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ERIC Number: ED672157
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 56
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Mixed-Delivery Public Prekindergarten: Differences in Demographics, Quality, and Children's Gains in Community-Based versus Public School Programs across Five Large-Scale Systems. EdWorkingPaper No. 22-651
Christina Weiland; Meghan P. McCormick; Jennifer Duer; Allison Friedman-Kraus; Mirjana Pralica; Samantha Xia; Milagros Nores; Shira Mattera
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Nearly all states with public prekindergarten programs use mixed-delivery systems, with classrooms in both public schools and community-based settings. However, experts have long raised concerns about systematic inequities by setting within these public systems. We used data from five large-scale such systems that have taken steps to improve equity by setting (Boston, New York City, Seattle, New Jersey, and West Virginia) to conduct the most comprehensive descriptive study of prekindergarten setting differences to date. Our public school sample included 2,395 children in 383 classrooms in 152 schools, while our community-based sample is comprised of 1,541 children in 201 classrooms in 103 community-based organizations (CBOs). We examined how child and teacher demographic characteristics, structural and process quality features, and child gains differed by setting within each of these systems. We found evidence of sorting of children and teachers by setting within each locality, including of children with higher baseline skills and more educated teachers into public schools. Where there were differences in quality and children's gains, these tended to favor public schools. The localities with fewer policy differences by setting -- NJ and Seattle -- showed fewer differences in quality and child gains. Our findings suggest that inequities by setting are common, appear consequential, and deserve more research and policy attention. [Additional support for this report was from the City of Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning.]
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Robin Hood; MDRC; Heising-Simons Foundation; Overdeck Family Foundation; Richard W. Goldman Family Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston); New York (New York); Washington (Seattle); New Jersey; West Virginia
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305N160018
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: N/A