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Daycare Effects on Preschool 12 pronounced linear and quadratic declines in IQ. Third, at 54 months the average IQ score of the children attending university- and corn m unity-based daycare was approximately at the standardized mean for the general population. However, children with little or no daycare had an average IQ score which was nearly one standqard deviation below the general population mean at entry to kindergarten. Again, the 54 month IQ group means mirrored the hypothesized order of intensity of treatment effects. In conclusion, quality of daycare appears to affect both the intellectual level and the patterns of cognitive growth in poverty children. M oreover, these results demonstrate that quality daycare enhances the intellectual development of disadvantaged children and suggest that as the quality of daycare increases, the extent of intellectual underachievement that occurs across time decreases.