Pre-school quality and educational outcomes at age 11: Low quality has little benefit

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-124

  Sylva, Kathy ^a   Melhuish, Edward ^b   Sammons, Pam ^a   Siraj Blatchford, Iram ^c   Taggart, Brenda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

longitudinal effects; pre school; quality; strengths and limitations; study design

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959441413     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X10387900     Document Type: Article

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