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The Long Reach of Early Math Skills

The Long Reach of Early Math Skills. Greg J. Duncan School of Education University of California, Irvine. How important are school-entry and K-5 mathematics skills for: School achievement High school completion and college enrollment Crime in early adulthood. Early Skills and Behaviors.

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The Long Reach of Early Math Skills

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  1. The Long Reach of Early Math Skills Greg J. Duncan School of Education University of California, Irvine

  2. How important are school-entry and K-5 mathematics skills for: • School achievement • High school completion and college enrollment • Crime in early adulthood

  3. Early Skills and Behaviors

  4. Simple associations with later achievement Duncan et al., Developmental Psychology, 2007

  5. Simple associations with later achievement

  6. Effects on later achievement

  7. Effects on later achievement

  8. Effects of persistent K-5 problems on high school dropout

  9. Effects of persistent K-5 problems on high school dropout

  10. Effects of persistent K-5 problems on never attending college

  11. Summary • Early math skills (controlling IQ) correlated most strongly with future school achievement • Children with persistently low K-5 math skills: • More likely to drop out of high school • Considerably less likely to attend college

  12. Greg J. Duncan gduncan@uci.edu School of Education University of California, Irvine

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