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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 Liu, J., Kuhfeld, M., Lee, M. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1177/08959048231209262

    View details for Web of Science ID 001099689100001

  • 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 Lynch, K., Lee, M., Loeb, S. 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

  • "Prior-Prior Year" FAFSA Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION Bettinger, E., Gurantz, O., Lee, M., Long, B. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11162-022-09720-9

    View details for Web of Science ID 000906305700001

  • Does Reclassification Change How English Learners Feel About School and Themselves? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS Lee, M. G., Soland, J. G. 2023; 45 (1): 27-51

    View details for DOI 10.3102/01623737221097419

    View details for Web of Science ID 000813536400001

  • Navigating Virtual Delivery of Assessments for Head Start Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic JOURNAL OF EARLY INTERVENTION Thomas, L. G., Lee, M. G., Todd, C., Lynch, K., Loeb, S., McConnell, S., Carlis, L. 2022; 44 (2): 151-167

    View details for DOI 10.1177/10538151221085942

    View details for Web of Science ID 000780157500001

  • The demotivating effect (and unintended message) of awards ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES Robinson, C. D., Gallus, J., Lee, M. G., Rogers, T. 2021; 163: 51-64

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.obhdp.2019.03.006

    View details for Web of Science ID 000640498900007

  • Reducing Student Absenteeism in the Early Grades by Targeting Parental Beliefs AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL Robinson, C. D., Lee, M. G., Dearing, E., Rogers, T. 2018; 55 (6): 1163–92

    View details for DOI 10.3102/0002831218772274

    View details for Web of Science ID 000450317600001