Attending preschool helps make children in Cleveland about 20 percent more ready for kindergarten, a new local study shows. And Cleveland kids have a 29 percent greater chance of passing Ohio’s third grade reading requirements if they attend a preschool run by the Cleveland school distr…ict or through Cuyahoga County’s Universal Pre-K program, the report finds
The new “Pathway to Proficiency” report from Case Western Reserve University and the Ohio Education Research Center offers a wide-ranging look at how multiple socioeconomic factors and educational choices affect kids as they enter kindergarten and persist as they reach third grade. Read more