Children who entered school in kindergarten rather than pre-kindergarten were twice as likely to be at academic risk at the end of first grade¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2–r3 · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Kindergarten entrants were more likely than pre-k entrants to score at least one SD below the mean on first-grade achievement (22.9% vs. 11.8%). → Kim Yeonwoo 2018 q2 i? Post-hoc analyses found 28% of DA boys at risk, compared with approximately 15% of MA boys, MA girls and DA girls. → Kim Yeonwoo 2018 (2)

Evidence¶

Kim Yeonwoo 2018¶

Kim Yeonwoo, Calzada Esther J., Barajas-Gonzalez R. Gabriela, Huang Keng-Yen, Brotman Laurie M., Castro Ashley, Pichardo Catherine. (2018). The Role of Authoritative and Authoritarian Parenting in the Early Academic Achievement of Latino Students. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000192

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive comparisons in a longitudinal sample of 750 Latino families; Table 3 reports the at-risk χ2 = 10.01** for the grade contrast. No mean-level differences in achievement by ethnicity or gender were significant.

"children from the kindergarten cohort were more likely than those from the pre-k cohort to have lower mean-level scores of first grade achievement (96.28 vs. 98.50) and to have scores at least one standard deviation below the mean, or at academic risk (22.9% vs. 11.8%)."

Kim Yeonwoo 2018 (2)¶

Kim Yeonwoo, Calzada Esther J., Barajas-Gonzalez R. Gabriela, Huang Keng-Yen, Brotman Laurie M., Castro Ashley, Pichardo Catherine. (2018). The Role of Authoritative and Authoritarian Parenting in the Early Academic Achievement of Latino Students. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000192

q2 · i? · associational · r3

Post-hoc descriptive analyses on ethnic and gender subgroups reported in the Discussion; the article calls for future research on risk factors disproportionately affecting DA boys.

"28% of DA boys were at risk for academic underachievement at the end of first grade, compared with approximately 15% of MA boys, MA girls and DA girls."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Redshirted students' early-grade academic advantage over on-time peers fades as students move through school — related
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