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UC Berkeley study finds California pre-K learning gains lasted into third and fourth grade
A new study by UC Berkeley researchers reports that children who attended California's state prekindergarten programmes in the 2010s still showed learning gains in third and fourth grades.
Why it matters: Researchers studying early education have a new UC Berkeley finding on how long gains from California's 2010s prekindergarten programmes persisted.
UC Berkeley researchers have published a new study on pupils who attended California's state prekindergarten programmes during the 2010s, Berkeley News reported.
According to the researchers, the gains made by those pupils were still evident when they reached third and fourth grades.
Berkeley News described the state's investment in early education as having brought a dramatic improvement in learning.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The study, by UC Berkeley researchers, concerns children who went through California's state prekindergarten programmes in the 2010s, and reports that their learning gains were still visible in third and fourth grades.
