HEAD START IMPACTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN: THE MODERATING ROLE OF KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL CONTEXTS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

Univ Of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC

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Abstract

The proposed dissertation study will examine comparable groups of children who either attended Head Start during their prekindergarten (pre-K) year or participated in some alternative type of child care arrangement. The impacts of Head Start participation on children?s social-emotional and academic competencies will be examined in the spring of children?s pre-K and kindergarten years.