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ERIC Number: EJ628757
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0790
The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study: A Case Study in Random Assignment.
Schweinhart, Lawrence J.
Evaluation and Research in Education, v14 n3&4 p136-47 2000
Studied the long-term benefits of preschool programs for young children living in poverty in the High/Scope Perry Preschool Study, which examined the lives of 123 African Americans randomly divided into a preschool treatment group and a no-preschool comparison group. Cost-benefit analyses of data on these students to age 27 show beneficial effects of preschool participation and the usefulness of this research approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Low Income Groups, Outcomes of Education, Poverty, Preschool Education, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Randomization
Note: Special issue titled "Evidence-based Policies and Indicator Systems." Papers in this special issue were presented at one of two conferences of the same name held at the University of Durham, England, in 1997 and 1999.