The APPLES Blossom: The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Preliminary results through 2nd grade: Interim report
Preliminary findings from a longitudinal study on the lasting effects of participation in an Abbott prekindergarten program on children’s language, literacy, and math skills in first and second grade
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An effectiveness-based evaluation of five state pre-kindergarten programs
A comparison of the pre-kindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia, including an examination of the math, reading, and vocabulary scores of participating children, and an exploration of the relationship between program quality and outcomes
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The effects of New Jersey's Abbott Preschool Program on young children's school readiness
A study on the effects of attending the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program on language, early literacy and early math skills in children entering kindergarten, part of a larger study on school readiness
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An effectiveness-based evaluation of five state pre-kindergarten programs using regression-discontinuity
A study of the impact of state prekindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia on children's vocabulary, math, and print awareness skills by comparing children who had completed a year of prekindergarten with nonparticipants who had missed the enrollment age cut-off and were about to start prekindergarten
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Effects of five state prekindergarten programs on early learning
A study of the impact of state prekindergarten programs in Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia on children's vocabulary, math, and print awareness skills by comparing children who had completed a year of prekindergarten with nonparticipants who had missed the enrollment age cut-off and were about to start prekindergarten
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Early learning scale: Technical report
An account of the development of the Early Learning Scale (ELS), an assessment tool for preschoolers, and an examination of the validity of the instrument, based on data on the training of more than 57 early educators in New Jersey and 51 early educators in South Dakota
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The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Interim report
The interim results through kindergarten of a longitudinal study of the impact of participation in the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, based on classroom observations and direct child assessments
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Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study: Fifth grade follow-up
A study of the relationship of participation in New Jersey's Abbott Preschool, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, to educational achievement and school success in fourth and fifth grades, based on a comparison of state assessment test data for 553 Abbott Preschool participants and 201 matched nonparticipants who attended the same kindergarten classrooms
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The effects of state prekindergarten programs on young children's school readiness in five states
A study on the effects of state-funded preschool programs on the school readiness of children from New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia
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Educational effects of the Tools of the Mind curriculum: A randomized trial
An evaluation of the impact of the Tools of the Mind curriculum on the cognitive, self-regulation, and language skills of preschoolers at a public preschool in a low-income neighborhood
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