Preschool: It Does Make a Difference. Special Report: Early Childhood Education.

Featherstone, Helen

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Publication Date: 1986

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Preschool: It Does Make a Difference. Special Report: Early Childhood Education.

Featherstone, Helen

Principal, v65 n5 p16-17 May 1986

Long term studies of students who participated in preschool education programs show that the differences and effects are not in test scores but in children's ability to meet teachers' expectations and to avoid being labeled failures.(MD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Low Achievement, Preschool Education, Tests, Young Children

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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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