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Duration of Preschool Effects on Later School Competence.

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Darlington, Richard B.; Horn, Joseph M. – Science, 1981

Critically examines a study reporting that children who had attended infant and preschool programs had significantly higher rates of meeting school requirements than did controls, and that IQ measures taken on the same subjects showed large initial gains which vanished five years after preschool completion. Includes rebuttal by original…

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attendance, Elementary Education, Infants

Head Start Enters Adulthood.

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Holden, Constance – Science, 1990

Describes the history of early childhood intervention programs. Outlines research results related to the effects of the programs. Discusses the fadeout phenomenon of the graduates of the programs. Presents an introduction of the "Success for All" program in Baltimore. (YP)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Early Intervention, Early Reading