There was no common model for how LEAs planned to structure TK classes, with many planning stand-alone classes and many others combination classes¶

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Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? 23% of LEAs planned multiple TK models, 20% stand-alone only, 19% TK/K combination only, 1% TK/CSPP or locally funded preschool combination only, and 32% did not indicate. → Leung-Gagné 2023

Evidence¶

Leung-Gagné 2023¶

Leung-Gagné, M., Wang, V., Melnick, H., & Mauerman, C. (2023). How are California school districts planning for universal prekindergarten? Results from a 2022 survey. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/109.432

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Grouped responses to a multiple-select survey item on TK service delivery models (N = 1,108; response rate = 99.7%). "Nearly a quarter of LEAs (23%) indicate that they will offer TK in multiple models"; 20% stand-alone only, 19% TK/K combination only, and 32% did not indicate.

"Nearly a quarter of LEAs (23%) indicate that they will offer TK in multiple models, including stand-alone TK classes and combination classes with kindergarten, CSPP, or Head Start."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Nearly half of California's UPK classrooms were stand-alone TK classes, but small LEAs were far less able to offer stand-alone TK than medium and large LEAs — related
• Stand-alone TK classrooms increased to 77% of TK classrooms in 2023–24 while TK–kindergarten combination classes fell to 20% — reports the opposite
• More than a quarter of California LEAs offered no classroom language model for multilingual TK students, and 38% of those LEAs serve populations where a third or more students are English learners — related