School readiness gains made by ethnically diverse children in poverty attending center-based childcare and public school pre-kindergarten programs

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-329

  Winsler, Adam ^a   Tran, Henry ^a   Hartman, Suzanne C ^a   Madigan, Amy L ^c   Manfra, Louis ^b   Bleiker, Charles ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Childcare; Childcare subsidies; Community; Ethnic diversity; Evaluation; Low income; Pre kindergarten programs; Preschool; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949098959     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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