Measuring Organizational Supports in Early Childhood Education

• In Event: Poster Session 8
  In Poster Session: Research in Early Education and Child Development

Abstract

A team of early childhood researchers have developed and pilot tested a set of surveys to measure organizational supports in early education settings. These surveys draw strongly from an existing framework of organizational supports and corresponding surveys that measure five critical components of school organization linked to improvement in K-12. This paper will describe the research teams' process to scientifically adapt existing teacher surveys, create a new parent survey, and pilot the surveys in school- and community-based settings for preschool-age children to ensure relevance and fit in early education settings.

Authors

• Stacy B. Ehrlich, University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research

• Debra M Pacchiano, The Ounce of Prevention

• Stuart Luppescu, University of Chicago

• Amanda Stein, Ounce of Prevention Fund