Arya Ansari|Adam Winsler
Kindergarten readiness for low-income and ethnically diverse children attending publicly funded preschool programs in Miami
The University of Texas at Austin|George Mason University
using data miami school readiness project msrp examine kindergarten readiness five cohorts 20022007 children lowincome ethnically linguistically diverse families n 16176 miami florida experienced three types publicly funded preschool programs year kindergarten public schoolbased prek centerbased care family childcare black latino children public schoolbased prek programs consistently demonstrated greater kindergarten readiness compared classmates centerbased family childcare controlling demographic variables cognitive skills preschool entry cases lowincome children enrolled centerbased care also exhibited greater kindergarten skills classmates attended family childcare results across ethnic language groups thus groups children attended public schoolbased prek began kindergarten stronger start classmates attended centerbased care family childcare continued better end kindergarten year