Early childhood education attendance is associated with higher high school completion, college attendance, and employment¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Children who attend early childhood education have higher rates of high school completion, college attendance, and employment than similar children who did not attend. → High-Quality Early Child Education is Associated With 2023

Evidence¶

High-Quality Early Child Education is Associated With 2023¶

High-Quality Early Child Education is Associated With... (2023). Regional Educational Laboratory West, WestEd. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/west

q2 · i? · review · r?

The summary reports, citing Carneiro and Ginja (2013) on Head Start, higher rates of "high school completion, college attendance, and employment" among ECE attendees. No magnitudes are printed.

"Children who attend Early Childhood Education have higher rates of high school completion, college attendance, and employment."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Time and Continuity — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Early childhood education attendance is associated with decreased high school disciplinary measures including juvenile incarceration compared to similar non-attending children — related
• Children who attend pre-kindergarten are advanced on language, reading, writing, and math skills compared to similar children who did not attend — related
• Early childhood education attendance is associated with statistically significant reductions in special education placement and grade retention — related
• Early childhood education attendance is associated with long-term health benefits, particularly reduced prevalence of risk factors for chronic diseases — related
• Children attending early childhood education programs are far more likely to be on track in emergent literacy and numeracy — related
• Early numeracy mastery at 54 months predicts college attendance — related
• High-quality early care is associated with school readiness, math and language gains, and reduced grade repetition and special education placement — related
• More experienced teachers improve non-test outcomes including attendance, behavior, and college enrollment — related
• Dual language learners especially benefit from high-quality early care and dual language immersion programs, and multilingualism is associated with cognitive, linguistic, social, and cultural strengths — related
• Pre-kindergarten attendance predicts college enrollment across racial and ethnic groups, most strongly four-year enrollment among Black and Hispanic students
• Early numeracy mastery at 54 months predicts high school math course-taking — related
• Michigan's GSRP participants showed better kindergarten readiness, fewer grade repetitions, better reading and math proficiency, and better on-time graduation rates than non-participants, per a HighScope longitudinal evaluation — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Children who attended informal childcare at 24–36 months were more likely to pursue higher education than children who attended formal childcare (Canadian 1994–95 cohort) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim