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Cara Kelly; Ana Whitaker; Margaret Burchinal – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background: Early care and education (ECE) quality has been a topic of discussion for several decades (Burchinal, 2018; Mashburn et al., 2008; NICHD ECCRN, 2002). The structure-process-child outcomes theory proposes that structural features (e.g., teacher education, class size) of quality predict process quality (e.g., teacher-child interactions),…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Outcomes of Education, Federal Programs
Jennifer K. Finders; G. John Geldhof; Jessica A. Dahlgren; Svea G. Olsen; Megan M. McClelland – Grantee Submission, 2022
In the present study, we investigated the relative impact of age- versus schooling-related growth in school readiness skills using four modeling approaches that leverage natural variation in longitudinal data collected within the preschool year. Our goal was to demonstrate the applicability of different analytic techniques that do not rely on…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Age Differences, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Jennifer K. Finders; G. John Geldhof; Jessica A. Dahlgren; Svea G. Olsen; Megan M. McClelland – Developmental Psychology, 2022
In the present study, we investigated the relative impact of age- versus schooling-related growth in school readiness skills using four modeling approaches that leverage natural variation in longitudinal data collected within the preschool year. Our goal was to demonstrate the applicability of different analytic techniques that do not rely on…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Age Differences, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Brittany Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Quality in early childhood education (ECE) is central to equitable child development and preparation for formal schooling and has been widely studied by researchers and of interest to policy makers. As the federal pre-k program, Head Start is a key ECE context to understand quality and its implications for equity. One central measure of classroom…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Social Services