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The short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on educational outcomes

Year: 2024

Type: report

Abstract: This report presents evidence of the short- and medium-term impacts of the programme on educational outcomes. Using a robust evaluation methodology and administrative education data covering 15 cohorts of children, we measure the impact of having had access to a Sure Start centre between ages 0 and 5 on school outcomes, including academic achievement and special educational needs. We estimate how these effects vary across different backgrounds, and shed some light onto the mechanisms that might have made Sure Start more or less effective.

DOI: 10.1920/re.ifs.2024.0307

Authors: Pedro Carneiro, Sarah Cattan, Nick Ridpath

Institution: Institute for Fiscal Studies

Language: English

Topic: Early Childhood Education and Development

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: Nuffield Foundation, Economic and Social Research Council

Award: ESRC Institute for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy