First-Grade Behavior Has Long-Term Effect on Reading and Mathematics in Later Years

First-Grade Behavior Has Long-Term Effect on Reading and Mathematics in Later Years - "The level of school readiness of first-grade students can have an effect on their educational outcomes as they approach middle school, according to a recent study. Two researchers in Penn State’s Educational Theory and Policy program—faculty member Katerina Bodovski and graduate student Min-Jong Youn—found a strong relationship between first-grade students’ behaviors and skills, and their achievement in reading and mathematics at the end of the fifth grade."