They did this by relying on data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, which tracked a cohort of children
from kindergarten in the fall of 1998 through the end of their fifth - grade year in 2004.
Not exact matches
From Cradle to Classroom A troubling finding emerged from a series of studies in the late 1960s: children who were less well prepared for kindergarten tended to fall further behind as they progressed through the gra
From Cradle to Classroom A troubling finding emerged
from a series of studies in the late 1960s: children who were less well prepared for kindergarten tended to fall further behind as they progressed through the gra
from a series of studies
in the late 1960s: children who were less well prepared for
kindergarten tended to
fall further behind as they progressed through the grades.
A troubling finding emerged
from a series of studies
in the late 1960s: children who were less well prepared for
kindergarten tended to
fall further behind as they progressed through the grades.
Data
from 22,000 children involved
in this study of the
kindergarten class of 1998 — 99 show that, after controlling for family income, children who attended more academically oriented preschools had significantly higher scores
in reading, math, and general knowledge when tested
in the
fall of their
kindergarten year than children
in preschool settings without academic content.