ERIC Number: ED674379
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Apr-11
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Effects of Pre-K and Kindergarten Classroom Quality on Student Achievements
Kuo Wang; Yusuf Kara; Anne Garrison Wilhelm; Jonathan Hunnicutt; Annie Wright
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Philadelphia, PA, Apr 11-14, 2024)
There is a body of literature reporting that pre-K programs have significantly large effects on student academic performance in later years. Also, economically disadvantaged students who attended high-quality public pre-K programs were reported to have better academic outcomes than those who attended lower-quality programs. This study conducted multilevel model analyses and focused on both pre-K and kindergarten classroom quality as well as their relation to kindergarten students' reading and mathematics scores. Findings showed that it is difficult to conclude that higher quality pre-K classrooms may help economically disadvantaged kids perform better in reading and mathematics in kindergarten. However, the advantage of kindergarten classroom quality was found to be higher for students with limited English proficiency.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Educational Quality, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, English (Second Language), Limited English Speaking
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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