RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Effects of a Structured Curriculum on Preschool Effectiveness
JF Journal of Human Resources
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 576
OP 603
DO 10.3368/jhr.0220-10749R3
VO 59
IS 2
A1 Rege, Mari
A1 Størksen, Ingunn
A1 Solli, Ingeborg F.
A1 Kalil, Ariel
A1 McClelland, Megan M.
A1 ten Braak, Dieuwer
A1 Lenes, Ragnhild
A1 Lunde, Svanaug
A1 Breive, Svanhild
A1 Carlsen, Martin
A1 Erfjord, Ingvald
A1 Hundeland, Per Sigurd
YR 2024
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/2/576.abstract
AB This study tests an intervention that introduces a structured curriculum for five-year-olds into the universal preschool context of Norway, where the business as usual is an unstructured curriculum. 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. The nine-month intervention has effects on child development at post-intervention, and the effects persist one year following the end of the treatment. The effects are mainly driven by the preschools identified as low quality at baseline, indicating that a structured curriculum can reduce inequality in early childhood learning environments.