Expanding Access to Quality Pre-K is Sound Public PolicyW.
Steven Barnett, Ph.D.
National Institute for Early Education Research
Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyDecember 2013 2Executive SummaryIn 2013, preschool education received more attention in the media and public policy circles than it hasfor some time, in part because of a series of high-profile proposals to expand access to quality pre-K.
The scientific basis for these proposed expansions of quality pre-K is impressive.
A national randomized trial of children who attended Head Start in
2002 found modest initial effects and failed to detect lasting impacts.
The latest follow up on the New Jersey chi...
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