Head Start and Urban Children's School Readiness: A Birth Cohort Study in 18 Cities

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-152

  Zhai, Fuhua ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b   Waldfogel, Jane ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Head Start; Propensity score matching; School readiness; Urban children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79551526516     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020784     Document Type: Article

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