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Ansari, Arya; Purtell, Kelly M. – Child Development, 2018
Using nationally representative data from the Family and Child Experiences Survey 2009 cohort (n = 2,842), this study examined the implications of 3- and 4-year-old's absences from Head Start for their early academic learning. The findings from this study revealed that children who missed more days of school, and especially those who were…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Preschool Children, Outcomes of Education, Early Childhood Education
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Ansari, Arya; Purtell, Kelly – Grantee Submission, 2016
Using nationally representative data from the Family and Child Experiences Survey 2009 Cohort (n = 2,842), this study examined the implications of 3- and 4-year-old's absences from Head Start for their early academic learning. The findings from this study revealed that children who missed more days of school, and especially those who were…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Preschool Children, Outcomes of Education, Early Childhood Education
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Mlangeni, Angstone Noel J. Thembachako; Chiotha, Sosten Staphael – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
A study was conducted to investigate factors that affect students' poor performance in physical science examinations at Malawi School Certificate of Education and Junior Certificate of Education levels in Community day secondary schools (CDSS) in Lilongwe Rural West Education District in Malawi. Students' performance was collected from schools'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Sciences, Rural Areas, Rural Schools
Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2018
This study hypothesized that HISD prekindergarten participation consistently correlated with better educational outcomes for students. Taking into account students' age differences through kindergarten enrollment, propensity score matching controlled for students' background characteristics. Three cohorts of students in this study were eligible or…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Language Arts
Hossain, Altaf; Zeitlyn, Benjamin – Online Submission, 2010
Bangladesh has made great improvements in the scale and quality of access to education in recent years and gender equality has almost been achieved in primary education (World Bank, 2008). Evidence from CREATE's nationwide community and school survey (ComSS) confirms results from other research (such as Al-Samarrai, 2009) which suggests that…
Descriptors: Poverty, Primary Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
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Biddle, Nicholas – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2007
This paper discusses the individual, family, household and area level characteristics associated with preschool attendance for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (aged three to five years who are not at school). Controlling for these factors explains all of the difference between Indigenous and non-Indigenous attendance rates for…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Preschool Education, Access to Education, Minority Group Children