Academic Content, Student Learning, and the Persistence of Preschool Effects

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 403-434

  Claessens, Amy ^a   Engel, Mimi ^b   Curran, F Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic content; kindergarten; preschool; student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898866708     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831213513634     Document Type: Article

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