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Peer reviewedHoran, Mary D.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1980
The New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program, which operates in 52 school districts, is designed to reduce potential educational deficits of economically disadvantaged children. This article reports on the program's effects on cognitive functioning of children in their kindergarten years and discusses implications for educational…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of ESC Education Planning and Development. – 1982
An evaluation of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program was begun in 1975 to provide longititudinal data on the effects of prekindergarten on children's development over a period of 5 years. Data were collected on a variety of items, including children's test performance at various times, family background, ratings by teachers,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
