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Jordan S. Berne; Brian A. Jacob; Tareena Musaddiq; Anna Shapiro; Christina Weiland – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is a relatively recent entrant into the U.S. early education landscape, combining features of public pre-K and regular kindergarten. We provide the first estimates of the impact of Michigan's TK program on 3rd grade test scores. Using an augmented regression discontinuity design, we find that TK improves 3rd grade…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Kindergarten, Program Effectiveness, Grade 3
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Vo Ngoc Hoi – Educational Review, 2024
The first year at university is critical to students' later academic development. The first year, however, is also the time when students are most vulnerable to disengagement and dropout. Therefore, identifying students most at risk of disengagement as well as the classroom environment factors that drive or undermine student classroom engagement…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, School Orientation, Classroom Techniques, Transitional Programs
Jorden Berne; Brian Jacob; Tareena Musaddiq; Anna Shapiro; Christina Weiland – Grantee Submission, 2024
Transitional kindergarten (TK) is a relatively recent entrant into the US early education landscape, combining features of public pre-K and regular kindergarten. We provide the first estimates of the impact of Michigan's TK program on third-grade test scores. Using an augmented regression discontinuity design, we find that TK improves third-grade…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Scores, Kindergarten, Grade 3
Jordan S. Berne; Brian A. Jacob; Tareena Musaddiq; Anna Shapiro; Christina Weiland – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is a relatively recent entrant into the U.S. early education landscape, combining features of public pre-K and regular kindergarten. We provide the first estimates of the impact of Michigan's TK program on 3rd grade test scores. Using an augmented regression discontinuity design, we find that TK improves 3rd grade…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Scores, Kindergarten, Grade 3