School Readiness and Early Childhood Education and Care Services Among Dual Language Learners.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Dual language learners (DLL) (ie, children learning 2 or more languages) present lower school readiness than non-DLL children, putting DLL children at risk of later school difficulties and adverse outcomes. However, it is unclear whether participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services may reduce this gap.

Objective

To assess whether ECEC exposure may reduce the school readiness gap between DLL and non-DLL children in a population-based sample.

Design, setting, and participants

This census survey study was performed from February to May 2022 in the Canadian province of Quebec using data from the Quebec Survey of Child Development in Kindergarten, which includes all children who attended kindergarten in the 2021 to 2022 school year in publ

SUBMITTER: Collet OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11555578 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature