10 new ideas for early education in the 111th Congress
A discussion of 10 policy proposals to improve early education access, quality, and alignment from preschool through early elementary school
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12 ideas for early education in the 112th Congress
A discussion of 12 policy proposals to improve early education access, quality, and alignment from preschool through early elementary school
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Early education for all: A report on the cost of universal, high-quality early education in Massachusetts
An overview of the rationale for and cost of implementing statewide universally accessible early childhood education for preschoolers in Massachusetts
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Evaluating prek-3rd grade reforms
A discussion of considerations for the use of evaluation in efforts to integrate and coordinate the early education and early elementary education systems
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The promise of preschool for narrowing readiness and achievement gaps among California children
A summary of a study of preschool education in California, which focuses on whether students were meeting the state's early elementary math and English-language arts standards and how increased access to high-quality preschool programs can close achievement gaps, based on state- and local-level school readiness and achievement data, as well as on previous studies of the benefits of high-quality preschool programs
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Publicly funded early care and education programs for California preschool-age children
A summary of a study of preschool education in California, which focuses on features of the state's publicly funded early childhood education programs including their funding sources, eligibility requirements, enrollment, requirements for service delivery, reimbursement mechanisms, and inefficiencies, based on administrative and publicly available data, interviews with key informants, and county case studies of Los Angeles, Merced, San Diego, and San Mateo Counties
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Room for improvement in the use of high-quality preschool programs for California's children
A summary of the third component of a multicomponent study of preschool education in California, which focuses on the features of child care and early education arrangements of preschool-age children in California, based on a representative survey of parents in California, and on the features of and quality of care in child care centers in California, based on interviews with and observations of center-based providers
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A stimulus for second-generation QRIS
A discussion of using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to launch or expand state quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS)
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Strategies for advancing preschool adequacy and efficiency in California
A summary of the final component of a multicomponent study of preschool education in California, which integrates and synthesizes the results of the previous three components to make recommendations for improving preschool adequacy and efficiency in California
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