Preschool and childcare have little impact on a child's later school test scores

Callie Little and Brian Byrne

By Callie Little and Brian Byrne
Community contribution / September 16, 2020

Early childhood education and care is widely regarded as helping children’s academic, cognitive and social development.

Our study, published in the journal Behavior Genetics, looked into whether attending preschool or childcare influences later academic achievement.

We ...

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