School Quality and the Development of Cognitive Skills between Age Four and Six.

This paper studies the extent to which young children develop their cognitive ability in high and low quality schools. We use a representative panel data set containing cognitive test scores of 4-6 year olds in Dutch schools. School quality is measured by the school's average achievement test s...

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Main Authors: Lex Borghans, Bart H H Golsteyn, Ulf Zölitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4504490?pdf=render