Scaling Up High-Quality Pre-K: What Can Be Learned From States' Efforts To Date?

Posted on November 7, 2005

High-quality early childhood programs can produce broad, long-term societal benefits -- including increased employment and associated tax revenue, reduced crime, and reduced dependency on social welfare systems. Many states are moving toward providing universal pre-K to all children. This RAND report describes eight states' efforts to create statewide systems of high-quality pre-K.