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The High/Scope Perry Preschool Project

Department of JusticeOffice of Justice ProgramsOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionJohn J. Wilson, Acting AdministratorFrom the AdministratorThe more we learn about risk factorsfor delinquency, the more obvious itis that effective prevention programstargeting children at risk can providebenefits far beyond their cost. ThisBulletin revisits a time-tested earlychildhood education program andlooks at the results to date from anongoing, well-designed study of 40 years ago, the High/ScopePerry Preschool Project developed ahigh-quality educational approachfocusing on 3- and 4-year-olds at riskfor school failure. The longitudinalstudy has found that not only was theproject effective as an educationalintervention, it also demonstratedother positive outcomes, including asignificantly lower rate of crime anddelinquency and a lower incidenceof teenage pregnancy and welfaredependency.

homes than the control group and less than half as likely to be receiving public assistance. This Bulletin explains how and why the Perry Preschool Project was successful, presents two positive cost-benefit analyses, and examines the implications for future policy decisions. One …

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