Kids' math and reading skills when they start kindergarten can vary greatly based on their social and economic status, according to a new study.
“We knew economic circumstances have an impact on early child development, but it was surprising just how big the reading and math ability gaps really are between children in different socioeconomic status groups by kindergarten entry,” said lead author Kandyce Larson of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
Larson and her colleagues studied math and reading test scores for more than 6,000 U.S. kids entering kindergarten in 2006 or 2007.
The researchers used the kids’ household income, parental occupation and education to divide them into five socioeconomic groups.
[For more of this story, written by Kathryn Doyle, go to http://www.reuters.com/article...dUSKBN0KT1Z720150120]
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