Systemwide Quality Improvement in Early Childhood Education: Evidence from Louisiana

Autor/inn/en	Bassok, Daphna; Magouirk, Preston; Markowitz, Anna J.
Titel	Systemwide Quality Improvement in Early Childhood Education: Evidence from Louisiana
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 7 (2021) 1, (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Educational Improvement; Early Childhood Education; Educational Quality; Child Care; Preschool Education; Federal Programs; Low Income Groups; Educational Trends; Educational Policy; School Readiness; Teacher Student Relationship; Accountability; State Aid; Classroom Environment; Educational Change; Data Analysis; Statewide Planning; Louisiana; Classroom Assessment Scoring System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Verantwortung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Bildungsreform; Auswertung; Planwirtschaft
Abstract	Despite substantial federal, state, and local investments in improving early care and education (ECE), we know little about whether ECE program quality has improved over time. The lack of data tracking the quality of publicly funded ECE programs at scale creates a substantial evidence gap for policymakers attempting to weigh the returns on, and future of, quality improvement policies. Data from Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) provide a promising opportunity to address this problem. Using 4 years of data from a mandatory, statewide QRIS covering subsidized child care, Head Start, and state prekindergarten, we document systemwide quality and improvement trends over a period of targeted investment in quality improvement statewide. We find improvements in quality overall, across sectors and communities over this period. Results also reveal differential growth across sectors such that quality gaps diminished. This study highlights the potential of statewide ECE data for informing quality improvement efforts. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01