ERIC Number: ED650383
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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Medium-Term Protective Effects of Quality Early Childhood Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana
Sharon Wolf; Elisabetta Aurino; Noelle Suntheimer; Esinam A. Avornyo; Edward Tsinigo; Jere R. Behrman; J. Lawrence Aber
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The COVID-19 pandemic led to extended school closures globally. Access to remote learning opportunities during this time was vastly unequal within and across countries. Higher-quality early childhood education (ECE) can improve later academic outcomes, but longer-term effects during crises are unknown. This study provides the first experimental evidence of how previously attending a higher-quality ECE program affected child engagement in remote learning and academic scores during pandemic-related school closures in Ghana. Children (N = 1668; 50.1% male; M[subscript age] = 10.1 years; all Ghanaian nationals) who attended higher-quality ECE at age 4 or 5 years had greater engagement in remote learning (d = 0.14) in October 2020, but not better language and literacy and math scores. Previous exposure to higher-quality ECE may support educational engagement during crises. [This is the online first version of an article in "Child Development."]
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, COVID-19, Pandemics, Learner Engagement, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Academic Achievement, Attendance, School Closing, Mathematics Achievement, Language Skills, Literacy, Scores, Correlation, Elementary School Students, Child Development, Outcomes of Education
Related Records: EJ1354264
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Ghana
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B200035

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