Head Start at Ages 3 and 4 Versus Head Start Followed by State Pre-K: Which Is More Effective?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-112

  Jenkins, Jade Marcus ^a   Farkas, George ^a   Duncan, Greg J ^a   Burchinal, Margaret ^b   Vandell, Deborah Lowe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood education policy; Head Start; pre kindergarten; propensity scores; regression discontinuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957812984     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373715587965     Document Type: Article

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