abecedarian
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Abecedarian provided 57 children of a similar cohort with full weekday care for their first five years of life, including not only preschool but also health care and social services.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2018
At age 21, the Abecedarian children were half as likely to have been teenage parents and 2.5 times more likely to have enrolled in college than the control group, who did not attend preschool.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2018
Studies like the Abecedarian Early Intervention Project had shown that it takes years of intensive intervention to increase IQ by a few points.
From Scientific American • Dec. 2, 2014
The Bell Curve describes Ramey's Abecedarian Project as provocative but inconclusive and leaves it at that.
From Time Magazine Archive
That decision was based largely on research from two respected sources: the Carolina Abecedarian Study and the Perry Preschool Project, both of which demonstrated the long-term value of helping younger children.
From Time Magazine Archive
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