Effects of Public Preschool Expenditures on the Test Scores of Fourth Graders: Evidence from TIMSS

Autor/inn/en	Waldfogel, Jane; Zhai, Fuhua
Titel	Effects of Public Preschool Expenditures on the Test Scores of Fourth Graders: Evidence from TIMSS
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 14 (2008) 1, S.9-28 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
Schlagwörter	Expenditures; Foreign Countries; Grade 4; Comparative Education; Mathematics Achievement; Science Achievement; Achievement Gains; Preschool Education; Public Schools; Resource Allocation; Cost Effectiveness; Public Policy; Economically Disadvantaged; Comparative Testing; Australia; Japan; Netherlands; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausgaben; Ausland; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ressourcenallokation; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Öffentliche Ordnung; Australien; Niederlande; Neuseeland
Abstract	This study examines the effects of public preschool expenditures on the math and science scores of 4th graders, holding constant child, family, and school characteristics, other relevant social expenditures, and country and year effects, in 7 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries--Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, UK, and USA--using data from the 1995 and 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Our results indicate that there are small but significant positive effects of public preschool expenditures on the math and science scores of 4th graders and that preschool expenditures reduce the risk of children scoring at the low level of proficiency. We also find some evidence that children from low-resource homes and homes where the test language is not always spoken may tend to gain more from increased public preschool expenditures than other children. (Contains 5 tables and 5 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10