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The Kindergarten Hotspot: Literacy Skill Convergence between Boston Prekindergarten Enrollees and Nonenrollees
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Weiland, Christina; Unterman, Rebecca; Shapiro, Anna – Child Development, 2021
Preschool improves children's kindergarten readiness, but the cognitive outcomes of preschool enrollees and nonenrollees tend to converge partially or fully in elementary school. In older programs, most of this convergence occurs in kindergarten (Li et al., 2016), but evidence from today's programs is sparse. Using data on 4,971 children who…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Public Schools
The Kindergarten Hotspot: Literacy Skill Convergence between Boston Prekindergarten Enrollees and Nonenrollees
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Weiland, Christina; Unterman, Rebecca; Shapiro, Anna – Grantee Submission, 2021
Preschool improves children's kindergarten readiness, but the cognitive outcomes of preschool enrollees and nonenrollees tend to converge partially or fully in elementary school. In older programs, most of this convergence occurs in kindergarten (Li et al., 2016), but evidence from today's programs is sparse. Using data on 4,971 children who…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Public Schools