The effects of Tulsa's CAP head start program on middle-school academic outcomes and progress

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1247-1261

  Phillips, Deborah ^a   Gormley, William ^a   Anderson, Sara ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic progress; Academic success; Head Start; Middle school

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; OKLAHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOL; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; OKLAHOMA; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOLS; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84979900357     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000151     Document Type: Article

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