Kindergarten Readiness Impacts of the Arkansas Better Chance State Prekindergarten Initiative

Autor/inn/en	Hustedt, Jason T.; Jung, Kwanghee; Barnett, W. Steven; Williams, Tonya
Titel	Kindergarten Readiness Impacts of the Arkansas Better Chance State Prekindergarten Initiative
Quelle	In: Elementary School Journal, 116 (2015) 2, S.198-216 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-5984
DOI	10.1086/684105
Schlagwörter	Preschool Education; School Readiness; Vocabulary Development; Emergent Literacy; Mathematics Skills; Program Effectiveness; Early Intervention; State Programs; State Aid; Comparative Analysis; Student Characteristics; Receptive Language; Verbal Ability; Intelligence Tests; Regression (Statistics); Arkansas; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Wortschatzarbeit; Frühleseunterricht; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Regierungsprogramm; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Mündliche Leistung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Enrollment in state-funded pre-K programs prior to kindergarten entry has become increasingly common. As each state develops its own model for pre-K, rigorous studies of the impacts of state-specific programs are needed. This study investigates impacts of the Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) initiative at kindergarten entry using a regression-discontinuity design. In this approach, study selection criteria are known and modeled, rather than simply comparing children who attended ABC with potentially dissimilar children who did not attend. Statistically significant impacts of ABC pre-K participation were found across three key academic domains related to children's kindergarten readiness--vocabulary, mathematics, and print awareness skills. These results suggest that the ABC pre-K program is effective and thus that it provides a potential model for expansion of large-scale public pre-K initiatives in other states. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01