Early childhood education and care quality and associations with child outcomes: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The effectiveness of early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs for children's development in various domains is well documented. Adding to existing meta-analyses on associations between the quality of ECEC services and children's developmental outcomes, the present meta-analysis synthesizes the global literature on structural characteristics and indicators of process quality to test direct and moderated effects of ECEC quality on children's outcomes across a range of domains.

Design

A systematic review of the literature published over a 10-year period, between January 2010 and June 2020 was conducted, using the databases PsychInfo, Eric, EbscoHost, and Pubmed. In addition, a call for unpublished research or research published in the grey literature was se

SUBMITTER: von Suchodoletz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212181 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature