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INDICATORS OF EQUITY RELATED TO PRE-K EDUCATION
Pages 6-10

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... Identifying and addressing disparities at the earliest time possible in children's lives can help education systems prepare all students for future success. Participation in early childhood education is a strong predictor of kindergarten readiness, and one of the most important out-of-home experiences that young children have.
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From page 7...
... These dimensions can be difficult to measure, so program licensure is often used as a proxy for quality because it can be tracked relatively easily and is relatively comparable within states. State quality rating and improvement systems may be used as direct measures of quality, though they would not be comparable with each other.
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From page 8...
... Examples of Data Some Considerations What to Measure What Data to Use Collection Instruments and Challenges Group differences in Assessments of early Publicly available ques- Identifying an assessment reading and literacy skills literacy and numeracy tionnaires from the Early tool that can be used to skills Childhood Longitudinal compare readiness within ™ Identification of upper Study: Kindergarten and across states and lowercase letters (ECLS-K) (National ™ Decoding skills (e.g., Center for Education beginning to associate Statistics)
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From page 9...
... ™ sit still Defining levels of readi ™ concentrate on tasks Locally adopted assess- ness based on assessment ™ persist at a task despite ments (e.g. Kindergarten scores minor setbacks or Readiness Assessment, frustrations used by Maryland and ™ listen and follow Ohio, Desired Results directions Developmental Profile, ™ work independently used by California and Illinois)
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From page 10...
... measure the performance and quality of early childhood centers, adult–child inter actions and instruction, and procedures and publishes profiles that illustrate both access and quality of early childhood pro grams within each community network. SOURCE: From Equity and Excellence ESSA Report Cards: A State by State Analysis.
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