[Libs-Or] FYI - From Kindergarten Through Third Grade: Children's Beginning School Experiences]

[Ann Reed]

An item of interest from the National Center for Education Statististics

- The new NCES report, 'From Kindergarten Through Third Grade:

Children's Beginning School Experiences' highlights children’s gains in
reading and mathematics over their first 4 years of school, from the start
of kindergarten to the point when most of the children are finishing third
grade. It also describes children’s achievement status in reading,
mathematics, and science at the end of third grade. Information is also
presented on children’s perceptions of their competence and interests in
school subjects, their relationships with peers, and their perceptions
about any problem behaviors they might exhibit. Comparisons are made in
relation to children’s sex, race/ethnicity, number of family risk factors,
kindergarten program type, and the types of schools (i.e., public or
private) children attended in the first 4 years of school. It is the
fourth in a series of reports from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,
Kindergarten Class of 1998-99.
     To download, view and print the report as a pdf file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004007



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