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Title: The Impact of Full-day Kindergarten Expansions on Academic Achievement
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Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: States and localities have rapidly expanded their provision of and participation in full-day kindergarten over the past few decades. This study explores the effect of those full-day kindergarten expansions on academic achievement and provides the first evidence on how these policy changes impact school system performance. Using variation across states and over time in full-day kindergarten, I investigate the impact of expansions on subsequent student achievement, in the third through eighth grades, and on Hispanic-white and black-white test score gaps. Full-day kindergarten contributes to improved overall academic performance in both reading and math in the later grades, but may in fact exacerbate achievement gaps, particularly for black students.
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Authors: Gibbs, Chloe, R
Publisher: University of Notre Dame
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Topics: Education
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