Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the title I chicago child-parent centers

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-303

  Reynolds, Arthur J ^a   Temple, Judy A ^b   Robertson, Dylan L ^a   Mann, Emily A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Early childhood intervention; Longitudinal studies; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038107387     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737024004267     Document Type: Review

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