The Tennessean /Daily News Journal (10/14) reports, "Pre-kindergarten has a significant effect on children in the early years of elementary school, but that the effect diminishes during and after second grade, according to a report released today by the Comptroller's Offices of Research and Education Accountability (OREA). Similar to the results of previous studies, this analysis of test scores reported from the 2008-2009 school year showed that pre-K participation was associated with small but reliable improvements in student performance in kindergarten and first grade, primarily among economically disadvantaged students." The Tennessean adds that "similar to findings in earlier reports, despite an early academic advantage, pre-K program participants did not perform measurably better beyond the second grade."
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