Unfortunately, family homelessness is a crisis in the United States. The majority of families experiencing homelessness are headed by single mothers and half of children who experience homelessness are less than five years of age. In the current study, we investigated whether children's school attendance and stability mediated the association between early experiences of homelessness (in infancy and toddlerhood) with children's school performance on standardized assessments of math and English language arts administered in the spring of third grade in a sample of children of young mothers. We used a person-centered analytic technique (i.e., repeated measures latent class analysis) to identify three classes of children's patterns of school attendance and stability from kindergarten through third grade that consisted of (a) High Absenteeism, (b) Decreasing Absenteeism, and (c) Low Absenteeism classes. Early experiences of homelessness were directly and indirectly associated with math, but not English language arts scores, through the three identified classes. The results of the current study have important implications for young children who experience homelessness and suggest promoting school attendance as one avenue to support academic achievement. In addition, supporting families and children early (i.e., before they begin pre-kindergarten) will be key in ensuring that young children who experience homelessness are successful in educational environments.

不幸的是，家庭无家可归是美国的一场危机。大多数无家可归的家庭由单身母亲领导，一半的无家可归儿童不到五岁。在当前的研究中，我们调查了儿童的上学率和稳定性是否介导了早期无家可归经历（婴儿期和幼儿期）与儿童在三年级春季进行的数学和英语语言艺术标准化评估中的学校表现之间的关联。的年轻母亲的孩子。我们使用以人为中心的分析技术（即重复测量潜在类别分析）来识别三类儿童的 s 从幼儿园到三年级的出勤率和稳定性模式，包括 (a) 高度旷课，(b) 减少旷课，和 (c) 低旷课班。通过三个确定的班级，早期无家可归的经历与数学直接或间接相关，但与英语语言艺术成绩无关。当前研究的结果对无家可归的幼儿具有重要意义，并建议将提高上学率作为支持学业成就的一种途径。此外，尽早支持家庭和儿童（即，在他们上幼儿园之前）将是确保无家可归的幼儿在教育环境中取得成功的关键。通过三个确定的班级，早期无家可归的经历与数学直接或间接相关，但与英语语言艺术成绩无关。当前研究的结果对无家可归的幼儿具有重要意义，并建议将提高上学率作为支持学业成就的一种途径。此外，尽早支持家庭和儿童（即，在他们上幼儿园之前）将是确保无家可归的幼儿在教育环境中取得成功的关键。通过三个确定的班级，早期无家可归的经历与数学直接或间接相关，但与英语语言艺术成绩无关。当前研究的结果对无家可归的幼儿具有重要意义，并建议将提高上学率作为支持学业成就的一种途径。此外，尽早支持家庭和儿童（即，在他们上幼儿园之前）将是确保无家可归的幼儿在教育环境中取得成功的关键。当前研究的结果对无家可归的幼儿具有重要意义，并建议将提高上学率作为支持学业成就的一种途径。此外，尽早支持家庭和儿童（即，在他们上幼儿园之前）将是确保无家可归的幼儿在教育环境中取得成功的关键。当前研究的结果对无家可归的幼儿具有重要意义，并建议将提高上学率作为支持学业成就的一种途径。此外，尽早支持家庭和儿童（即，在他们上幼儿园之前）将是确保无家可归的幼儿在教育环境中取得成功的关键。