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Direct linkVirginia Vitiello; Robert Pianta; Jessica Whittaker; Arya Ansari; Margaret Burchinal – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Pre-k convergence refers to the tendency for the positive effects of pre-k on children's academic skills to diminish over time, observed across decades of observational and experimental studies (Ansari et al., 2020). Researchers have tested multiple mechanisms to explain convergence, with mixed results; none of the proposed mechanisms…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Preschool Education, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement
Robert C. Pianta; Arya Ansari; Jessica E. Whittaker; Virginia Vitiello; Margaret Burchinal – Elementary School Journal, 2025
The study examines students' skills at kindergarten entry and gains in skills across the kindergarten through first-grade period (pre-COVID-19) for predicting literacy, language, math, inhibitory control, and social-adjustment outcomes in the spring of fourth grade, after schools reopened. In a large US school district, longitudinal data were…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Student Development, Grade 4
Robert Pianta; Arya Ansari; Jessica E. Whittaker; Virginia Vitiello; Margaret Burchinal – Grantee Submission, 2024
The study examines students' skills at kindergarten entry and gains in skills across kindergarten through first grade (pre-COVID) predicting literacy, language, math, inhibitory control, and social adjustment in the spring of 4th grade, after schools re-opened. Longitudinal data were collected on students (N=785) who were linguistically diverse…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Social Emotional Learning, Predictor Variables
