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Medium-term protective effects of quality early childhood education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to extended school closures globally. Access to remote learning opportunities during this time was vastly unequal within and across countries. Higher-quality early childhood education (ECE) can improve later academic outcomes, but longer-term effects during crises are unknown. This study provides the first experimental evidence of how previously attending a higher-quality ECE program affected child engagement in remote learning and academic scores during pandemic-related school closures in Ghana. Children (N = 1668; 50.1% male; Mage = 10.1 years; all Ghanaian nationals) who attended higher-quality ECE at age 4 or 5 years had greater engagement in remote learning (d = .14) in October 2020, but not better language and literacy and math scores. Previous exposure to higher-quality ECE may support educational engagement during crises.

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(c) The Society for Research in Child Development, Inc., 2022

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Articles publicats en revistes (Història Econòmica, Institucions, Política i Economia Mundial)

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Medium-term protective effects of quality early childhood education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana