Childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life : a human capital integration / edited by Arthur J. Reynolds [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early childhood development and human capital / Arthur J. Reynolds, Arthur J. Rolnick, Michelle M. Englund, and Judy A. Temple -- pt. I. Prenatal and infant programs. WIC turns 35: program effectiveness and future directions / Barbara Devaney -- The nurse-family partnership: from trials to practice / David L. Olds -- Carolina Abecedarian project / Frances A. Campbell and Craig T. Ramey -- Early Head Start impacts at age 3 and a description of the age 5 follow-up study / Helen H. Raikes, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, John M. Love, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- pt. II. Preschool education. Project Head Start: quality and links to child outcomes / Gary Resnick -- The challenge of the HighScope Perry preschool study / Lawrence J. Schweinhart -- Impacts and implications of the child-parent center preschool program / Arthur J. Reynolds, Judy A. Temple, and Suh-Ruu Ou -- Small miracles in Tulsa: the effects of universal pre-K on cognitive development / William T. Gormley Jr. -- Lessons from the evaluation of the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP): a longitudinal evaluation / Marijata Daniel-Echols, Elena V. Malofeeva, and Lawrence J. Schweinhart -- Abbott preschool program longitudinal effects study year one findings / Ellen Frede, W. Steven Barnett, Kwanghee Jung, Cynthia Esposito Lamy, and Alexandra Figueras -- Commentary: Are we promising too much for preschool education programs? / Edward Zigler -- pt. III. Kindergarten and early school-age services and practices. Opportunity in early education: improving teacher-child interactions and child outcomes / Andrew J. Mashburn and Robert C. Pianta -- School readiness and the reading achievement gap: can full-day kindergarten level the playing field? / Vi-Nhuan Le, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Heather Barney, Claude Messan Setodji, and Daniel Gershwin -- Small classes in the early grades: one policy, multiple outcomes / Jeremy D. Finn, Allison E. Suriani, and Charles M. Achilles -- pt. IV. Economic syntheses of early childhood investments. Commentary at the Human Capital Research Collaborative Conference / Gary H. Stern -- The cost effectiveness of public investment in high-quality prekindergarten: a state-level synthesis / Robert G. Lynch -- The fiscal returns to public educational investments in African American males / Clive Belfield and Henry Levin -- A new cost-benefit and rate of return analysis for the Perry preschool program: a summary / James J. Heckman, Seony Hyeok Moon, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter Savelyev, and Adam Yavitz -- Investing in our young people / Flavio Cunha and James J. Heckman -- Paths of effects of preschool participation to educational attainment at age 21: a three-study analysis / Arthur J. Reynolds, Michelle M. Englund, Suh-Ruu Ou, Lawrence J. Schweinhart, and Frances A. Campbell.

"This volume presents research findings on the effects of early childhood propgrams and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. The contributors are leading researchers in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning. Effects and cost-effectiveness of the most influential model, state, and federallly-funded programs, policies, and practices are described. These include Head Start, Early Head Start, the WIC Nutrition program, Nurse Family Partnership, and Perry Preschool as well as school reform strategies. The volume provides a unique multidisciplinary approach for understanding and improving interventions, practices, and policies to optimally foster human capital over the life course"-- Provided by publisher.

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