According to the Iowa Department of Education School Leader Update for April 2012, preschool continues to have a profound positive effect on Iowa's incoming kindergartners. The second study since the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program began continues to show improvements in beginning reading skills among enrolled children.
Children from low-income backgrounds especially benefit from the high quality preschool program, not just in terms of climbing proficiency rates, but substantially cutting down the need for intensive interventions following the preschool experience. We are fortunate to have a thriving 4 year old preschool program at Benton Community! Congratulations to our teachers and the parents for working together so well in this early childhood experience.
