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Sabol, Terri J.; Bohlmann, Natalie L.; Downer, Jason T. – Child Development, 2018
This study examined whether children's observed individual engagement with teachers, peers, and tasks related to their school readiness after controlling for observed preschool classroom quality and children's baseline skills. The sample included 211 predominately low-income, racially/ethnically diverse 4-year-old children in 49 preschool…
Descriptors: Low Income, Child Development, School Readiness, Preschool Education
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Burchinal, Margaret; McCartney, Kathleen; Steinberg, Laurence; Crosnoe, Robert; Friedman, Sarah L.; McLoyd, Vonnie; Pianta, Robert – Child Development, 2011
The Black-White achievement gap in children's reading and mathematics school performance from 4.5 years of age through fifth grade was examined in a sample of 314 lower income American youth followed from birth. Differences in family, child care, and schooling experiences largely explained Black-White differences in achievement, and instructional…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Early Intervention, Low Income, Academic Achievement
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Belsky, Jay; Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Burchinal, Margaret; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; McCartney, Kathleen; Owen, Margaret Tresch – Child Development, 2007
Effects of early child care on children's functioning from 4 1/2 years through the end of 6th grade (M age=12.0 years) were examined in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n=1,364). The results indicated that although parenting was a stronger and more consistent predictor of…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality