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Magnuson, Katherine A.; Ruhm, Christopher; Waldfogel, Jane – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
Using rich longitudinal data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort (ECLS-K), we find that children who attended preschool enter public schools with higher levels of academic skills than their peers who experienced other types of child care (effect size of 0.14). This study considers the circumstances under which the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Reading Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Preschool Education