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Starting early: Kindergarten entry assessments and addressing the achievement gap in Des Moines public schools [Executive summary]

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A summary of a comparative examination of children's achievement in kindergarten as a predictor for their academic achievement later in life, based on assessments of children in kindergarten, third, eighth, and eleventh grades from Des Moines, Iowa, with a focus on children who qualify for free or reduced price lunch (FRPL), speak English as a second language (ESL), are in special education, or who live in a disadvantaged neighborhood
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