Are Parents' Ratings and Satisfaction with Preschools Related to Program Features?

Autor/inn/en	Bassok, Daphna; Markowitz, Anna J.; Player, Daniel; Zagardo, Michelle
Titel	Are Parents' Ratings and Satisfaction with Preschools Related to Program Features?
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 4 (2018) 1, (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Parent Attitudes; Satisfaction; Early Childhood Education; Teacher Student Relationship; Interaction; Teacher Education; Class Size; Costs; School Schedules; Achievement Gains; Low Income Groups; Correlation; Family Characteristics; Student Characteristics; Educational Quality; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Zufriedenheit; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Interaktion; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Klassengröße; Cost; Kosten; Schulzeiteinteilung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Korrelation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	This study examines whether parents' overall satisfaction with their child's early childhood education (ECE) program is correlated with a broad set of program characteristics, including (a) observational assessments of teacher-child interactions; (b) structural features of the program, such as teacher education and class size; (c) practical and convenience factors (e.g., hours, cost); and (d) a measure of average classroom learning gains. It then describes associations between parents' evaluation of specific program characteristics and externally collected measures of those features. Leveraging rich data from a sample of low-income parents whose 4-year-olds attend publicly funded ECE programs, we find little correspondence between parents' evaluations of program characteristics and any external measures of those same characteristics. We discuss policy implications, especially in light of recent federal and state informational initiatives, which aim to help families make informed ECE choices. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01