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Peer reviewedSprigle, Joan E.; Schaefer, Lyn – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Compared long-term effects of two compensatory preschool programs. Learning to Learn and Head Start/Title on fourth through sixth grade performance of students. Data, collected and analyzed from cumulative records of students revealed significant differences in favor of Learning to Learn groups on academic subjects, special education placement,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Competence, Early Childhood Education, Grades (Scholastic)
Peer reviewedReynolds, Arthur J. – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Investigated the effects of the Chicago Child Parent Center and Expansion Program for six social competence outcomes up to two years postprogram. Duration of intervention was significantly and positively associated with reading and mathematics achievement, teacher ratings of school adjustment, parental involvement in school activities, grade…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Mathematics Achievement
Direct linkGassman-Pines, Anna; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu – Developmental Psychology, 2006
The authors examined the effects of antipoverty programs on children's cumulative poverty-related risk and the relationship between cumulative poverty-related risk and child outcomes among low-income families. Samples included 419 children ages 3-10 years in the New Hope program and 759 children ages 2-9 years in the Minnesota Family …
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Behavior Problems, Low Income, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedFlannery, Daniel J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Assigned elementary schools to either immediate postbaseline intervention (PBI) with PeaceBuilders, a school-based violence prevention program, or to intervention 1 year later (PBD). Found significant gains in social competence for kindergarten through second-graders in Year 1, in peace-building behavior in Grades K to 5, and reduced aggression in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Change Strategies, Children, Educational Environment
St. Pierre, Robert G.; Ricciuti, Anne E.; Rimdzius, Tracy A. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
A randomized experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of Even Start, a federally supported family literacy program providing early childhood education, adult education, parenting education, and joint parent-child literacy activities to children and parents from low-literate families. The evaluation of 18 Even Start projects followed 463…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Literacy Education, Family Programs, Program Effectiveness
Love, John M. Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Ross, Christine; Raikes, Helen; Constantine, Jill; Boller, Kimberly; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; Tarullo, Louisa Banks; Brady-Smith, Christy; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; Schochet, Peter Z.; Paulsell, Diane; Vogel, Cheri – Developmental Psychology, 2005
Early Head Start, a federal program begun in 1995 for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers, was evaluated through a randomized trial of 3,001 families in 17 programs. Interviews with primary caregivers, child assessments, and observations of parent-child interactions were completed when children were 3 years old.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Young Children
