Education Working Paper No. 6  September 2004

Table 2: The Readiness Index Year Readiness Preschool Language Parents’ Education 1970 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1971 4.1% 12.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1972 8.2% 24.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1973 12.3% 37.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1974 16.4% 49.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1975 20.6% 61.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1976 22.6% 67.8% 0.0% 0.0% 1977 24.6% 73.9% 0.0% 0.0% 1978 26.7% 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1979 28.7% 86.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1980 30.0% 92.3% -5.7% 3.4% 1981 30.1% 94.9% -11.4% 6.7% 1982 30.2% 97.6% -17.1% 10.1% 1983 30.3% 100.2% -22.9% 13.5% 1984 30.4% 102.8% -28.6% 16.8% 1985 30.6% 105.5% -34.3% 20.6% 1986 30.4% 106.8% -40.0% 24.4% 1987 27.2% 99.2% -45.7% 28.2% 1988 25.5% 96.0% -51.4% 32.0% 1989 27.4% 103.5% -57.1% 35.8% 1990 35.5% 134.0% -63.1% 35.6% 1991 26.1% 112.0% -69.0% 35.4% 1992 21.9% 105.4% -75.0% 35.3% 1993 25.7% 114.9% -77.4% 39.6% 1994 43.8% 167.2% -79.8% 44.0% 1995 47.8% 177.1% -82.1% 48.4% 1996 46.1% 168.6% -81.3% 50.8% 1997 57.0% 198.2% -80.4% 53.2% 1998 57.4% 196.3% -79.5% 55.5% 1999 65.2% 216.3% -78.6% 57.9% 2000 60.6% 199.0% -78.6% 61.3% 2001 62.4% 201.1% -78.6% 64.7%

Figure 2: The Readiness Index

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