National Conference of the
Early Childhood Research Collaborative

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota Center for Early Education and Development

Human Capital Conference Series on Early Childhood Development

Critical Issues in Cost Effectiveness in Children’s First Decade

Friday, December 7 and Saturday, December 8, 2007
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Agenda, Day 1: Friday, December 7, 2007

Continental Breakfast
7:30–8:00 a.m.

Introduction
8:00–8:45 a.m.

Introduction [PDF]

  • Arthur Reynolds, University of Minnesota
  • Art Rolnick, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Welcome

  • Robert Bruininks, President, University of Minnesota

Part I: Prenatal and Infant Programs

Session 1:
Services Intensive Interventions with Long-Term Follow-Up
8:45–10:15 a.m.

  1. “WIC turns 35: Program Effectiveness and Future Directions” [PDF, 85k]
    • Barbara Devaney, Mathematica Policy Research
  2. “The Nurse Family Partnership: From Trials to Practice” [PDF, 157k] [Slides]
    • David Olds, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
  3. Carolina Abecedarian Project [PDF, 106k] [Slides]
    • Frances Campbell, University of North Carolina
    • Craig Ramey, Georgetown University

Q&A

Break
10:15–10:30 a.m.

Session 2:
Programs and Services with Shorter-Term Follow-up
10:30–11:45 a.m.

  1. Early Head Start [PDF, 452k] Findings [PDF, 197k] [Slides]
    • Helen Raikes, University of Nebraska (speaker)
    • Ellen Kisker (co-author)
  2. “Links between early child care (quality, type, and hours) and child developmental outcomes: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care” [Slides]
    • Deborah Vandell (speaker), University of California-Irvine
    • Margaret Burchinal (co-author)
    • Nathan Vandergrift (co-author)

Q & A

Lunch
11:45–12:45 p.m.

Speaker

  • Edward Zigler, Yale University

Part II: Preschool Education

Session 3:
Model and Established Programs with Comprehensive Services
1:00–2:30 p.m.

  1. “Interim Findings of the Head Start Impact Study” [PDF, 136k] [Slides]
    • Ronna Cook, Westat
  2. “How to Take the High/Scope Perry Preschool to Scale” [PDF, 39k] [Slides]
    • Larry Schweinhart, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
  3. “Impacts and Implications of the Child-Parent Center Preschool Program” [PDF, 143k] [Slides]
    • Arthur Reynolds, University of Minnesota
    • Judy Temple, University of Minnesota
    • Suh-Ruu Ou, University of Minnesota

Q & A

Break
2:30–2:45 p.m.

Session 4:
State Prekindergarten Programs
2:45–5:15 p.m.

  1. “Small Miracles in Tulsa: The Effects of Universal Pre-K on Cognitive Development” [PDF, 60K] [Slides]
    • William Gormley, Georgetown University
  2. “Lessons from the Evaluation of the Michigan School Readiness Program” [PDF, 94K] [Slides]
    • Lena Malofeeva and Larry Schweinhart(speakers), High/Scope Educational Research Foundation,
    • Marijata Daniel-Echols (co-author)
  3. “Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (Apples) Year One Findings” [PDF, 167K] [Slides]
    • Steve Barnett (speaker), NIEER and
    • Ellen Frede (co-author)

Q & A

Social Hour
5:30–6:30 p.m.

Dinner Remarks
6:30–8:00 p.m.

Speaker


Agenda, Day 2: Saturday, December 8, 2007

Continental Breakfast
8:00–8:30 a.m.

Part III: Kindergarten and Early School Age Services

Session 5:
Transition to School Programs and Services
8:30–10:15 a.m.

  1. “School Readiness, Full-Day Kindergarten, and Student Achievement: An Empirical Investigation” [PDF, 973K] [Slides]
    • Vi-Nhuan Le, RAND (speaker)
    • Sheila Nataraj Kirby (co-author)
    • Heather Barney (co-author)
    • Claude Messan Setodji (co-author)
    • Daniel Gershwin (co-author)
  2. “Small Classes in the Early Grades: One Policy—Multiple Outcomes” [Revised paper Dec. 3, PDF, 95K] [Slides]
    Tables [PDF,12K]
    • Jeremy D. Finn, University at Buffalo–SUNY (speaker)
    • Allison E. Suriani (co-author)
    • Charles M. Achilles (co-author)
  3. “Opportunity in Early Education—Improving Teacher-Child Interactions and Child Outcomes” [PDF, 116K] [Slides]
    • Andrew J. Mashburn, University of Virginia (speaker)
    • Robert Pianta (co-author)

Q&A

Break
10:15–10:30 a.m.

Part IV: Economic Syntheses of Early Childhood Investments

Session 6:
Cost-Benefit Analyses and Life-Course Impact
10:30–11:45 a.m.

  1. “The Cost Effectiveness of Public Investment in High-Quality Prekindergarten: A State Level Synthesis”
    [PDF, 106 ] [Slides]
    • Robert Lynch, Washington College
  2. “The Fiscal Returns to Public Educational Investments in African American Males” [PDF, 168K] [Slides]
    • Clive Belfield, Queens College, City University of New York (speaker)
    • Henry Levin (co-author)

Lunch
11:45–12:30 p.m.

Session 7:
Studies of the Consortium of Early Childhood Development
12:30–2:45 p.m.

  1. Reanalysis of the Perry Preschool Study
    • James Heckman, University of Chicago
  2. “Formulating, Identifying and Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation” [370K PDF] [Slides]
    • Flavio Cunha, University of Pennsylvania
    • James Heckman, University of Chicago
  3. “Mechanisms of Influence from Preschool to Educational Attainment: A Three-Study Analysis” [Slides]
    • Arthur Reynolds
    • Michelle Englund
    • Suh-Ruu Ou, University of Minnesota
    • Larry Schweinhart, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
    • Frances Campbell, University of North Carolina

Summary and Wrap up