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Recent Research• Initial results from an ongoing Indiana University study indicate positive changes in Program participants. Read more...
Research Highlights
FOUR DECADES OF RESEARCH PROVE THAT • Parent-Child Home Program participants graduate from high school at a 20% higher rate than other students from low-income families. • In a 2002 South Carolina study, 93% of free-lunch-eligible Program graduates passed the state’s first grade skills assessment, compared to only 74% of free-lunch-eligible students state-wide. • A 2003 New York University study concluded that The Parent-Child Home Program successfully bridges the achievement gap, preparing children to enter school as ready to learn as their more advantaged peers. • Years after completing the Program, parents’ verbal interaction with their children remained 50% higher than similarly-situated families. • Parent-Child Home Program parents’ significantly increased verbal responsiveness correlated with their children’s higher scores on school-readiness measures than their similarly-situated peers. • Parent-Child Home Program graduates score equal to or above the national average on standardized reading and math tests in elementary school.
Research SummariesParent-Child Home Program graduates are indistinguishable from more advantaged children in five Long Island school districts: Five School Districts Measure School Readiness (2003) A study recently released by New York University shows that completion of The Parent-Child Home Program produces measurable improvement in the following areas: early literacy skills, social competence skills, and parental involvement - all areas that are highly touted by the No Child Left Behind legislation and recognized by leading educators as necessary for school success. These findings were based on intensive analysis of data collected from five Long Island school districts. Researchers gathered information from parent participants and kindergarten teachers to measure various effects of The Parent-Child Home Program on its graduates. Click here to read more...
The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology released a study in 2002 showing that 93% of Parent-Child Home Program graduates passed South Carolina’s first grade assessment (Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery) compared to only 74.4% of similarly-situated students. Even when the scores of an additional group of children served with severe developmental delays were included, 84.8% of Parent-Child Home Program children passed the CSAB. Click here to read more... This landmark graduation rate study shows that Program graduates are more likely to graduate from high school than their similarly-situated peers. (1998) The high school performance of one hundred twenty-three young adults, who had been in five yearly cohorts of toddlers eligible for participation in The Parent-Child Home Program, was studied in a comparison to a randomized control group and reported in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. The results indicated that participants who had completed The Parent-Child Home Program as toddlers were significantly less likely than randomized comparison participants to drop out of school. The dropout rate of program enrollees was lower than the mean for all comparable Pittsfield students, while the program completers matched the national graduation rate for middle-income students. Click here to read more… The Parent-Child Home Program was rated an Educational Program That Works by the U.S. Department of Education: 1979-1997 From 1979 until 1997, The Parent-Child Home Program was a member of the U.S. Dept. of Education's National Diffusion Network of Educational Programs That Work and was included in its annual catalogue of such programs and featured on its website, EPTW, in the section on Early Childhood/Parent Involvement under its former name, the Mother-Child Home Program. Click here to read more…
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