Dana Charles McCoy|Hirokazu Yoshikawa|Kathleen M. Ziol?Guest|Greg J. Duncan|Holly S. Schindler|Katherine Magnuson|Rui Yang|Andrew E. Koepp|Jack P. Shonkoff
Impacts of Early Childhood Education on Medium- and Long-Term Educational Outcomes
Harvard University Press|New York University|New York University|University of California, Irvine|University of Washington|University of Wisconsin–Madison|New York University|Harvard University Press|Harvard University Press
despite calls expand early childhood education ece united states questions remain regarding medium longterm impacts educational outcomes use metaanalysis 22 highquality experimental quasiexperimental studies conducted 1960 2016 find average participation ece leads statistically significant reductions special education placement 033 sd 81 percentage points grade retention 026 sd 83 percentage points increases high school graduation rates 024 sd 114 percentage points results support eces utility reducing educationrelated expenditures promoting child wellbeing