Kindergarten skills and fifth-grade achievement: Evidence from the ECLS-K

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-427

  Claessens, Amy ^a   Duncan, Greg ^b,c   Engel, Mimi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 67349267678     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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