21 Oct 2007
Report

Preschool: First Findings From the Third Follow-up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort

Jodi Jacobson Chernoff and Kristin Flanagan, AIR
Cameron McPhee, Education Statistics Services Institute - McPhee Consulting
Jennifer Park, National Center for Education Statistics

This is the first report from the third wave of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), a study of children born in 2001. The report provides descriptive information about these children when they were about 4 years old, including results from language, literacy, mathematics, and fine motor skills assessments, and information on children's nonparental education and care experiences.

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Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS)

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS) program offers the first nationally representative study of early childhood development and education in the United States. The ECLS program currently has three separate longitudinal studies fielded by the National Center for Education Statistics: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99; the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort; the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of 2010–11.

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