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State-funded pre-kindergarten programs are now established in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Nearly one-third of four-year-olds in the U.S. participate in these programs in the year before they enter kindergarten (Friedman-Krauss et al., 2018). A primary goal of these programs is to support the learning and development of young children to better prepare them for school success. Rigorous studies have found that high-quality pre-K education programs can improve children’s learning and development in both the short- and long-term.
Over the past 15 years, enrollment in state-funded pre-K programs has more than doubled, reaching over 1.5 million children by 2017. State programs vary greatly with regard to funding per child, ...