Poverty, early childhood education and academic competence: The Abecedarian experiment

Author(s): Ramey, Craig T.; Campbell, Frances A.;
Date Issued: 1992
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
Description: An examination of the effectiveness of early childhood interventions in improving the intellectual competence and academic achievement of low-income children, based on a sample of 111 children from 109 families who participated in the Carolina Abecedarian Project
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Funder(s): National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.) ; Spencer Foundation ; Carnegie Corporation of New York ; North Carolina. Department of Human Resources
Source: In A.C. Huston (Ed.), Children in Poverty: Child development and public policy (pp. 190-221). New York: Cambridge University Press
Topics: Children & Child Development

Parent, School, & Community School Readiness/Child School Success & Performance > School Performance & Success

Programs, Interventions & Curricula
Country: United States
States: NORTH CAROLINA
ISBN: 0-521-39162-8 : Unspecified
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