Ready for school: Can full-day kindergarten level the playing field?

Description:

An overview of research questions, methods, and findings from an analysis of the relationship between school readiness skills at kindergarten entry and reading and mathematics achievement through the fifth grade, and of the role of kindergarten program factors in the development of nonacademic school readiness skills

Resource Type:

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Author(s):

Le Vi-Nhuan; Barney Heather; Setodji Claude Messan; Gershwin Daniel; Kirby Sheila N.

Publisher(s):

RAND Corporation

Funder(s):

Rockefeller Foundation; Ford Foundation

Country:

United States

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