Ted; Gibson, Diane; Colman, Silvie – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
We analyze the relationship between prenatal WIC participation and birth outcomes in New York City from 1988 - 2001. The analysis is unique for several reasons. First, we have over 800,000 births to women on Medicaid, the largest sample ever used to analyze prenatal participation in WIC. Second, we focus on measures of fetal growth distinct from…
Descriptors: Females, Prenatal Care, Pregnancy, Premature Infants
Blau, David M. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003
The effect of child care regulations on outcomes in the child care market and the labor market for mothers of young children is examined. The analysis uses a time series of cross sections and examines the robustness of previous cross-section findings to controls for state-level heterogeneity. Child care regulations as a group have statistically…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Child Care, Employed Women, Mothers
