Full-day kindergarten offsets negative effects of poverty on state tests

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-439

  Schroeder, Janice ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; early intervention; kindergarten; poverty; school improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919465099     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13502930701679734     Document Type: Article

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