Kindergarten readiness impacts of the arkansas better chance state prekindergarten initiative

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 198-216

  Hustedt, Jason T ^a   Jung, Kwanghee ^b   Williams, Tonya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c Division of child care and early childhood education   (United States)

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EID: 84951781505     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: 15548279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684105     Document Type: Article

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