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Visible Learning MetaX™
Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Early intervention types

Overview

  • Influence: Early intervention types
  • Domain: School
  • Sub-Domain: Pre-school interventions
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: These programs include parent education programs, early interventions in the home with families, and family based literacy programs for children at risk of various developmental delays or disabilities.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 9
  • Number of studies: 379
  • Number of students: 42,330
  • Number of effects: 1,306
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.26
  • Robustness index: 4

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Conference paper Applegate USA A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Day Care on Development: Preliminary Findings 1986 Day care 13 0 114 0.42
Review of Educational Research Bakermans-Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn & Bradley Netherlands Those who have, receive: The Matthew effect in early childhood intervention in the home environment 2005 Early intervention in the home 48 7,350 56 0.20
School Psychology International Lewis & Vosburgh USA Effectiveness of kindergarten intervention programs: a meta-analysis 1988 Kindergarten based 65 3,194 444 0.43
Child study Journal Fusaro USA The Effect of Full-Day Kindergarten on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis 1997 Full vs. half day kindergarten 23 0 23 0.18
The Changing Family and Child Development Violato & Russell Canada Effects of nonmaternal care on child development: A meta-analysis of published research 2000 Home care vs full time day care 40 23,986 40 0.14
Dissertation Jones USA The effect of all-day kindergarten on student cognitive growth: a meta-analysis 2002 All day Kindergarten 22 0 22 0.56
Book Timmerman USA Family Care Versus Day Care: Effects on Children 2006 Family vs. Day care 47 7,800 47 0.10
Teachers College Record Camilli, Vargas, Ryan, & Barnett USA Meta-analysis of the effects of early education interventions on cognitive and social development 2010 Kindergarten vs. Not kindergarten on school achievement 81 0 306 0.23
Review of Educational Research Cooper, Allen, Patall & Dent USA Effects of Full-Day Kindergarten on Academic Achievement and Social Development 2010 Full day kindergarten 40 0 254 0.24
TOTAL/AVERAGE 379 42,330 1,306 0.28
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