BUILDING ON THE LASTING BENEFITS OF ATTENDING A VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

<p>The expectations of kindergarten students have drastically changed over the years. Kindergarten students who have not attended a voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) program may be at a disadvantage in behavior and academics. The purpose of this study is to show the benefits of a VPK program. My study includes kindergarten students at the school under study whose progress monitoring scores in the beginning of the year are compared to student’s scores who have never attended a VPK program, the amount of behavior referrals is also compared. The anticipated results are that kindergarten students who attended VPK will out-perform their peers who did not attend any VPK program. The kindergarten students who attended VPK will have less behavior referrals as well.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.S. Educational Specialist

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Swickle, Ashley

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sarah Lukas

• VPK
• benefits of VPK
• prekindergarten
• why kids should attend VPK
• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/713

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1767