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Reports: Return on investment
Understanding the Cost to Deliver High-Quality Publicly Funded Pre-Kindergarten Programs
RAND Corporation, May 2021, 48 pp.
This report examines seven pre-K systems across six jurisdictions and estimates the cost of a high-quality pre-K program. It also explores whether state-provided funding is adequate to cover the costs of providing high-quality programs. more info >
Investing Early: Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs
Rand Corporation, January 2017, 323 pp.
This report examines a set of evaluations that meet criteria for scientific rigor and synthesizes their results to better understand the outcomes, costs, and benefits of early childhood programs. The authors focus on evaluations of 115 early childhood programs serving children or parents of children from the prenatal period to age 5. more info >
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