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Davies, Randall S.; Cress, Susan – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2010
Most people agree that young children benefit academically from attending kindergarten; however, some research suggests that any academic advantage attributed to attending full day kindergarten compared to half-day programs will disappear as early as third grade. Based on the results of this study which looked at students in typical classroom…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Kindergarten, Young Children, Low Achievement
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Chang, Mido; Singh, Kusum – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2008
The goal of this study was to explore the long-term effects of all-day kindergarten programs on children's academic performance. The study used three waves of data from a nationally representative database from the United States, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS), with the first wave at the beginning of kindergarten and the third wave…
Descriptors: Age, Mathematics Activities, Academic Achievement, Day Programs