Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education

The HCRC identifies, through analysis of new data and re-analyses of existing data, key elements of effective early childhood programs. Once identified and better understood, these “active ingredients” can be used as a framework to develop more effective programs and improve existing practices. Among the principles that are being assessed through research syntheses and data analysis of different studies are:

• Timing
• Duration
• Comprehensiveness of services
• Professional training of staff
• Intensity
• Group or class sizes
• Organizational setting
• Transition services