Are Neighborhood Factors Associated with the Quality of Early Childhood Education in North Carolina? REL 2021-034

Autor/inn/en	Phillips, Beth M.; Koon, Sharon; Folch, David C.
Institution	National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED); Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast (ED); Florida State University
Titel	Are Neighborhood Factors Associated with the Quality of Early Childhood Education in North Carolina? REL 2021-034
Quelle	(2020), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Educational Quality; Early Childhood Education; School Readiness; Rural Urban Differences; Community Characteristics; Young Children; Educational Certificates; Teaching Experience; Academic Standards; Census Figures; Proximity; Teacher Education; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Frühe Kindheit; Bildungsabschluss; Schulzeugnis; Volkszählung; Lebensnähe; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	Evidence suggests that participation in high quality early childhood education supports the school readiness of young children. Therefore, it is important to understand whether children from different geographic regions, such as urban and rural neighborhoods, have comparable access to high quality programs. This study explores whether neighborhood (that is, census tract) characteristics are associated with the quality rating scores of early childhood education sites in North Carolina, after site-level characteristics are controlled for. The results suggest that neighborhood characteristics are only weakly associated with the quality rating scores. Results also indicate that the number of early childhood education sites within a neighborhood or adjacent neighborhood does not predict a site's quality rating scores, nor does the distance between a site and the nearest postsecondary institution with degree or certificate programs in early childhood education. [For the study snapshot, see ED608342. For the appendix, see ED608343.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20202. Tel: 202-245-6940; Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/index.asp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01