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Crosnoe, Robert; Leventhal, Tama; Wirth, R. J.; Pierce, Kim M.; Pianta, Robert C. – Child Development, 2010
The transition into school occurs at the intersection of multiple environmental settings. This study applied growth curve modeling to a sample of 1,364 American children, followed from birth through age 6, who had been categorized by their exposure to cognitive stimulation at home and in preschool child care and 1st-grade classrooms. Of special…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Reading Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Child Care
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Downer, Jason T.; Pianta, Robert C. – School Psychology Review, 2006
Family and child care experiences from birth to 54 months, achievement and social competence at entry to school, maternal sensitivity at first grade, and qualities of first-grade classrooms were used to predict academic and cognitive functioning at first grade for 832 children enrolled in the National Institute of Child Health and Human…
Descriptors: Family Income, Reading Achievement, Grade 1, Early Experience