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The Effect of Early Childhood Programs on Third-Grade Test Scores: Evidence from Transitional Kindergarten in Michigan

Published:2024-05-01 Issue: Volume:114 Page:480-485
ISSN:2574-0768
Container-title:AEA Papers and Proceedings
language:en
Short-container-title:AEA Papers and Proceedings

Author:

Berne Jordan¹,Jacob Brian¹,Musaddiq Tareena²,Shapiro Anna³,Weiland Christina¹

Affiliation:

1. University of Michigan (email: )

2. Mathematica Inc. (email: )

3. RAND Corporation (email: )

Abstract

Transitional kindergarten (TK) is a relatively recent entrant into the US early education landscape, combining features of public pre-K and regular kindergarten. We provide the first estimates of the impact of Michigan's TK program on third-grade test scores. Using an augmented regression discontinuity design, we find that TK improves third-grade test scores by 0.29 (math) and 0.19 (English language arts) standard deviations relative to a counterfactual that includes other formal and informal early learning options. These impacts are notably large relative to the prior pre-K literature.

Publisher

American Economic Association

Link

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/pandp.20241081

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