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Ma, Xin; Shen, Jianping; Brandi, Karen; Lu, Xuejin; Baron, Marc – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Using a stratified random sample of 1494 preschoolers from 387 classrooms, we examined the relationship of early language and cognitive outcomes of children to classroom practices of early care and education practitioners and funding streams at various administrative levels in a survey-based pretest-posttest design. Results of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Finance, Financial Support
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Ma, Xin; Shen, Jianping; Lu, Xuejin; Brandi, Karen; Goodman, Jeff; Watson, Grace – Journal of Educational Research, 2013
The authors evaluated the effectiveness of the Quality Improvement System (QIS) developed and implemented by Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County (Florida) as a voluntary initiative to improve the quality of childcare and education. They adopted a growth model approach to investigate whether childcare sites that participated in QIS…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers