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ERIC Number: ED582829
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 340
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The State of Preschool 2015: State Preschool Yearbook
Barnett, W. Steven; Friedman-Krauss, Allison H.; Gomez, Rebecca E.; Horowitz, Michelle; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Brown, Kirsty Clarke; Squires, James H.
National Institute for Early Education Research
The "2015 State of Preschool Yearbook" profiles state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This Yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2014-2015 school year as well as documenting more than a decade of change in state pre-K since the first Yearbook collected data on the 2001-2002 school year. The 2015 Yearbook profiles 57 state-funded pre-K programs in 42 states plus the District of Columbia and also provides narrative information on early education efforts in the 8 states and the U.S. territories that do not provide state-funded pre-K. Nationally, the 2014-2015 school year showed continues improvement in state funded pre-K with larger increases in enrollment, spending, spending per child, and quality standards than the previous year. State funded pre-K served almost 1.4 million children in 2014-2015, an increase of 37,167 children from the previous year. State spending topped $6.2 billion, an increase of over $553 million, although two-thirds of this increase can be attributed to New York. Spending per child saw the largest increase in a decade, reaching $4,489 per child. Six programs in five states met new quality standards benchmarks and two new states, West Virginia and Mississippi, joined the group of states meeting all 10 quality standards benchmarks. However, progress has been unequal and uneven with some states taking large steps forward and other states moving backward. At the recent rate of progress it will take decades to serve even 50% of 4-year-olds in state pre-K. Government at every level will need to redouble their efforts and move forward. [For "The State of Preschool 2014: State Preschool Yearbook," see ED579813.]
National Institute for Early Education Research. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 73 Easton Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Tel: 848-932-4350; Fax: 732-932-4360; e-mail: info@nieer.org; Web site: https://nieer.org/
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; National Center for Education Statistics (ED)
Authoring Institution: National Institute for Early Education Research
Identifiers - Location: United States
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES13C0055