We examine peer effects in early education by estimating value added models with school fixed effects that control …

data from Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, we estimate the effects of prekindergarten on children's school readiness. We … find that prekindergarten increases reading and mathematics skills at school entry, but also increases behavioral problems … grade, although the behavioral effects do not. Finally, effects differ depending on children's family background and …

We examine peer effects in early education by estimating value added models with school fixed effects that control …

data from Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, we estimate the effects of prekindergarten on children's school readiness. We … find that prekindergarten increases reading and mathematics skills at school entry, but also increases behavioral problems … grade, although the behavioral effects do not. Finally, effects differ depending on children's family background and …

This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at … Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged … which children at the top of the SES distribution out-perform those in the middle. Third, disparities in social and …