Clicking the “Download” button will send a zip file to your computer’s Downloads folder. The research summaries, videos and statements in this toolkit will aid in explaining why fadeout doesn’t exist, and instead is a “fade up” of cognitive and socio-emotional skills that persist throughout life. You can also download individual resources below.

 

• Academic paper
• Research summary
• Fade Up video. This video explains the concept of “fade up”, not fadeout. It illustrates the misconceptions of basing lifelong achievement on third-grade test scores, and how success in life stems from more than cognitive factors.
• Share graphic. “Across a number of different studies, positive effects are found such as grade repetition and special education, as well as on health behaviors.”
• Share graphic.“Quality #ECE provides persistent boosts in socio-emotional skills even if the effects on cognitive skills diminish in the shortrun.”
• Share graphic. “High-quality programs produce high-quality outcomes.”
• Share graphic.“The effects of adverse early childhood environments persist over a lifetime.”
• Share graphic. “Programs should be evaluated by their impacts on a multitude of outcomes over a lifetime and not just by their impacts on IQ or achievement test scores measured shortly after children complete programs.”
• Share graphic. “High-quality #ECE has substantial effects on life outcomes beyond IQ or achievement test scores that are the focus of attention in popular discussions of public policy.”