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Kentucky Professional Development Framework Impact on Quality and Child Outcomes, 2006-2007 (ICPSR 26341)

Released/updated on: 2010-12-16
Geographic coverage: United States, Kentucky
Time period: 2006-01-01--2007-01-01

In 2000, the Kentucky General Assembly passed historic early childhood legislation (Kentucky's KIDS [Kentucky Invests in Developing Success] NOW Initiative) of which a component included the development of a seamless professional development system. The professional development system includes core content, articulation, credentials, scholarships and a training framework. This comprehensive professional development system, along with other initiative components in assuring maternal and child health, supporting families, enhancing early care and education, and establishing a support structure, have moved the field of early childhood care and education forward in the state and improved child and family outcomes.

This study was designed to build on the KIDS NOW Initiative by conducting research investigating the degree to which a statewide unified professional development system impacted the educational level of early care and education providers and subsequent classroom quality. It focused on three major predictors of professional development outcomes:

  1. Individual teacher characteristics, including learning readiness, education (level and type), training experience, attitudes towards training, personality (conscientiousness, self-efficacy), job satisfaction (perceptions of support)
  2. Characteristics of the program administrator, including administrator education and administrator support of professional development
  3. Characteristics of the teacher's work setting, including program administration, and policies and procedures, and classroom setting (Child Care, Head Start, or Public Preschool)

The impact of these three predictors was measured on two major outcomes: (a) professional development outcomes, as measured by job status, learning and transfer of learning, and (b) organizational outcomes, as measured by program quality, child outcomes and staff retention.

The research questions guiding this research were focused on determining the degree to which (1) a unified professional development framework initiated at the state level results in positive child outcomes, and (2) the educational level of early care and education providers enhances the quality of classroom environments. Specifically:

  • What components of a professional development framework are more effective in encouraging and supporting individuals to remain in early care and education settings?
  • What components of a professional development framework are more effective in supporting early care and education professionals in enhancing classroom quality and child outcomes?
  • Are there specific factors that impact early care and education professionals' ability to participate in professional development activities at various levels?
  • Does the level and intensity of professional development experiences impact classroom quality and child outcomes?
  • What personnel factors have the highest impact on quality classroom environments and child outcomes?
  • What is the interaction between the personnel, professional development, and program variables on classroom quality and child outcomes?
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Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Flagged Instrument List, Wave 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13702)

Released/updated on: 2007-04-27
Geographic coverage: United States, Chicago, Illinois
Time period: 2000-01-01--2002-01-01
The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) was a large-scale, interdisciplinary study of how families, schools, and neighborhoods affect child and adolescent development. One component of the PHDCN was the Longitudinal Cohort Study, which was a series of coordinated longitudinal studies that followed over 6,000 randomly selected children, adolescents, and young adults, and their primary caregivers over time to examine the changing circumstances of their lives, as well as the personal characteristics, that might lead them toward or away from a variety of antisocial behaviors. Numerous measures were administered to respondents to gauge various aspects of human development, including individual differences, as well as family, peer, and school influences. In the Flagged Instrument List, Wave 3 instruments were identified for which there may have been problems. These problems included such things as another person being present while the respondent was interviewed, the respondent not being totally honest, or the respondent not understanding. The list was compiled by interviewers for nearly every Wave 3 instrument administered. The following Wave 3 studies were not included: PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): MASTER FILE, WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13668), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): ADDENDUM (PRIMARY CAREGIVER), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13670), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): ADDENDUM (YOUNG ADULT), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13671), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE, WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13678), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND COLLECTIVE EFFICACY (YOUNG ADULT), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13686), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): FAMILY LEGAL UPDATE (YOUNG ADULT), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13704), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): HEADER DATA (PRIMARY CAREGIVER), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13712), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): HEADER DATA (SUBJECT AND YOUNG ADULT), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13713), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): INTERVIEWER IMPRESSIONS (PRIMARY CAREGIVER), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13718), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): INTERVIEWER IMPRESSIONS (SUBJECT), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13719), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): INTERVIEWER IMPRESSIONS (YOUNG ADULT), WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13720), PROJECT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS (PHDCN): WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE-REVISED, WAVE 3, 2000-2002 (ICPSR 13747). No further information was provided to ICPSR regarding what, if anything, was done regarding flagged instruments.
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