April 2017

The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects

This report, authored by a task force comprised of esteemed social scientists from Brookings and Duke University, includes six consensus statements on what is known about the effects of PreK. Not surprisingly, but of great importance, the scholars agree that what happens before, during, and after PreK all matter.

Author(s): Deborah Phillips, Mark Lipsey, Kenneth Dodge, Ron Haskins, Daphna Bassok, Margaret Burchinal, Greg Duncan, Mark Dynarski, Katherine Magnuson, Christina Weiland Organization: Brookings and Duke University
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