- Terri J. Sabol
- Spring/Summer 2017
- Focus-33-2g2
- Link to foc332g2 (PDF)
- Link to foc332sup (PDF)
Jane Waldfogel suggested the provision of “high-quality preschool” as one component of a strategy to reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty; however, what constitutes “high quality” with regard to early care and education is not clear-cut. In this article, I offer some ways to consider this very challenging question by describing a study that looked at whether common indicators of preschool quality are related to child outcomes.
Categories
Early Childhood Care & Education, Education & Training, Inequality & Mobility, Intergenerational Poverty