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The education of American children begins long before they enter a kindergarten classroom.

The widespread and systematic use of standardized observation in classrooms from pre-kindergarten to third grade has the potential to address major shortcomings in educational services provided to young children.

The report shows that pre-K improves academic achievement among all children regardless of income, race, or ethnicity.

In January 2003, Columbia University’s Institute for Child and Family Policy, the National Prekindergarten Center at the University of North Carolina, and the Foundation for Child Development hosted an invitational, half-day conference entitled, Setting a Research Agenda for Prekindergarten.

School districts in Washington state understand the importance of early education as a key strategy for closing the student achievement gap.

Oklahoma is one of only three states in the nation to offer a free PreKindergarten (PreK) program to all students in participating school districts on a voluntary basis.

A constitutional amendment put on the ballet by petitions from Florida’s voters to provide Universal Prekindergarten education to all four year-olds starting in 2005.

Since the mid-1990s, three states, including Oklahoma, have established a universal PreKindergarten (PreK) program.