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ERIC Number: EJ1181585
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1934-5747
EISSN: N/A
Do High-Quality Kindergarten and First-Grade Classrooms Mitigate Preschool Fadeout?
Jenkins, Jade Marcus; Watts, Tyler W.; Magnuson, Katherine; Gershoff, Elizabeth T.; Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie; Duncan, Greg J.
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v11 n3 p339-374 2018
Prior research shows that short-term effects from preschool may disappear, but little research has considered which environmental conditions might sustain academic advantages from preschool into elementary school. Using secondary data from two preschool experiments, we investigate whether features of elementary schools, particularly advanced content and high-quality instruction in kindergarten and first grade, as well as professional supports to coordinate curricular instruction, reduce fadeout. Across both studies, our measures of instruction did not moderate fadeout. However, results indicated that targeted teacher professional supports substantially mitigated fadeout between kindergarten and first grade but that this was not mediated through classroom quality. Future research should investigate the specific mechanisms through which aligned preschool-elementary school curricular approaches can sustain the benefits of preschool programs for low-income children.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: New York; Massachusetts
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: P01HD065704; R01HD06956; R305B120013; R305A120813; R305K050157