Title Information
Title
A Reanalysis of Impacts of the Tennessee Voluntary Prekindergarten Program
Name
Name Part
Tyler Watts
Role
Role Term (marcrelator) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut")
author
Name
Name Part
Greg J. Duncan
Role
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author
Name
Name Part
Mariela Rivas
Role
Role Term (marcrelator) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut")
author
Subject
Topic
Pre-kindergarten programs
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Topic
RCT
Subject (edworkp)
Topic
Early childhood
Subject (edworkp)
Topic
Program and policy effects
Origin Information
Date Created
2019
Publisher
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Abstract
We present a reanalysis of the Tennessee Voluntary Prekindergarten Program (TNVPK), a state-funded program designed to promote the school readiness of 4-year-olds from low-income families. Oversubscribed programs used a lottery to randomly assign prospective enrollees a chance to attend TNVPK. We found that assignment to the program had largely null effects on measures of behavior, attendance, and retention collected during elementary school. TNVPK increased enrollment in special education by 4% between kindergarten and grade 3, and generated negative but generally statistically insignificant impacts on third-grade state test scores. We explore reasons for fadeout as well as threats to internal validity.
Language
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eng
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text
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grey literature
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Identifier: DOI
10.26300/mzk4-jk96
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