Monica Lee
Senior Research Associate, SAL Policy
All Publications
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Noncognitive Factors and Student Long-Run Success: Comparing the Predictive Validity of Observable Academic Behaviors and Social-Emotional Skills
EDUCATIONAL POLICY
2023
View details for DOI 10.1177/08959048231209262
View details for Web of Science ID 001099689100001
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An investigation of Head Start preschool children's executive function, early literacy, and numeracy learning in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early childhood research quarterly
2023; 64: 255-265
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on preschool children's school readiness skills remains understudied. This research investigates Head Start preschool children's early numeracy, literacy, and executive function outcomes during a pandemic-affected school year. Study children (N=336 assessed at fall baseline; N=237-250 assessed in spring depending on outcome; fall baseline sample: mean age=51 months; 46% Hispanic; 36% Black Non-Hispanic; 52% female) in a network of Head Start centers in four states (Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) experienced low in-person preschool exposure compared to national pre-pandemic norms. Children experienced fall to spring score gains during the pandemic-affected year of 0.05 SD in executive function, 0.27 SD in print knowledge, and 0.45-0.71 SD in early numeracy skills. Descriptively, for two of the three early numeracy domains measured, spring test score outcomes were stronger among children who attended more in-person preschool. We discuss implications for future research and policy.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.04.002
View details for PubMedID 37056356
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"Prior-Prior Year" FAFSA Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment
RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION
2022
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11162-022-09720-9
View details for Web of Science ID 000906305700001
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Does Reclassification Change How English Learners Feel About School and Themselves? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design
EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS
2023; 45 (1): 27-51
View details for DOI 10.3102/01623737221097419
View details for Web of Science ID 000813536400001
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Navigating Virtual Delivery of Assessments for Head Start Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JOURNAL OF EARLY INTERVENTION
2022; 44 (2): 151-167
View details for DOI 10.1177/10538151221085942
View details for Web of Science ID 000780157500001
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The demotivating effect (and unintended message) of awards
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES
2021; 163: 51-64
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.obhdp.2019.03.006
View details for Web of Science ID 000640498900007
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Reducing Student Absenteeism in the Early Grades by Targeting Parental Beliefs
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
2018; 55 (6): 1163–92
View details for DOI 10.3102/0002831218772274
View details for Web of Science ID 000450317600001