Harrisburg Preschool Program (HPP) Evaluation
Start Date: 2002
Funder: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
One of the greatest concerns of communities is preparing children to be ready for schooling. Children showing greater readiness are much more likely to succeed throughout their formal education. The HPP Project, funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, supports both the implementation of an innovative model of preschool programming intended to create long-term systems change, as well as the evaluation of this initiative. Led by Drs. Celene Domitrovich and Mark Greenberg, the evaluation is a multi-level model. The project will follow the development of over 300 young children over a 6-year period to assess the model's effects on academic and social competence.
Investigators
- Mark Greenberg
- Director, Edna Peterson Bennett Chair & Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
- mxg47@psu.edu
- Celene Domitrovich
- Assistant Director, Prevention Research Center
- cxd130@psu.edu
Online Press Releases
Preschool Program Improves Standardized Test Scores through Grade 5 (University Park, PA, October 6, 2011, Newswire)
Participation in Preschool Program has Substantial Effect on Student Achievement (University Park, PA, January 19, 2010, Newswire)