Cost-effective programs in children's first decade a human capital integration

Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Reynolds, Arthur J. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press 2010.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798328106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early childhood development and human capital / Arthur J. Reynolds [and others]
  • WIC turns 35 : program effectiveness and future directions / Barbara Devaney
  • The nurse-family partnership : from trials to practice / David L. Olds
  • Carolina Abecedarian project / Frances A. Campbell and Craig T. Ramey
  • Early Head Start impacts at age 3 and a description of the age 5 follow-up study / Helen H. Raikes [and others]
  • Project Head Start : quality and links to child outcomes / Gary Resnick
  • The challenge of the HighScope Perry preschool study / Lawrence J. Schweinhart
  • Impacts and implications of the child-parent center preschool program / Arthur J. Reynolds, Judy A. Temple, and Suh-Ruu Ou
  • Small miracles in Tulsa : the effects of universal pre-K on cognitive development / William T. Gormley Jr.
  • Lessons from the evaluation of the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) : a longitudinal evaluation / Marijata Daniel-Echols, Elena V. Malofeeva, and Lawrence J. Schweinhart
  • Abbott preschool program longitudinal effects study year one findings / Ellen Frede [and others]
  • Commentary : Are we promising too much for preschool education programs? / Edward Zigler
  • Opportunity in early education : improving teacher-child interactions and child outcomes / Andrew J. Mashburn and Robert C. Pianta
  • School readiness and the reading achievement gap : can full-day kindergarten level the playing field? / Vi-Nhuan Le [and others]
  • Small classes in the early grades : one policy, multiple outcomes / Jeremy D. Finn, Allison E. Suriani, and Charles M. Achilles
  • Commentary at the Human Capital Research Collaborative Conference / Gary H. Stern
  • The cost effectiveness of public investment in high-quality prekindergarten : a state-level synthesis / Robert G. Lynch
  • The fiscal returns to public educational investments in African American males / Clive Belfield and Henry Levin
  • A new cost-benefit and rate of return analysis for the Perry preschool program : a summary / James J. Heckman [and others]
  • Investing in our young people / Flavio Cunha and James J. Heckman
  • Paths of effects of preschool participation to educational attainment at age 21 : a three-study analysis / Arthur J. Reynolds [and others].