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From the Ted Talk by Claudia Miner: A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten

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Now, we know this is working because we have a 90-percent __________ rate for the program. Last year, that translated into 13,500 children "graduating," with diplomas, from _______. And the _______ have been amazing. We have an ________ evaluation that shows our children have two to three times the learning gains as children who don't ___________ in the program. We have a random control trial that _____ strong evidence of effectiveness, and we even have a ____________ study that shows our children's gains last into third and fourth grade, the highest grades the children had achieved at the time. Those are academic gains. But another study has shown that our children's social _________ gains are equal to those of children attending public and private preschool.

Solution

  1. longitudinal
  2. completion
  3. upstart
  4. participate
  5. external
  6. shows
  7. results
  8. emotional

Original Text

Now, we know this is working because we have a 90-percent completion rate for the program. Last year, that translated into 13,500 children "graduating," with diplomas, from UPSTART. And the results have been amazing. We have an external evaluation that shows our children have two to three times the learning gains as children who don't participate in the program. We have a random control trial that shows strong evidence of effectiveness, and we even have a longitudinal study that shows our children's gains last into third and fourth grade, the highest grades the children had achieved at the time. Those are academic gains. But another study has shown that our children's social emotional gains are equal to those of children attending public and private preschool.

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