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I study the effects of early childhood intervention on
children's development from school entry to early adulthood. I also
investigate the family and school influences on children's
educational success. Evaluation research and prevention science are
key aspects of my projects.
The focal point of my current work is as Director of
the Chicago Longitudinal Study, one of the largest and most
extensive studies of the effects of early childhood intervention.
The project tracks the life-course development of 1,500 children who
attended early childhood programs in inner-city Chicago. The main
focus is on the effects of the Child-Parent Center program, a
school-based intervention from preschool to the early school grades.
This on-going, 21-year project is now in the adult
phase. In addition to examining the effects of intervention on
education, economic well-being, health, mental health, and family
outcomes, our project team is documenting the determinants of child
maltreatment, delinquency and crime, educational attainment, and
economic well-being. A major aspect of these explanatory studies is
understanding the processes by which early childhood experiences
affect development into adulthood. With economist Judy Temple, we
also conduct cost-benefit analyses. A cost-benefit analysis of the
Child-Parent Center program has been published up to age 21.
I am interested more broadly in school and family
influences on children's development, the evaluation of social
programs, prevention science, intervention research, and the
determinants of economic and social well-being in early adulthood. I
also study how child development and evaluation research affect
social policy.
Recent publications
Reynolds, A. J., Temple, J. A., Robertson,
D. L., & Mann, E. A. (2002). Age 21 cost-benefit analysis of the
Title I Chicago Child-Parent Centers. Educational Evaluation
and Policy Analysis, 24(4) 267-303.
Reynolds, A. J., Wang, M. C., & Walberg, H. J.
(Eds.). (2003). Early childhood programs for a new century.
Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America.
Reynolds, A. J., Ou, S., & Topitzes, J. W.
(2004). Paths of effects of early childhood intervention on
educational attainment and juvenile arrest. A confirmatory analysis
of the Chicago Child-Parent Centers. Child Development, 75,
1299-1328.
Reynolds, A. J. (Ed.). (2004). Promoting well
being in children and youth. Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal
Study. Children and Youth Services Review, 26 (1). Whole
issue.
Reynolds, A. J. (2005). Confirmatory program
evaluation: Examples from early childhood programs. Teachers
College Record, 107, 2401-2425.
Reynolds, A. J., & Temple, J. A. (in press).
Economic returns of investments in preschool. In E. Zigler W.
Gilliam, & S. Jones (Eds.), A vision for universal
prekindergarten. New York: Cambridge University Press
February 2006
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