Early Teacher–Child Relationships and the Trajectory of Children's School Outcomes through Eighth Grade

This study followed a sample of 179 children from kindergarten through eighth grade to examine the extent to which kindergarten teachers' perceptions of their relationships with students predict a range of school outcomes. Kindergarten teachers rated children's behavior and the quality of the teacher–child relationship. Follow‐up data from first through eighth grade were organized by epoch and included academic grades, standardized test scores,...