{"product_id":"quality-thresholds-features-and-dosage-in-early-care-and-education-secondary-data-analyses-of-child-outcomes-paperback-softback-9781119308669","title":"Quality Thresholds, Features, and Dosage in Early Care and Education; Secondary Data Analyses of Child Outcomes (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119308669","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eQuality Thresholds, Features, and Dosage in Early Care and Education\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSecondary Data Analyses of Child Outcomes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Burchinal (Edited by), M Burchinal (Author), Martha Zaslow (Edited by), Louisa Tarullo (Edited by), Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal (Commentaries by), Portia Miller (Commentaries by), Patricia J. Bauer (Series edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119308669, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 August 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm, 0.181 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe questions of whether preschool children benefi t more strongly when early care and education (ECE) is at or above a threshold of quality, has specifi c quality features, and\/or is of longer duration were examined in secondary data analyses of eight large ECE studies. These issues are pivotal in recent ECE policies designed to improve school readiness skills, especially for children from low-income families. Threshold analyses examined whether quality had stronger associations with gains in child outcomes in settings with high levels of quality than those with lower quality. Features analyses considered whether specific measures of instruction and of teacher-child interaction were more predictive of gains than global quality measures. Dosage analyses tested whether the amount of in ECE settings or in instruction in specific content areas predicted child outcomes. Threshold analyses provided some evidence for thresholds in measures of instructional quality in relation to reading and language skills in meta-analyses based on a prior-selected cut-points and, less clearly, in empirical methods designed to identify cut-points. Analyses examining quality features indicated stronger prediction of gains in child outcomes from interaction-specific and content-specific measures than from global measures. Propensity score analyses indicated that children had higher school readiness skills at the end of preschool and in kindergarten if they had two years of Head Start compared to one year. Finally, dosage analyses indicated that children showed larger gains in content areas when teachers spent more time providing instruction in those areas or when children had fewer absences. No evidence of quality by quantity interactions emerged. Implications of the thresholds findings for ECE policies such as Quality Rating and Improvement Systems are discussed. The dosage findings support the growing trend toward more than one year of access to publicly funded preschool programs for low-income children as well as increased focus on the content of ECE activities and instruction to enhance language, literacy, and math skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQUALITY THRESHOLDS, FEATURES, AND DOSAGE IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION: SECONDARY DATA ANALYSES OF CHILD OUTCOMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp\u003eI.  QUALITY THRESHOLDS, FEATURES, AND DOSAGE IN EARLY CARE AND        7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEDUCATION: INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartha Zaslow, Rachel Anderson, Zakia Redd, Julia Wessel, Paula Daneri, Katherine Green, Elizabeth W. Cavadel, Louisa Tarullo,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMargaret Burchinal, and Ivelisse Martinez-Beck\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII.  QUALITY THRESHOLDS, FEATURES, AND DOSAGE IN             27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEARLY CARE AND EDUCATION: METHODS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMargaret Burchinal, Yange Xue, Anamarie Auger, Hsiao-Chuan Tien, Andrew Mashburn, Elizabeth W. Cavadel, and Ellen Peisner-Feinberg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. TESTING FOR QUALITY THRESHOLDS AND FEATURES         46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMargaret Burchinal, Yange Xue, Anamarie Auger, Hsiao-Chuan Tien, Andrew Mashburn, Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, Elizabeth W. Cavadel,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartha Zaslow, and Louisa Tarullo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV.  TESTING FOR DOSAGE-OUTCOME ASSOCIATIONS IN    64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEARLY CARE AND EDUCATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYange Xue, Margaret Burchinal, Anamarie Auger, Hsiao-Chuan Tien, Andrew Mashburn, Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, Elizabeth W. Cavadel,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartha Zaslow, and Louisa Tarullo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV.  QUALITY THRESHOLDS, FEATURES, AND DOSAGE IN EARLY CARE     75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAND EDUCATION: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartha Zaslow, Margaret Burchinal, Louisa Tarullo, and Ivelisse Martinez-Beck\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREFERENCES        88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX         95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS       99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"\u003eCOMMENTARY\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREFLECTIONS ON QUALITY AND DOSAGE OF PRESCHOOL AND CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT       100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElizabeth Votruba-Drzal and Portia Miller\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONTRIBUTORS        114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY       118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSUBJECT  INDEX       120\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52428550013208,"sku":"9781119308669","price":31.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119308669.jpg?v=1784679481","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/quality-thresholds-features-and-dosage-in-early-care-and-education-secondary-data-analyses-of-child-outcomes-paperback-softback-9781119308669","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}