ERIC Number: EJ1405283
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: EISSN-2332-8584
Going the Distance: Disparities in Pre-K Enrollment in Higher-Quality Schools by Geographic Proximity, Race/Ethnicity, Family Income, and Home Language
Meghan McCormick; Mirjana Pralica; JoAnn Hsueh; Christina Weiland; Amanda Ketner Weissman; Anna Shapiro; Samantha Xia; Cullen MacDowell; Samuel Maves; Anne Taylor; Jason Sachs
AERA Open, v9 n1 2023
This study leverages six years of public prekindergarten (pre-K) and kindergarten data (N = 22,469) from the Boston Public Schools (BPS) to examine enrollment in BPS pre-K from 2012-2017 for students from different racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and linguistic groups. The largest differences in enrollment emerged with respect to race and ethnicity--and for enrollment in programs in higher-quality schools (defined as schools scoring in the top quartile on third-grade standardized tests)--with disparities increasing over time. Although there were no differences across groups in proximity to BPS pre-K programs in general, Black students lived about a quarter of a mile farther than their White peers from the nearest program in a higher-quality school, with gaps widening over time. Closer proximity was associated with a higher likelihood of enrollment in a program in a higher-quality school. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Preschool Education, Educational Quality, School Location, Proximity, Correlation, Public Schools, Kindergarten, Longitudinal Studies, Race, Ethnicity, Grade 3, Standardized Tests, African American Students, White Students, Achievement Gap, Native Language, Family Income
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 3
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305N160018