ERIC Number: EJ917933
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0276-8739
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The Effect of Attending Full-Day Kindergarten on English Learner Students
Cannon, Jill S.; Jacknowitz, Alison; Painter, Gary
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, v30 n2 p287-309 Spr 2011
A significant and growing English learner (EL) population attends public schools in the United States. Evidence suggests they are at a disadvantage when entering school and their achievement lags behind non-EL students. Some educators have promoted full-day kindergarten programs as especially helpful for EL students. We take advantage of the large EL population and variation in full-day kindergarten implementation in the Los Angeles Unified School District to examine the impact of full-day kindergarten on academic achievement, retention, and English language fluency using difference-in-differences models. We do not find significant effects of full-day kindergarten on most academic outcomes and English fluency through second grade. However, we find that EL students attending full-day kindergarten were 5 percentage points less likely to be retained before second grade and there are differential effects for several outcomes by student and school characteristics. (Contains 7 tables and 25 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 2, Grade 1, Language Fluency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Schools, Program Effectiveness, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, Grade Repetition, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Hispanic American Students, Parent Influence, Educational Attainment, Language Usage, Socioeconomic Status, School Size, Teacher Qualifications, School Schedules
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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