Journal
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 1054-1063Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.019
Keywords
Preschool; Educational attainment; Longitudinal effects; Prevention
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD034294] Funding Source: Medline
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We investigated the extent to which cognitive and non-cognitive skills accounted for the measured links between participation in preschool intervention and high school completion, highest grade completed, and incarceration history in early adulthood. Using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, an on-going 20-year investigation of the effects of the school-based Child-Parent Center early intervention program for over 1500 children, we assessed the contribution of school readiness and achievement test scores up to age 14 and remedial education as well as measures of social adjustment, motivation, educational expectations. problem behavior, and juvenile arrest Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that when assessed separately, cognitive factors accounted for 42% of the preschool effect on high school completion, 37% on highest grade completed, and 23% on incarceration history by age 24 while non-cognitive factors accounted for, respectively, 36%, 45%, and 59% Together, cognitive and non-cognitive factors explained 46%, 51%, and 59% of the main effect of preschool participation. The set of cognitive skills made greater value-added contributions to educational attainment while non-cognitive skills made greater value-added contributions to incarceration history Our findings support the important role of test scores, school performance, and social and motivational factors in explaining the effect of preschool participation on economically important indicators of well-being. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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