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Predicting Persistence and Fadeout Across Multi-Site RCTs of an Early Childhood Mathematics Curriculum Intervention

Tyler W. Watts, Caroline M. Botvin, Drew H. Bailey, Emma R. Hart, Shira Mattera, Douglas H. Clements, Julie Sarama, Dale Farran, Mark Lipsey. January 2026

Topics: Student Learning

Tags: Child development, Early childhood education, Mathematics education

This study examined predictors of persistence and fadeout across multiple cluster RCTs that evaluated a preschool mathematics curriculum. We used meta-analytic methods to explore how impacts on student mathematics achievement faded between post-test (i.e., endline) and one-year follow-up. We… more →
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Institutions: Teachers College, Columbia, University of California, Irvine, MDRC, University of Denver, Vanderbilt University