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The Predictive Accuracy of Family and Community Demographic Variables on District Level Student Performance on the Ohio 3rd Grade Reading Test
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Charles A. Speelman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose for this quantitative non-experimental, correlational, explanatory study was to determine the predictive accuracy of family and community demographic variables found in United States census data at the community level for the OST in reading. Specifically, the study extended the work in order to analyze the reading student proficiency…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Community Characteristics, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
Family and Community Resource and Stress Processes Related to Income Disparities in School-Aged Children's Development
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Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth; Miller, Portia; Betancur, Laura; Spielvogel, Bryn; Kruzik, Claudia; Coley, Rebekah Levine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Income disparities in children's academic and behavioral skills have grown larger over the past 50 years. At the same time, economic segregation across communities has increased, raising questions regarding the role of community factors in explaining income gaps in children's functioning. Combining geospatial data with longitudinal survey data…
Descriptors: Family Income, Family Characteristics, Community Characteristics, Neighborhoods
If You Offer It, Will They Come? Patterns of Application and Enrollment Behavior in a Universal Prekindergarten Context
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Shapiro, Anna; Martin, Eleanor; Weiland, Christina; Unterman, Rebecca – AERA Open, 2019
Universal public prekindergarten programs have been expanding in recent years, but not all eligible families apply to these programs, for reasons that are not well understood. Using two cohorts of students (N = 8,391) enrolled in Boston Public Schools, we use geographic information systems to combine administrative records with census data to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Behavior Patterns, Neighborhoods, Preschool Children