Global ECEC quality indices show little evidence of relating to child outcomes¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across the synthesised associations, there was little evidence that global ECEC quality indices (integrating process quality indicators with structural elements) related to child outcomes. → Steven J. Howard 2024

Evidence¶

Steven J. Howard 2024¶

Steven J. Howard, Kate L. Lewis, Emma Walter, Irina Verenikina, & Lisa K. Kervin. (2024). Measuring the Quality of Adult–Child Interactions in the Context of ECEC: a Systematic Review on the Relationship with Developmental and Educational Outcomes. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09832-3

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review's synthesis of associations across 90 studies, counting positive, negative and null associations per interaction/outcome category rather than pooling effect sizes, found "little evidence for global ECEC quality indices" relating to child outcomes.

"Results indicated little evidence for global ECEC quality indices (e.g. those integrating process quality indicators with structural elements) relating to child outcomes."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The review counts positive, negative and null associations rather than pooling effect sizes, because heterogeneity of measures and methods makes meta-analysis unsuitable — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• The review's evidence base comprises 90 studies reporting 870 associations of interaction quality with child developmental and educational outcomes, covering 108,693 children — related
• Prior meta-analyses report few or weak associations between ECEC quality indices and child progress, with process quality more predictive than structural quality — a broader claim this one bears on
• Measures of individual children's experiences within the ECEC group predict child development outcomes with higher effect sizes than global quality measures — related
• Interventions that change educator behaviour to match standard global definitions of quality have delivered negligible effects on children's developmental outcomes — related
• Quality measures vary widely in foci, observation approach and index derivation, obscuring which specific characteristics drive stronger child outcomes — related