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Child and Parenting Outcomes after 1 Year of Educare
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Yazejian, Noreen; Bryant, Donna M.; Hans, Sydney; Horm, Diane; St. Clair, Lisa; File, Nancy; Burchinal, Margaret – Child Development, 2017
Educare is a birth to age 5 early education program designed to reduce the achievement gap between children from low-income families and their more economically advantaged peers through high-quality center-based programming and strong school-family partnerships. This study randomly assigned 239 children (< 19 months) from low-income families to…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Achievement Gap, Low Income Groups
Does Class Size in First Grade Relate to Children's Academic and Social Performance or Observed Classroom Processes?
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Allhusen, Virginia; Belsky, Jay; Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L.; Bradley, Robert; Brownwell, Celia A; Burchinal, Margaret; Campbell, Susan B.; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Cox, Martha; Friedman, Sarah L.; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathryn; Houts, Renate M.; Huston, Aletha; Jaeger, Elizabeth; Johnson, Deborah J.; Kelly, Jean F.; Knoke, Bonnie; Marshall, Nancy; McCartney, Kathleen; Morrison, Frederick J.; O'Brien, Marion; Tresch Owen, Margaret; Payne, Chris; Phillips, Deborah; Pianta, Robert; Randolph, Suzanne M.; Robeson, Wendy W.; Spieker, Susan; Lowe Vandell, Deborah; Weinraub, Marsha – Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study evaluated the extent to which first-grade class size predicted child outcomes and observed classroom processes for 651 children (in separate classrooms). Analyses examined observed child-adult ratios and teacher-reported class sizes. Smaller classrooms showed higher quality instructional and emotional support, although children were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Literacy, Family Income
Structural Predictors of Child Care Quality in Child Care Homes.
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Burchinal, Margaret; Howes, Carollee; Kontos, Susan – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2002
Used data from a family child care study and a licensing study to identify dimensions best predicting global day care quality in over 300 child care homes. Found that caregiver training most consistently predicted global quality. Found no reliable association between care quality and child-caregiver ratio or age-weighted group size recommendations…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Day Care, Family Day Care, Predictor Variables
Do Regulable Features of Child-Care Homes Affect Children's Development?
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Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison; Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Burchinal, Margaret; O'Brien, Marion; McCartney, Kathleen – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2002
Used data from NICHD Study of Early Child Care to assess whether regulable features of child care homes affected children's development. Found caregivers' education and recency of training related to learning environment and caregiving sensitivity. More positive caregiving related to compliance with age-weighted group-size cut-offs. Caregiver…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training, Child Development, Day Care Effects