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Table 2 Achievement Gains from Pre-K at Age 4 (standardized effect sizes)

From: Universal and Targeted Approaches to Preschool Education in the United States

 

Perry Preschool

Tulsa UPK

8 State Pre K

Head Start

Cog/Lang

.75

NA

.23

.09 (.18)

Math

NA

.36

.31

NS (.15)

Print

NA

.99

.79

.25 (.24)

  1. Note. Head Start effects at age 3 reported in parentheses. There were fewer problems with nonparticipation of the treatment group and participation in other programs for the control group at age 3, so these estimates may more accurately reflect program impact. From “Effects of eight state prekindergarten programs on early learning,” by W. S. Barnett, K. Jung, E. C. Frede, J. Husted, & C. Howes, 2010, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Finance Association, Richmond, VA.; “Head Start Impact Study. Final Report,” by USDHHS, 2010, Administration for Children and Families, Washington, DC.