ERIC Number: EJ1232366
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
EISSN: EISSN-1935-1062
The Effects of Full-Day Prekindergarten: Experimental Evidence of Impacts on Children's School Readiness
Atteberry, Allison; Bassok, Daphna; Wong, Vivian C.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v41 n4 p537-562 Dec 2019
This study is a randomized control trial of full- versus half-day prekindergarten (pre-K) in a school district near Denver, Colorado. Four-year-old children were randomly assigned an offer of half-day (4 days/week) or full-day (5 days/week) pre-K that increased class time by 600 hours. The full-day pre-K offer produced substantial, positive effects on children's receptive vocabulary skills (0.275 standard deviations) by the end of pre-K. Among children enrolled in district schools, full-day participants also outperformed their peers on teacher-reported measures of cognition, literacy, math, physical, and socioemotional development. At kindergarten entry, children offered full day still outperformed peers on a widely used measure of basic literacy. The study provides the first rigorous evidence on the impact of full-day preschool on children's school readiness skills.
Descriptors: School Schedules, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Program Effectiveness, Student Characteristics, At Risk Students, Vocabulary, Special Needs Students, Receptive Language, Child Development, Disability Identification, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, English Language Learners, Socioeconomic Status, Gender Differences, Family Influence, Language Skills, Social Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado (Denver)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations
WWC Study Page: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Study/89229