Table 1.

Benefit-Cost Findings of Selected Early Childhood Interventions (2012 Dollars)

Program	Program Scale	Age at follow-up	Program cost per child ($)	Total Benefits to Society per Child ($)	Benefit-Cost Ratio
Abecedarian Project	Model	21	53,495	172,988	3.23
Chicago CPC Preschool-1	Large	21	9,426	67,271	7.14
Chicago CPC Preschool-2		26	9,426	102,117	10.83
Perry Preschool-1	Model	27	20,221	176,740	8.74
Perry Preschool-2		40	20,221	326,407	16.14
WSIPP (2014) meta-analysis	Large	4–17	6,974	29,210	4.20

Note. Values were converted for the original studies were converted to 2012 dollars using the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers (CPI-U). Studies were as follows: Abecedarian (Barnett & Masse, 2007), CPC (Reynolds et al., 2002, 2011b), and Perry (Schweinhart et al. 2005). Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) meta-analysis included 49 studies of state and school district programs.