Rae Hyuck Lee|Fuhua Zhai|Jeanne Brooks?Gunn|Weiyu Han|Jane Waldfogel
Head start participation and school readiness: Evidence from the early childhood longitudinal study–birth cohort.
Columbia University|Stony Brook University|Royal College of Physicians|Columbia College|Columbia University|New York University|Columbia University
using data early childhood longitudinal studybirth cohort n 6950 nationally representative sample children born 2001 examined school readiness academic skills socioemotional wellbeing kindergarten entry children attended head start compared experienced types child care prekindergarten centerbased care nonparental care parental care using propensity score matching methods ordinary least squares regressions rich controls found head start participants higher early reading math scores children nonparental care parental care also higher levels conduct problems parental care head start participants lower early reading scores compared children prekindergarten differences outcomes compared children centerbased care head start benefits pronounced children low initial cognitive ability parents low levels education attended head start 20 hr per week