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Download full textWhitker, Shirley – 1996
One strategy that can provide immediate results in improving African American kindergarten students' success in school is improving attendance. This study examined the effect of school attendance on African American kindergarten students' learning readiness. Thirty kindergarten students in three classrooms at one Chicago school completed the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, Kindergarten
