Duke Research Shows Smart Start Increases Third Grade Test Scores, Reduces Need for Special Education

North Carolina third-graders have higher standardized reading and math scores and lower special education placement rates in those counties that had received more funding for Smart Start and More at Four when those children were younger, Duke University researchers...

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Evaluation, We’ve Got That!

Since 1993 there have been 36 independently conducted evaluations of Smart Start. These studies have been conducted by groups as diverse as Coopers and Lybrand (1996) and the NC State University (ongoing). In addition, Smart Start implemented the Performance...

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