Title page
Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 4
Findings 6
Implications 15
References 17
Table 1. Pre-Elementary Grant districts planned to use grant funds for a variety of purposes, 2016/17-2018/19 10
Figure 1. Pre-Elementary Grant (PEG) districts served a more historically disadvantaged kindergarten population than non-PEG districts in 2018/19 7
Figure 2. In Pre-Elementary Grant (PEG) districts the demographic characteristics of kindergarten students who had participated in a PEG program differed from those of students... 8
Figure 3. The proportions of economically disadvantaged students participating in Pre-Elementary Grant (PEG) programs varied by locale in 2018/19 9
Figure 4. Students who participated in state-funded preschool had higher adjusted percentages of kindergarten readiness than students who did not participate, 2014/15-2018/19 13
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 4
Box 2. Data sources, sample, and methods 5