title: Differential Third-Grade Outcomes Associated With Attending Publicly Funded Preschool Programs for Low-Income Latino Children.
abstract: This study examined the third-grade outcomes of 11,902 low-income Latino children who experienced public school pre-K or child care via subsidies (center-based care) at age 4 in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Regression and propensity score analyses revealed that children who experienced public school pre-K earned higher scores on standardized assessments of math and reading in third grade and had higher grade point averages than those who attended center-based care 4 years earlier. The sustained associations between public school pre-K (vs. center-based care) and third-grade outcomes were mediated by children's kindergarten entry preacademic and social-behavioral skills, and among English-language learners, English proficiency. Implications for investing in early childhood programs to assist with the school readiness of young Latino children in poverty are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Austin.
authors.forename: Arya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.affiliation: Abt Associates.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lόpez
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manfra
authors.affiliation: Florida International University.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bleiker
authors.affiliation: Florida International University.
authors.forename: Laura H B
authors.initials: LHB
authors.lastname: Dinehart
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University.
authors.forename: Suzanne C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.affiliation: George Mason University.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winsler
mesh_terms: D000073978:Academic Performance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005431:Florida; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011932:Reading; D012578:Schools, Nursery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*