children before kindergarten entry. One hundred two children were randomly assigned to the KITS intervention and 90 were … randomly assigned to the foster care services as usual comparison group. At the end of the kindergarten year, teachers were … effects on kindergarten classroom behavior. …

individual child achievement. Children with low attention, alone or in combination with aggressive behavior, made fewer gains in … test scores during kindergarten. Additionally, having more children in the classroom with low attention was linked with … lower achievement gains, even for children who did not themselves demonstrate problem behaviors. …