Academic performance of subsequent schools and impacts of early interventions: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Head Start settings

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 946-954

  Zhai, Fuhua ^a   Raver, C Cybele ^b   Jones, Stephanie M ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Head Start; Principal score matching; Randomized controlled trial; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858798618     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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