The full-day vs. half-day attendance gap was largest for Black students, at about 4-5 percentage points¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Between 2012-13 and 2015-16, the attendance difference between full-day and half-day programs was about 4-5 percentage points among Black students, larger than for other racial/ethnic groups. → Ehrlich 2021

Evidence¶

Ehrlich 2021¶

Ehrlich, S.B., Allensworth, E.M., & Tansey, J. (2021). Meeting families' needs: Attendance rates in full-day vs. half-day pre-k. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/meeting-families-needs

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Descriptive comparison from the district-wide CPS study (Figure 2 footnote). The gap was "between 4-5 percentage points among Black students" versus 1-3 points for Latinx students and 2-4 points for White students, without a consistent trend over time.

"the difference in attendance rates between students in full-day versus half-day programs was about 2 percentage points among Asian American/ Pacific Islander students, between 4-5 percentage points among Black students"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group

Related Claims¶

• District-wide pre-k attendance rates increased modestly (1.5 percentage points) as full-day enrollment expanded, with Black students gaining 3 percentage points — related
• Four schools that converted half-day pre-k to full-day showed attendance about 4 percentage points higher than propensity-weighted comparison schools after expansion — related
• Students in full-day pre-k programs had significantly higher attendance rates than students in half-day programs across all study years — related
• Latinx, Black, and Asian students participated at higher rates than White peers; household size explained Latinx, Black, and Asian differences — related