One versus two years: Does length of exposure to an enhanced preschool program impact the academic functioning of disadvantaged children in kindergarten?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 704-713

  Domitrovich, Celene E ^a   Morgan, Nicole R ^a   Moore, Julia E ^a   Cooper, Brittany R ^a   Shah, Harshini K ^a   Jacobson, Linda ^a   Greenberg, Mark T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; Preschool dosage; School readiness

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NESTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGRAM IMPACT; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTION BIAS; SKILL;

EID: 84988837716     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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