The School Entry Gap: Socioeconomic, Family, and Health Factors Associated With Children's School Readiness to Learn

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Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Early Development Instrument in Canada, Australia, United States, and Jamaica (2011, methodology): “To investigate the association of the EDI with direct language testing a different sample was used; data for 2,139 children who were part of an Understanding the Early Years project (UEY) in six different communities (described in more detail in Janus and Duku 2007b ).”
Patterns of Early Reading and Social Skills Associated With Academic Success in Elementary School (2014, background): “In all models, we control for gender and sociocultural variables, as levels of early reading and social skills and later academic achievement are likely to vary depending on these factors (Entwisle, Alexander, & Olson, 2005; Janus & Duku, 2007; Ladd, Birch, & Buhs, 2003).”
Examining the link between preschool social-emotional competence and first grade academic achievement: The role of attention skills (2011, background): “…young children living in poverty consistently lag behind their more affluent peers in a variety of school readiness skills, including emotional, behavioral, and academic competence (Brooks-Gunn & Duncan, 1997; Janus & Duku, 2007; McLoyd, 1998; Pungello, Kupersmidt, Burchinal, & Patterson, 1996).”