Home, Pre-school and Primary school influences upon children's educational attainment at age 11

• Main Authors: Edward Melhuish (Author), Pam Sammons (Author), Kathy Sylva (Author), Iram Siraj-Blatchford (Author), Brenda Taggart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Arizona State University, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper examines the benefits of Pre-school centre experience in disadvantaged children's school readiness, educational achievements and social adjustment. In this article, we describe findings from a large-scale longitudinal study in England that provides evidence on the contribution of hom...