Head Start at ages 3 and 4 versus Head Start followed by state pre-k: Which is more effective? JM Jenkins, G Farkas, GJ Duncan, M Burchinal, DL Vandell Educational evaluation and policy analysis 38 (1), 88-112, 2016 | 117 | 2016 |
Do high-quality kindergarten and first-grade classrooms mitigate preschool fadeout? JM Jenkins, TW Watts, K Magnuson, ET Gershoff, DH Clements, J Sarama, ... Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 11 (3), 339-374, 2018 | 107 | 2018 |
Does participation in music and performing arts influence child development? EM Foster, JV Marcus Jenkins American Educational Research Journal 54 (3), 399-443, 2017 | 96 | 2017 |
Fadeout in an early mathematics intervention: Constraining content or preexisting differences? DH Bailey, T Nguyen, JM Jenkins, T Domina, DH Clements, JS Sarama Developmental psychology 52 (9), 1457, 2016 | 86 | 2016 |
Boosting school readiness: Should preschool teachers target skills or the whole child? JM Jenkins, GJ Duncan, A Auger, M Bitler, T Domina, M Burchinal Economics of Education Review 65, 107-125, 2018 | 73 | 2018 |
Early childhood development as economic development: Considerations for state-level policy innovation and experimentation JM Jenkins Economic Development Quarterly 28 (2), 147-165, 2014 | 69 | 2014 |
Complementarities between early educational intervention and later educational quality? A systematic review of the sustaining environments hypothesis DH Bailey, JM Jenkins, D Alvarez-Vargas Developmental Review 56, 100910, 2020 | 52 | 2020 |
Do pre-kindergarten curricula matter JM Jenkins, GJ Duncan The current state of scientific knowledge on pre-kindergarten effects, 37-44, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
Direct and indirect effects of brain volume, socioeconomic status and family stress on child IQ JVM Jenkins, DP Woolley, SR Hooper, MD De Bellis Journal of child and adolescent behavior 1 (2), 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
The effects of breastfeeding exclusivity on early childhood outcomes JM Jenkins, EM Foster American journal of public health 104 (S1), S128-S135, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
Kindergarten redshirting: Motivations and spillovers using census-level data CK Fortner, JM Jenkins Early Childhood Research Quarterly 38, 44-56, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
Distinctions without a difference? Preschool curricula and children’s development JM Jenkins, AA Whitaker, T Nguyen, W Yu Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 12 (3), 514-549, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
Are content-specific curricula differentially effective in Head Start or state prekindergarten classrooms? T Nguyen, JM Jenkins, A Auger Whitaker AERA open 4 (2), 2332858418784283, 2018 | 33 | 2018 |
Boosting school readiness with preschool curricula GJ Duncan, JM Jenkins, A Auger, M Burchinal, T Domina, M Bitler Irvine Networks on Interventions in Development, 2015 | 31 | 2015 |
Keeping kids in care: Reducing administrative burden in state child care development fund policy JM Jenkins, T Nguyen Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 32 (1), 23-40, 2022 | 28 | 2022 |
Who participates in quality rating and improvement systems? JM Jenkins, JK Duer, M Connors Early Childhood Research Quarterly 54, 219-227, 2021 | 26 | 2021 |
Preventing preschool fadeout through instructional intervention in kindergarten and first grade JM Jenkins, TW Watts, K Magnuson, D Clements, J Sarama, CB Wolfe, ... Graduate School of Education, University of California, Irvine, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
Do immigration raids deter Head Start enrollment? R Santillano, S Potochnick, J Jenkins AEA Papers and Proceedings 110, 419-423, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
Parenting skills and early childhood development: production function estimates from longitudinal data JM Jenkins, S Handa Review of Economics of the Household 17, 121-147, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
Standards, curriculum, and assessment in early childhood education: Examining alignment across multiple state systems AA Whitaker, JM Jenkins, JK Duer Early Childhood Research Quarterly 58, 59-74, 2022 | 20 | 2022 |