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July/August 2005
Family income has a tremendous effect on school readiness. But the need for quality preschool programs is not limited to families with the lowest incomes. In fact, gaps in school readiness diminish only gradually as income rises and persist for all children except those from families in the top 20 percent of income levels. Currently only two states, Oklahoma and Georgia, have established universal prekindergarten programs, a strategy intended to reduce readiness gaps across the income spectrum to ensure that all children are ready for school.
Academic Abilities of Entering Kindergartners by Family Income
Used with permission from W.S. Barnett, J.T. Hustedt, K.B. Robin, and K.L. Schulman. The State of Preschool: 2004 State Preschool Yearbook. New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for Early Education Research, 2004.
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