High/Scope, chosen by Talitha Koum for its researched effectiveness.

When we were starting Talitha Koum, we knew we were committing ourselves to a long-term program. It will take years of ministry to break the cycle of poverty and chaos that grips this community.

The curriculum we use in our Nurture Center program is called High/Scope®. Through the Perry Preschool Project, the powerful effects of High/Scope has been longitudinally studied for over forty years. The original students were toddlers from a deep pocket of poverty who were at high risk of future school failure. Researchers tracked the original students from infancy to their fortieth birthday. The results are impressive:

Study Population and Methodology:
	• 123 African Americans born in poverty and at high risk of failing in school. • Test group used High/Scope® curriculum while control group had no preschool program. • Data collected annually ages 3 to 11 and at ages 14, 15, 19, 27, and, recently, at 39-41.
High school graduate or GED
	Overall High/Scope® Control Females High/Scope® Control	71% 54% 84% 35%
Earn more than $24,000 per year by age 27 (1990 dollars)
	Males High/Scope® Control	42% 6%
Home ownership
	Overall High/Scope® Control	36% 13%
More than 5 arrests by age 28
	Males High/Scope® Control	12% 45%