Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Quality Preschool Improves Future Learning. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 7 page paper reports some of the many research studies that have confirmed the long-term benefits of children attending a quality preschool. Children are less likely to be retained in a grade and less likely to be referred for special education services while they are more likely to complete high school. Some studies have offered the per child per year savings of having children attend preschool. Thus, preschool not only benefits the child , it benefits society. The key word is 'quality.' The writer addresses this issue in terms of the characteristics of quality and the two approaches to measuring the quality of a preschool. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: MM12_PGprsch.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
program were more likely to complete high school and less likely to be referred for special education services (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003). * A study of the Abecedarian early
childhood pre-school program compared students who had attended this program and others who had not attended. (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003). Those who attended were 74 percent less likely to become
teen mothers (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003). * A study from Cornell University found students who attended preschool "were less likely to repeat a grade" (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003) *
Looking at preschools in Delaware, studies found that preschool students typically had higher grades in math and language arts by the 3rd grade (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003). * A study
in Arizona compared test scores of third and fifth graders who had attended preschool and those who did not (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003). The preschool children scored 13 percentile points
higher in reading at the third grade level and fifth graders scored 10 percentile points higher (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003). The study also found that "55 percent of the fifth
grade students who had attended preschool met or exceeded math standards on the AIMS test compared to 39% of all fifth graders for the district" (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003). The
findings reported in the above outline demonstrate many and diverse benefits for children who attend a quality preschool program. These children have greater academic success in the future and there
are obvious social benefits, as well. There have been a number of very impressive longitudinal studies supporting the value and benefit of quality preschool programs to both student, families
and society. Perhaps the longest study was one conducted in Michigan where 65 low-income black children were invited to attend a high quality preschool program in 1962 (Magnuson, 2004). Researchers
...