Benefits and Costs of Investments in Preschool Education: Evidence from the Child-Parent Centers and Related Programs

Autor/inn/en	Temple, Judy A.; Reynolds, Arthur J.
Titel	Benefits and Costs of Investments in Preschool Education: Evidence from the Child-Parent Centers and Related Programs
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 26 (2007) 1, S.126-144 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.11.004
Schlagwörter	Cost Effectiveness; Elementary Secondary Education; Grade Repetition; Intervention; Investment; Job Training; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Program Effectiveness; Small Classes; Statistical Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	We discuss the evidence on the effectiveness of preschool programs using results from three well-known intervention studies: the Chicago Child-Parent Centers, High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, and the Carolina Abecedarian Project. Results from cost-benefit analyses of other programs for younger and older children also are reported. Given that the Child-Parent Center Program is an established, large-scale preschool program for which a cost-benefit analysis has been recently completed, we focus on this program. We examine the longer-term effects in more detail and we investigate the robustness of estimates used in the cost-benefit analysis. Depending on the assumptions made, our results indicate that the benefit-cost ratio for the preschool program offered by the Child-Parent Centers ranges from $5.98-$10.15. We find strong evidence that the consistently positive economic returns of high-quality preschool programs exceed most other educational interventions, especially those that begin during the school-age years such as reduced class sizes in the elementary grades, grade retention, and youth job training. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10