National profiles of school readiness skills for Head Start children: An investigation of stability and change

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 668-683

  McWayne, Christine M ^a   Hahs Vaughn, Debbie L ^b   Cheung, Katherine ^c   Wright, Linnie E Green ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head Start; Person oriented; Profiles; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869061196     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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