Enrollment in public-prekindergarten and school readiness skills at kindergarten entry: Differential associations by home language, income, and program …

A Ansari, RC Pianta, JE Whittaker, V Vitiello… - Early Childhood …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study examined differences in school readiness skills in the fall of kindergarten
between pre-K attendees and non-attenders (n= 2581) among children in a large, diverse …

Persistence and convergence: The end of kindergarten outcomes of pre-K graduates and their nonattending peers.

A Ansari, RC Pianta, JV Whittaker… - Developmental …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
The present investigation examined the benefits of pre-K through the end of kindergarten for
children from low-income homes who lived in a large and diverse county (n= 2,581) as well …

Differential third‐grade outcomes associated with attending publicly funded preschool programs for low‐income Latino children

A Ansari, M Lόpez, L Manfra, C Bleiker… - Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Starting early: The benefits of attending early childhood education programs at age 3

A Ansari, RC Pianta, JV Whittaker… - American …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This investigation considered the short-term benefits of early childhood education
participation at age 3 for 1,213 children from low-income families living in a large and …

Kindergarten readiness for low-income and ethnically diverse children attending publicly funded preschool programs in Miami

A Ansari, A Winsler - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2016 - Elsevier
Using data from the Miami School Readiness Project (MSRP), we examine the kindergarten
readiness of five cohorts (2002–2007) of children from low-income, ethnically, and …

[HTML][HTML] New benefits of public school pre-kindergarten programs: Early school stability, grade promotion, and exit from ELL services

D Conger, CR Gibbs, Y Uchikoshi, A Winsler - Early Childhood Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study explores the short-run effects of state-funded, public school-based pre-
kindergarten (pre-K) programs on the early educational outcomes of students in Miami-Dade …

“That's the whole idea of college readiness”: A critical examination of universal Pre-K teachers' understandings around kindergarten readiness

S Akaba, LE Peters, E Liang, SB Graves - Teaching and Teacher …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines universal Pre-Kindergarten teachers' understanding of kindergarten
readiness through critical lens towards neoliberal narratives of “quality and high …

Child care subsidies and the stability and quality of child care arrangements

C Krafft, EE Davis, K Tout - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2017 - Elsevier
Each month, the child care subsidy program helps nearly a million low-income families pay
for child care. The financial support of a child care subsidy might be expected to increase …

The role of child‐care subsidies in the lives of low‐income children

AD Johnson, RM Ryan - Child Development Perspectives, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the United States, federally funded child‐care subsidies offer a unique
opportunity to influence low‐income children's early education and, in so doing, affect their …

Classroom age composition and preschoolers' school readiness: The implications of classroom quality and teacher qualifications

KM Purtell, A Ansari - Aera Open, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent research has shown that the age composition of preschool classrooms influences
children's early learning. Building on prior research, this study examines whether the …