Quality: The Key to Successful Programs. Special Report: Early Childhood Education.

Cheever, Daniel S., Jr.; Ryder, Anne E.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Quality: The Key to Successful Programs. Special Report: Early Childhood Education.

Cheever, Daniel S., Jr.; Ryder, Anne E.

Principal, v65 n5 p18-21 May 1986

Studies confirm the educational advantages and cost-effectiveness of high-quality early childhood programs and have made more persuasive the argument for developing such programs. The most important determinants of such programs are: group size, qualifications and training of staff, stability of care, and adult-child ratio. (MD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Learning Readiness, Low Achievement, Preschool Education, Productive Thinking, School Readiness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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