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Phil Scoville On October 21, 1999, researchers from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center released a report that demonstrates long-lasting benefits for children enrolled in an experimental early education program. Of the 111 children studied, 57 children were continuously enrolled from infancy through age 5 years in a high-quality early childhood program. The program's key components included good adult-child ratios, ongoing professional development and salaries for staff based on the public school payscale, and an individualized curriculum designed to enhance children's abilities through learning games. The other 54 children constituted the control group and did not receive services.
Researchers followed these children until age 21. Their findings go beyond demonstrating school readiness and success to identifying positive educational and social outcomes during young adulthood. The longitudinal study recently compared the treated group with the control group and found significant differences in their abilities and achievements.
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Reprinted with the permission of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. © 2008 NAEYC
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