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What Works Clearinghouse: Intervention Report, Preparing Young Children for School

WWC report summarizing the evidence around the effects of Building Blocks on preschool students. The report discusses three studies that meet WWC standards.

  • Math
  • Supplemental
  • Building Blocks
  • WWC Review
  • Preschool
  • PreK-12
  • Research

Description

The 2023 What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention report summarizes the available evidence on the effects of Building Blocks used in preschool sites on student mathematical outcomes. Three studies of the Building Blocks program met WWC standards on one outcome measure of preschool mathematics. From these studies, two met standards without reservations, and one met WWC standards with reservations due to high individual-level nonresponse.

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