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The Effects of a Structured Curriculum on Preschool Effectiveness: A Field Experiment

Mari RegeIngunn StørksenIngeborg F. SolliAriel KalilMegan M. McclellandDieuwer Ten BraakRagnhild LenesSvanaug LundeSvanhild BreiveMartin CarlsenIngvald ErfjordPer Sigurd Hundeland

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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementEconomics and Econometrics:Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280 [VDP]Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementeducationVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Matematikk: 410

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Abstract: 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.

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2021-12-08Journal of Human Resources
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0220-10749r3