COVID Learning Loss for Preschool Children

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Vi-Nhuan Le, NORC; Diana Schaack, University of Colorado, Denver

Version:  View help for Version V2

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Project Citation: 

COVID Learning Loss for Preschool Children. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219861V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Using a longitudinal design that capitalized on data captured before and after pandemic-related preschool closures, we compared the kindergarten readiness of children whose preschool experiences were interrupted by the pandemic to the kindergarten readiness of pre-pandemic children whose preschool experiences were more typical. Pandemic-related disadvantages were observed for early math, social-emotional, and executive functioning, with the pandemic-affected cohort showing disadvantages of between 11 and 18 percentile points. Developmental disadvantages were observed across all income levels, and there was suggestive evidence that the loss of preschool affected the social-emotional and executive functioning skills of children from lower and higher income groups differently, although these differences were not always statistically significant.

Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources NICHD (R03HD106667); Denver Preschool Program

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms preschool children
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Denver, CO
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2016 – 2021 (Fall of 2016-17 through Fall of 2020-21)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2016 – 2020 (Fall of 2016-17 through Fall of 2020-21)
Universe:  View help for Universe A subset of 4-year old children participating in the Denver Preschool Program from 2016-17 through 2019-20.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) other; survey data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate Ranges from 84% to 99%, depending on year and outcome measure
Sampling:  View help for Sampling Randomly selected children who were participants in the Denver Preschool Program
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Primary data collection of proprietary measures
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) cognitive assessment test; mail questionnaire; web-based survey
Scales:  View help for Scales Scales from the DECA and CHEXI
Weights:  View help for Weights Propensity weights
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Childlevel
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Denver, CO

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