A meta-perspective on the evaluation of full-day kindergarten during the first two years of implementation / : Méta-analyse de l'évaluation du programme de la maternelle et du jardin d'enfants à temps plein pendant les deux premières années de sa mise en œuvre

In 2009, Dr. Charles Pascal released his report as the Special Advisor to the Premier on Early Learning, With Our Best Future in Mind: Implementing Early Learning in Ontario. The report makes recommendations to move Ontario closer to an integrated, seamless early years system. Based on the advice presented in the report, the government introduced full-day kindergarten for Ontario's four- and five-year olds beginning in September 2010. A primary goal for the introduction of full-day kindergarten was to impact 2009 developmental assessments that indicated that "27 per cent of children in Ontario (and a similar percentage across Canada) are vulnerable when they enter grade 1 - they have learning, health, and behaviour problems that are likely to interfere with their academic achievement and ability to get along with others."