Early Childhood
Why It’s So Tough to Get the Data Educators Want
“Data gaps” bedevil early childhood, school spending, postsecondary outcomes, and tutoring interventions.
Early Childhood
EdStat: 38 States had Statewide Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Preschools by February 2017
Many systems include differential funding reimbursement for programs with higher quality ratings.
Early Childhood
EdStat: State Spending on Preschool More Than Doubled between 2002 and 2016, from $3.3 to $7.4 Billion
However, a range of research also shows that many early childhood programs do not have positive long-term effects.
Early Childhood
Accountability for Early Education — A Different Approach and Some Positive Signs
Outcomes-based accountability has come to preschools in the form of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS).
Early Childhood
Pre-K Helps Test Scores in Short Run But Hurts Them Later
The hard reality is that the process of human development is complex and highly varied, so we just don’t know the optimal arrangements for all children.
Early Childhood
EdStat: At Best, Increasing Pre-K Enrollment by 10 Percent Would Raise a State’s Standard Adjusted NAEP Score by a Little Less Than 1 Point Five Years Later
According to new analyses, the positive associations between NAEP scores and earlier pre-K enrollment are small and typically not statistically significant.
Early Childhood
EdStat: From 2002 to 2017, the Percentage of Four-Year-Olds Enrolled in State Pre-K Rose from 14 Percent to 33 Percent
But is government-funded pre-K the surest way to provide the opportunity for all children to succeed in school and life?
Early Childhood
More Evidence That Benefits of Government-Funded Pre-K Are Overblown
Supporters of increased investments in state pre-K need to confront the evidence that it does not enhance student achievement meaningfully, if at all. It may, of course, have positive impacts on other outcomes.
Early Childhood
EdStat: Parents Pay a Median Price of $8,320 a Year for Eight Hours a Week of Center-Based Care for a Child Under Five Who Does Not Have a Disability
Parents spend more in the Northeast and West and less in the South and Midwest.
Early Childhood
EdStat: The U.S. Federal Government Spends Roughly $26 Billion Annually on Programs and Tax Expenditures to Support the Care and Education of Young Children
But how much are individual households spending to send a child to a center-based program when no one is helping them pay?
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