ED253299 PS014600
Title: As
the Twig Is Bent: Lasting Effects of Preschool Programs.
Author Affiliation: Consortium for Longitudinal Studies.(BBB23053)
Pages: 494
Publication Date: 1983
Sponsoring Agency: Administration for Children, Youth, and
Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. (BBB19384)@Health Resources and
Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Maternal
and Child Health Services. (BBB21976)@Department of Labor, Washington,
DC. (FGK21436)
Contract No: ACYF-18-76-07843ACYF-90C-1311DOL-28-36-80-02PHS-MCT-004012-01-0
ISBN: 0-89859-271-2
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers, 365
Broadway, Hillsdale, NJ 07642 ($49.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1985
The Consortium
for Longitudinal Studies was formed to answer the question of whether
early education programs have measurable long term effects on the
performance of children from low income families. Every early intervention
study that had a specific curriculum, focused on children from low
income families, was completed prior to l969, and had an original
sample in excess of 100 subjects was invited to join the consortium.
The investigators of all but 1 of the 15 eligible studies accepted
the invitation. In return for funding to locate and retest the original
subjects, researchers agreed to pool their data for an analysis
of findings across all studies. This volume presents the results
of the individual longitudinal studies and the pooled study results.
Chapter 1 is entitled "History and Background of Preschool
Intervention Programs and the Consortium for Longitudinal Studies"
(Sandra Condry). Chapters 2 through 12, project reports by individual
research groups, are entitled and authored as follows: "The
Early Training Project 1962-1980" (Susan Gray, Barbara K. Ramsey,
and Rupert A. Klaus); "The Effects of the Perry Preschool Program
on Youths through Age 15" (Lawrence J. Schweinhart and David
Weikart); "The Gordon Parent Education Infant and Toddler Program"
(R. Emile Jester and Barry J. Guinagh); "A Comparison of Five
Approaches for Educating Young Children from Low-Income Homes"
(Merle B. Karnes, Allan M. Shwedel, and Mark B. Williams); "The
Louisville Experiment: A Comparison of Four Programs (Louise B.
Miller and Rondeall P. Bizzell); "The Harlem Study: Effects
by Type of Training, Age of Training, and Social Class" (Francis
H. Palmer); "The Mother-Child Home Program of the Verbal Interaction
Project" (Phyllis Levenstein, John O'Hara, and John Madden);
"The Micro-Social Learning Environment: A Strategy for Accelerating
Learning" (Myron Woolman); "Long- Term Effects of Projects
Head Start and Follow Through: The New Haven Project" (Victoria
Seitz, Nancy H. Apfel, Laurie K. Rosenbaum, and Edward Zigler);
"The Philadelphia Study: The Impact of Preschool on Intellectual
and Socioemotional Development" (E. Kuno Beller); and "The
IDS Program: An Experiment in Early and Sustained Enrichment"
(Martin Deutsch, Cynthia P. Deutsch, Theresa J. Jordan, and Richard
Grallo). Chapter 13 presents a report entitled "Pooled Analyses:
Findings across Studies" (Jacqueline M. Royce, Richard B. Darlington,
and Harry W. Murray). Chapter 14 is entitled "Discussion and
Implications of the Findings" (Irving Lazar). An epilogue by
Lois-ellin Datta discusses the results in terms of education policy
recommendations. (CB)
Descriptors:
*Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Blacks; Comparative Analysis;
Compensatory Education; Disadvantaged Youth; Educational History;
Elementary Secondary Education; Home Programs; *Intervention; *Longitudinal
Studies; Low Income Groups; *Outcomes of Education; Preschool Children;
*Preschool Education; *Program Effectiveness; Public Schools
Identifiers: Life Span Development; Project Follow Through; Project
Head Start
