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Aceves, Terese C.; Fritschmann, Nanette S.; Grimm, Ryan P.; Garcia, Arturo – Contemporary School Psychology, 2021
The purpose of the current study was to determine students' early reading profiles at the beginning and end of kindergarten using existing school-based measures with a sample of Spanish speaking, Latinx students. Using latent profile analysis, a multivariate analytic technique that empirically identifies profiles based on student responses to…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Spanish Speaking, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy
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Hendricker, Elise; Reinke, Wendy M. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2017
Children who exhibit early behavioral and academic difficulties are at increased risk of later negative outcomes (U.S. Department of Human and Health Services 2009). Within the school setting, conceptualization of family risk, culture, and demographic factors is needed to effectively identify at-risk families to improve child educational outcomes.…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Family Environment, Kindergarten, Low Income Groups
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Diamond, Elena; Furlong, Michael J.; Quirk, Matthew – Contemporary School Psychology, 2016
This study investigated associations between school-readiness patterns of Latino students and their subsequent academic achievement. After identifying a subgroup of students with academic risk at kindergarten entry who showed signs of later average or better academic skill development, academic data were gathered to explore how this group of…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students
Furlong, Michael; Quirk, Matthew – Contemporary School Psychology, 2011
This study examined the relations of age, preschool experience, and gender with children's school readiness levels at kindergarten entry. The sample included 5,512 children of predominantly Hispanic heritage and from families experiencing low socioeconomic circumstances. A series of between-subjects ANOVAs indicated that age…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Age, Low Income, Mathematics Achievement