Quality Of Early Child Care Plays Role In Later Reading, Math Achievement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915100943.htm

ScienceDaily (Sep. 17, 2009) — Using information from the longitudinal study of early care and youth development, researchers found that children who spent more time in high-quality child care in the first five years of their lives had better math and reading scores in middle childhood. Researchers also found that low-income children who attended high-quality child care programs before the age of five performed similarly to their affluent peers. These findings have implications for the role of child care in the creation of anti-poverty policies.

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