Quality Matters in Early Learning

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Quality Matters in Early Learning Gauging Progress Joan M. Lord Vice President Education Data, Policy Research and Programs Little Rock, Arkansas June 26, 2016 Leading the nation in pre-K program access and quality

Good early learning programs depend on: High-quality programming Aligned curriculum from pre-K through third grade Strong, specialized professional training and continuing professional development Strong state leadership

Access to publically funded pre-K Percentage of 4-year-olds in the nation, 2015 Special Education Head Start 3% State pre-K Other or none Source: National Institute for Early Education Research

Access to publically funded pre-K Pg. 8 Gauging Progress Access to publically funded pre-K Percentage of 4-year-olds in a typical SREB state, 2015 Special Education Head Start State pre-K Other or none Source: National Institute for Early Education Research

Access to state-funded pre-K Most of the states that serve more than half of 4-year-olds in state-funded pre-K programs are in the SREB region. MD DE 31% to 49% 16% to 30% 15% or less 50% or more Source: National Institute for Early Education Research

Quality of state-funded pre-K Program quality standards in the SREB region, 2015 MD DE Met 7-9 Met 4-6 Met 1-3 Met 10 Source: National Institute for Early Education Research

Quality of state-funded pre-K Pg. 9 Gauging Progress Quality of state-funded pre-K Teacher quality standards in a typical SREB state, 2015 Teacher Quality Checklist Standard State Required Lead teacher has bachelor’s degree Lead teacher has specialized pre-K training  Assistant teacher has the CDA Credential or equivalent Teachers earn at least 15 hours/year of in-service professional development Source: National Institute for Early Education Research

Quality of state-funded pre-K Teacher quality standards in the SREB region, 2015 MD DE Met 3 Met 2 Met 1 Met 4 Source: National Institute for Early Education Research

Benchmarking policy implementation in the SREB region Pg. 9 Gauging Progress P-3 Alignment Benchmarking policy implementation in the SREB region P-3 Alignment in SREB States Policy Elements State Status Adopted statewide, comprehensive early learning standards 16 Aligned early learning standards to K-12 standards 15 Requires providers to offer full-day, state-funded pre-K 7 Requires school districts to offer full-day kindergarten 10 Requires early childhood learning and development assessment in kindergarten 13 Source: SREB analysis of state documents and NIEER

We are still growing in what we know about quality. Accelerating Pace We are still growing in what we know about quality.