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Pre-Kindergarten Research and the National Picture
Tennessee Senate Education Committee
February 13, 2008
Stephanie Rubin, J.D.
srubin@preknow.org
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Pre-K Now…
• An advocacy and public education organization supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts and other funders.
• Collaborates with state advocates and policymakers to lead a movement for high quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten for all three and four year olds.
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• Increased Educational Success– Less grade repetition– Less special education– Improved social behavior and
cognitive abilities – Higher high school graduation
rates
• Increased Life Success– Lower teenage pregnancy rates– Less involvement in crime– Higher employment and earnings
Children Benefit from High-Quality Pre-K
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Benefits of Pre-K: Four Outstanding Studies
• High/Scope Perry Preschool
• Abecedarian
• Chicago-Child Parent Centers (CPC)
• Tulsa Public Schools Pre-K Program
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45%
15%
50%
66%
49%
37%
Graduated fromHigh School on
Time
Age 14 achievementat or above 10th
percentile
Received SpecialEducation
No Program Group Program Group
Perry Preschool: Educational Effects
Source: National Institute for Early Education Research
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60%
37%
29%
40%
28%
14%
Earn $20K ormore
Own Home
Never onWelfare as Adult
No Program Group
Program Group
Perry Preschool: Economic Effects at Age 40
Source: National Institute for Early Education Research
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Perry Preschool: Chronic Lawbreakers by Age 40
36%
55%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Source: High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
Program
No Program
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Cost Savingsper $1
Invested
Perry Pre-K $16
Abecedarian $2.5
CPC $10
Includes savings from less welfare usage, decreased crime and incarceration costs (except for Abecedarian), and higher participant productivity/earnings
Economic Returns of Pre-K
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Effects of Tulsa Pre-k Program by Race/Ethnicity of Student
52% 53%
79%
49%
26% 29%39%
20%
6%
21%
54%
35%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
White Black Hispanic NativeAmerican
Letter-WordIdentification
Spelling
AppliedProblems
Source: The Effects of Oklahoma’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program on School Readiness. Gormley, W. (2004). Georgetown University Center for Research on Children in the U.S.
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In reading, middle SES children are further behind upper SES children than low SES children are behind middle SES children
17.4
19.921.3
23.6
27.2
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Scale Score
Beginning kindergartners reading achievement by socioeconomic status
Low SES High SES
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61
4536
26
15
0
20
40
60
80
100
Lowest Low middle Middle High middle Highest
Source: Inequality at the Starting Gate, Lee and Burkam (2002). Economic Policy Institute. Data source: NCES, The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)
Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Percent of beginning kindergartners in each SES level who do not know their letters
As Children Enter Kindergarten:• about one-third of middle income children do not know the alphabet • about one-quarter of upper-middle income children do not know the alphabet
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New Studies of K-12 and Societal Savings
• New RAND Corporation Study in CA shows more than $2 savings for every dollar spent on a pre-k for all program in CA
• Recent studies by economists in LA, NY and WI show savings to K-12 from quality pre-k:
-- Lower grade retention
-- Less special ed
-- Increased classroom efficiency
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Good Research Resource
• National Institute for Early Education Research
• www.nieer.org
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Growth of state support for pre-k nationwide
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Pre-K for All • Legislation and funding in place: Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma
• Legislation in place and being phased in: New York, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa
• School funding formula: Iowa, Maine, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Vermont, District of Columbia, West Virginia
Pre-K Access
• Access increased a remarkable 18% between 2004-05 and 2005-06
• Nationwide, nearly 950,000 children attended state pre-k
• The South continues to outpace all other regions of the country
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7 States get a 9 or 10 on NIEER’s 10-Point Scale
Source: National Institute for Early Education Research
Alabama – 10Arkansas – 9Illinois – 9New Jersey – 9North Carolina – 10Oklahoma – 9 Tennessee – 9
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Stephanie Rubin
State Program Director
Pre-K Now
srubin@preknow.org
www.preknow.org
1025 F St, NWSuite 900Washington, DC 20004
202.862.9867 voice202.862.9870 fax
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a nation where every child enters kindergarten prepared to succeed.
Pre-K Now’s vision…