Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Cohort of 1998 (n=
15,070), this study used propensity scores to examine the short-and long-term academic …

As states have upgraded their commitment to pre‐K education over the past two decades,
questions have arisen. Critics argue that program effects are likely to fade out or disappear …

The present study examined differences in school readiness skills in the fall of kindergarten
between pre-K attendees and non-attenders (n= 2581) among children in a large, diverse …

Section 3 presents information on some of the ongoing challenges to conceptualizing and
operationalizing access that emerged from this review of the literature. These challenges …

The present investigation examined the benefits of pre-K through the end of kindergarten for
children from low-income homes who lived in a large and diverse county (n= 2,581) as well …

Abstract Data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of
Early Child Care and Youth Development (N= 1,307) were used to estimate the additive and …

Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2010–2011
(n= 10,620), we examined the diversity in full-day kindergarten activity settings across the …

This study examined the third‐grade outcomes of 11,902 low‐income Latino children who
experienced public school pre‐K or child care via subsidies (center‐based care) at age 4 in …

This investigation considered the short-term benefits of early childhood education
participation at age 3 for 1,213 children from low-income families living in a large and …

Working parents must arrange some type of care for their young children when they are
away at work. For parents with unstable and unpredictable work schedules, the logistics of …