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Direct linkGottfried, Michael A.; Ansari, Arya – Elementary School Journal, 2021
Of all elementary school years, absenteeism is at its peak during kindergarten. Although much has been established about the effects of missing kindergarten school days on achievement, nothing has yet been established on absenteeism and executive function (EF) skills. Yet developing EF skills early in school is critical, and missed in-school time…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Attendance, Executive Function
Student-Teacher Ethnoracial Matching in the Earliest Grades: Benefits for Executive Function Skills?
Gottfried, Michael; Little, Michael; Ansari, Arya – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The purpose of this study is to advance our understanding of student-teacher ethnoracial matching in early elementary school by exploring two executive function outcomes -- working memory and cognitive flexibility. Drawing on nationally-representative, longitudinal sample of kindergartners (N = 18,170) from the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Ethnic Groups, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement
Ansari, Arya; Pianta, Robert C.; Whittaker, Jessica V.; Vitiello, Virginia E.; Ruzek, Erik A.; Zhang, Junyao – School Psychology, 2021
Although we know that children who are more frequently absent from school do less well academically, we know little about whether absences matter for other domains of development and whether the timing of their absences matter. In order to address these gaps in knowledge, we examined the experiences of 1,131 kindergartners (64% Hispanic, 7% Black,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Young Children, Low Income Students
Ansari, Arya; Zimmermann, Kathryn; Pianta, Robert C.; Whittaker, Jessica V.; Vitiello, Virginia E.; Yang, Qingqing; Ruzek, Erik A. – American Educational Research Journal, 2023
This study examined whether pre-K benefits persist through the end of first grade and the extent to which persistence differs based on outcome domains, subsequent classroom environments, and key subgroups of children. Data from 2,351 children living in a large and diverse county in Virginia revealed that the initial benefits of pre-K for academic…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Public Schools
Ansari, Arya; Gottfried, Michael A. – Child Development, 2021
Nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2011 (n = 14,370) were used to examine the grade-level and cumulative outcomes of school absenteeism between kindergarten and fifth grade for students' school performance in the United States. Students who were more frequently absent in any year of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Download full textGottfried, Michael; Little, Michael; Ansari, Arya – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
The benefits of student-teacher ethnoracial matching on student outcomes--ranging from academic achievement to postsecondary attainment--are well documented. Yet, we know far less about the role of student-teacher ethnoracial matching in the earliest grades school and on less about effects on non-academic outcomes. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Racial Factors, Ethnicity, Racial Composition, Minority Group Teachers
