Can the Early Years Eduction Program (EYEP) Be Successfully Replicated? Early Evidence from the First 12-month Outcomes of Participants

Abstract

The Early Years Education Program (EYEP) is an intensive, centre-based early childhood education and care (ECEC) program specifically designed to support children experiencing significant family stress and social disadvantage. A randomised controlled trial (RCT) conducted between 2011 and 2018 demonstrated that EYEP produces large and statistically significant impacts on children's development, with improvements of 7.6 IQ points, 6.8 language points, and 6.2 points reduction in behaviour problem scores at 36 months (Tseng et al., 2022). While the RCT provided proof of concept, translating this evidence into widespread impact requires demonstrating that the program can achieve comparable out..