The study followed 124 black children from low-income families, 58 of whom received a high-quality, half-day, pre-school programme that included weekly home visits by well-trained teachers, in small groups of five or six children. The remaining 65 children, who did not receive this education, were monitored as part of the study.
Data was collected on the children from three through to 11 years and then again at 14, 15, 19 and 27. At this stage they found that 65 per cent of the programme children graduated from high school, compared with 45 per cent of the non-programme group. The former had also achieved more in terms of stable living arrangements and had less reliance on public assistance.
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