School Readiness

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Nov 8, 2007

Studies Examine California's School Readiness and Student Achievement Gaps, and the State's System of Publicly Funded Programs for Preschool-Age Children

California's sizeable achievement gaps in English-language arts and mathematics in second and third grades have early roots, with the same groups of children that lag in academic performance in elementary school trailing in measures of school readiness when they enter kindergarten.
Research

Oct 27, 2007

Who Is Ahead and Who Is Behind? Gaps in School Readiness and Student Achievement in the Early Grades for California's Children

Describes which groups of California's children are falling short of proficiency in English-language arts and mathematics in the early elementary grades and evaluates the potential for well-designed preschool programs to close achievement gaps.
Research

Nov 28, 2006

School Readiness, Full-Day Kindergarten, and Student Achievement: An Empirical Investigation

Assesses relationship between school readiness skills at kindergarten entry and reading and mathematics achievement through fifth grade; also examines kindergarten program factors that predict nonacademic school readiness skills.
Commentary

Sep 20, 2006

Preschool Pays Off

Published commentary by RAND staff: Preschool Pays Off, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Research Summary

Jan 1, 2005

Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond

This research brief describes work documented in Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise (MG-341-PNC).
Press

Sep 16, 2004

RAND–First 5 LA Study Finds Mother’s Education, Neighborhood Poverty Determine a Child’s Readiness for Elementary School

The key factors that determine whether a child will be adequately prepared to begin elementary school are the educational level attained by the child's mother and the level of poverty in the child's neighborhood.
Research

Aug 15, 2004

Are L.A.’s Children Ready for School?

Because school readiness is important for children, for their families, and for society at large, this book focuses on how the home literacy environment, parenting behavior, and social characteristics are associated with two aspects of school readiness.

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Studies Examine California's School Readiness and Student Achievement Gaps, and the State's System of Publicly Funded Programs for Preschool-Age Children

Who Is Ahead and Who Is Behind? Gaps in School Readiness and Student Achievement in the Early Grades for California's Children

School Readiness, Full-Day Kindergarten, and Student Achievement: An Empirical Investigation

Preschool Pays Off

Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond

RAND–First 5 LA Study Finds Mother’s Education, Neighborhood Poverty Determine a Child’s Readiness for Elementary School

Are L.A.’s Children Ready for School?

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Studies Examine California's School Readiness and Student Achievement Gaps, and the State's System of Publicly Funded Programs for Preschool-Age Children

Who Is Ahead and Who Is Behind? Gaps in School Readiness and Student Achievement in the Early Grades for California's Children

School Readiness, Full-Day Kindergarten, and Student Achievement: An Empirical Investigation

Preschool Pays Off

Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond

RAND–First 5 LA Study Finds Mother’s Education, Neighborhood Poverty Determine a Child’s Readiness for Elementary School

Are L.A.’s Children Ready for School?

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