The EPPE 3-11 study (2003-2008) provides a five year extension to Europe’s largest longitudinal investigation into the effects of pre-school education on children’s developmental outcomes at the start of primary school: the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE, 1997-2003) study. In EPPE, more than 3000 children were assessed at the start of pre-school (around the age of 3), their developmental progress was monitored until they entered school, and then for a further three years until the end of Key Stage 1. The study applied an ‘educational effectiveness’ design to establish the factors related to children’s progress, followed by intensive case studies to ‘un-pack’ effective practices. The EPPE 3-11 follows the same cohort of children to the end of Key Stage 2. EPPE and EPPE 3-11, represent a major investment into early educational effectiveness research by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. |
