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Pre-K Classroom-Economic Composition and Children's Early Academic Development
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Miller, Portia; Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth; McQuiggan, Meghan; Shaw, Alyssa – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
There are currently 2 principal models of publicly funded prekindergarten programs (pre-K): targeted pre-K, which is means-tested, and universal pre-K. These programs often differ in terms of the economic characteristics of the preschoolers enrolled. Studies have documented links between individual achievement in school-age children and the…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Demography, Economic Status, Preschool Children
Similar Students, Different Choices: Who Uses a School Voucher in an Otherwise Similar Population of Students?
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Fleming, David J.; Cowen, Joshua M.; Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J. – Education and Urban Society, 2015
We examine what factors predict why some parents enroll their children in voucher schools while other parents with similar types of children and from similar neighborhoods do not. Furthermore, we investigate how aware parents are of their educational options, where they get their information, and what school characteristics they deem the most…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, School Choice, Parent Attitudes, Parent Surveys
Early Teacher Expectations Disproportionately Affect Poor Children's High School Performance
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Sorhagen, Nicole S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
This research used prospective longitudinal data to examine the associations between first-grade teachers' over- and underestimation of their students' math abilities, basic reading abilities, and language skills and the students' high school academic performance, with special attention to the subject area and moderating effects of student…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Expectations of Students
Going Public: Who Leaves a Large, Longstanding, and Widely Available Urban Voucher Program?
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Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J. – American Educational Research Journal, 2012
This article contributes to research concerning the determinants of student mobility between public and private schools. The authors analyze a unique set of data collected as part of a new evaluation of Milwaukee's citywide voucher program. The authors find several important patterns. Students who switch from the private to the public sector were…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Private Sector, Standardized Tests, Public Sector
Community Solidarity, Alienation from Power and Life Satisfaction in a Rural Region.
Martinson, Oscar B.; Wilkening, E. A. – 1975
Measures of powerlessness, life satisfaction, and community solidarity were used to assess the extent to which people in four rural counties in northwest Wisconsin felt integrated into their communities and society. Relationships between formal and informal social participation measures and these three subjective indicators were central to this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitudes, Community Satisfaction
An Examination of the Concept of Social Integration as Related to Preventive Medical Care in Poverty Families in Rural and Urban Areas.
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Slesinger, Doris P. – 1976
Based on an in-depth study of 125 mothers of young infants in both urban and rural areas of Wisconsin, this study analyzed the utilization of preventive medical services for the infant. The hypothesis that "mothers who are more socially integrated will be more likely to use preventive medical services than those who are less integrated,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income