Kleuterklas of niet? Volgens verschillende onderzoeken heeft het voorschoolse een grote positieve invloed, volgens anderen nemen we kinderen iets belangrijks af. De nieuwe PISA in focus bekijkt op basis van de meest recente PISA-cijfers (afgenomen bij 15-jarigen), naar de invloed van kleuteronderwijs.
Wat blijkt?
- Attendance in pre-primary education is associated with better student performance later on.
- Fifteen-year-old students in 2012 were more likely than 15-year-olds in 2003 to have attended at least one year of pre-primary education.
- The gap in pre-primary attendance rates between socio-economically advantaged and disadvantaged pupils is growing.
Conclusie?
PISA results consistently show that a 15-year-old student – regardless of his or her background – who had attended pre-primary school for at least one year performs better in mathematics than a student who hadn’t. That pre-primary enrolment rates are growing faster among advantaged students than among disadvantaged students signals that countries have to work harder to ensure that all families, particularly disadvantaged families, have access to high-quality pre-primary education, and to information about such programmes, near where they live. An investment in early education, both for parents and for governments, pays dividends later on in life.