Certain developmental skills measured in kindergarten are meaningful predictors of academic and other outcomes well into high school, according to early results of research that could help allocate educational support and resources.
The pandemic made it impossible to create a fully interactive kindergarten environment, which may negatively impact some children’s learning in later grades, experts warn.
A study of students across Canada between 2004 and 2015 provides an estimate of anxiety symptoms in kindergarteners, and can serve as a baseline for comparing children’s anxiety after COVID-19, writes researchers Caroline Reid-Westoby and Magdalena Janus.
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