Pre-K Choice and School Readiness in HISD. Research Brief

Autor/inn/en	Baumgartner, Erin; Thrash, Courtney
Institution	Rice University, Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC)
Titel	Pre-K Choice and School Readiness in HISD. Research Brief
Quelle	(2022), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Preschool Education; School Districts; School Choice; School Readiness; Program Effectiveness; Educational Quality; Student Characteristics; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Students with Disabilities; English Language Learners; Ethnicity; Texas (Houston) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; School district; Schulbezirk; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Rassenunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Ethnizität
Abstract	Many students attend a pre-kindergarten (pre-K) program outside of their neighborhood school, but there is no evidence that making this choice is associated with subsequent student readiness for kindergarten. In the Houston Independent School District (HISD), pre-K is not zoned, which means families can request to enroll their children on any campus with a pre-K program or Early Childhood Center (ECC) that has space available. As a result, many families may opt for programs that are outside of their neighborhoods, and it has been unclear whether students attending non-neighborhood campuses are more likely to be ready for kindergarten at the end of pre-K. School choice in pre-K was not associated with school readiness unless students attended a higher-performing pre-K program. Findings from this study suggest that children who exercised school choice and attended a higher-performing pre-K program were more likely to be kindergarten-ready than those who exercised school choice and attended a lower-performing pre-K program. This brief serves as the fourth, and final, study in a series examining pre-K access for students in HISD. [For the third brief in this series, "Pre-K Preferences: How and Why HISD Parents Choose Pre-K Programs," see ED611189.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Houston Education Research Consortium. 6100 Main Street, MS-258, Houston, Texas 77005. Tel: 713-348-2532; e-mail: herc@rice.edu; Web site: https://kinder.rice.edu/centers/houston-education-research-consortium
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01