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Peer reviewedStipek, Deborah J.; Ryan, Rosaleen H. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Examined cognitive competencies and motivation in economically advantaged and disadvantaged preschoolers and kindergartners over a two-year period. Found that disadvantaged children had poorer cognitive scores than advantaged children. Cognitive gains were equal after one or two years in school, with socioeconomic status (SES) differences…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Dependency (Personality), Economically Disadvantaged
Wedell-Monnig, Jacelyn; McNeil, Judy T. – 1980
One of 10 reports in a longitudinal study of Project Head Start submitted by NTS Research Corporation to the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, this document presents the individual testing battery used for the fall 1979 cohort. The first chapter identifies the skill areas to be tested in an analysis of Project Head Start's…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Child Development
