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Title: The Effects of Children's Head Start Enrollment Age on Their Short- and Long-Term Developmental Outcomes
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Lee, Kyunghee |
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The Effects of Children's Head Start Enrollment Age on Their Short- and Long-Term Developmental Outcomes Social Service Review 82,4 (December 2008): 663-702. Also: http://www.jstor.org/pss/10.1086/597018 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Keyword(s): Academic Development; Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Behavior; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Head Start; Mothers, Education; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Test Scores/Test theory/IRT This study examines how the age at which children enter Head Start affects their academic and behavioral outcomes. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth are incorporated to analyze the progress of 1,553 Head Start children. The research examines outcomes through assessments conducted at ages 5--6 and at ages 11--12. The results suggest that the measured outcomes vary with complicated interactions among age at Head Start entry, maternal education levels, and maternal verbal test scores. In many cases, early age of entry is estimated to improve outcomes for children whose mothers have low education and test scores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Lee, Kyunghee. "The Effects of Children's Head Start Enrollment Age on Their Short- and Long-Term Developmental Outcomes." Social Service Review 82,4 (December 2008): 663-702.
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