Recent Longitudinal Research That Has Followed Children Who Attended Head

question 7

Multiple Choice

Recent longitudinal research that has followed children who attended Head Start programs has found that

• A) the effects of participation dissipate after the children leave the program, and after 5 years they look no different from children who did not participate.
• B) most of the effects of participation dissipate after a few years, but the Head Start students continue to have better reading skills.
• C) former Head Start students have more behavioral problems in school and as adolescents they were more likely to be involved in criminal behavior.
• D) former Head Start students had higher academic achievement, fewer grade retentions and were more likely to graduate from high school.

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