Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE)
The EPPSE investigated the effectiveness of early years education in the United Kingdom (UK). From 1997, EPPSE recruited 2,800 children from 6 English Local Authorities who attended 141 pre-school settings at approximately 3 years old. When these children entered school at age 5 years, a further 380 children, who had little/no pre-school experience, joined the study. Participants were assessed at ages 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 16 years.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
3,180 (participants)
Age at first data collection
3 - 5 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
Birkbeck, University of London
University College London (UCL)
University of Oxford
Links
Funders
Department for Education (DfE)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Education data
Engagement
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