Smart Start-funded activities in North Carolina were positively related to classroom quality, which was in turn positively related to children's outcomes¶

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q2 i? Research by UNC-Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute found Smart Start-funded activities were positively related to classroom quality, and quality was positively related to children's outcomes. → Wechsler 2016

Evidence¶

Wechsler 2016¶

Wechsler, M., Kirp, D., Tinubu Ali, T., Gardner, M., Maier, A., Melnick, H., & Shields, P. (2016). The road to high-quality early learning: Lessons from the states. Palo Alto: Learning Policy Institute. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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The report's North Carolina case study summary attributes this correlational finding to research conducted by the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill on Smart Start, the state's public-private early education coordination partnership. No effect sizes are printed.

"Research conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute found that Smart Start-funded activities were positively related to classroom quality, and that quality was positively related to children’s outcomes.12"

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