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ERIC Number: EJ1220727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-2332-8584
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Participation in Georgia's Pre-K as a Predictor of Third-Grade Standardized Test Scores
Early, Diane M.; Li, Weilin; Maxwell, Kelly L.; Ponder, Bentley D.
AERA Open, v5 n2 Apr-Jun 2019
Propensity score matching was used to compare third-grade test scores in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies for children who had and had not participated in Georgia's Pre-K 4 years earlier. After matching, each group included 46,262 children (mean age 8.36 years in third grade). In all subject areas, children who had participated in Georgia's Pre-K scored significantly higher (Cohen's D = 0.06 to 0.09), and pre-K participation was associated with an 11% to 17% increase in the odds of scoring proficient or above. Among children enrolled in free or reduced-price lunch, participation in Georgia's Pre-K was associated with higher test scores and greater likelihood of scoring proficient or above; however, the opposite was true for children not enrolled in free or reduced-price lunch. Associations between pre-K participation and math scores were stronger for children whose home language was not English as compared to those whose home language was English.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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