Title | Promoting Child Development in a Universal Preschool System: A Field Experiment |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Rege, M, Størksen, I, Solli, IF, Kalil, A, McClelland, MM, Braak, Dten, Lenes, R, Lunde, S, Breive, S, Carlsen, M, Erfjord, I, Hundeland, PS |
Journal | SSRN Electronic Journal |
Date Published | 01/2019 |
Abstract | This study tests an intervention that introduces a structured curriculum for five-year olds into the universal preschool context of Norway. We conduct a field experiment with 691 five-year-olds in 71 preschools and measure treatment impacts on children's development in mathematics, language and executive functioning. Compared to business as usual, the nine-month curriculum intervention has effects on child development at post-intervention and the effects persist one year following the end of the treatment. The effects are entirely driven by the preschool centers identified as low-quality at baseline, suggesting that a structured curriculum can reduce inequality in early childhood learning environments |
DOI | 10.2139/ssrn.3434830 |
Short Title | SSRN Journal |