How early childhood learning gains are initiated, increased, sustained, and affect life-course development are fundamental to science and society. This book synthesizes research findings for increasing and sustaining gains in early childhood programs and practices, and addresses the effectiveness of these public investments in promoting well-being.
Focuses on the Child-Parent Center (CPC) program in Chicago, the second oldest (after Head Start) federally funded early childhood intervention program. Begun in 1967, the program operates out of twenty-four centers, which are located in proximity to the elementary schools they serve.
How early childhood learning gains are initiated, increased, sustained, and affect life-course development are fundamental to science and society. This book synthesizes research findings for increasing and sustaining gains in early childhood programs and practices, and addresses the effectiveness of these public investments in promoting well-being.
This volume is the seventh in an annual series of works on educational productivity centered on how more can be accomplished in education without consuming additional human, economic, and social resources. In "Evaluation Research for Educational Productivity" a key question addressed by the authors is: How do current developments in evaluation research enhance our capacity to come to conclusions useful to policy makers and program professional...
