What percent of children in the state/territory are enrolled in high quality CCEE, by child characteristics?

Answering this question can help identify barriers families experience in accessing high quality CCEE. To answer this question, identify high quality CCEE programs. Link site level information to child Level information. Determine how many children are enrolled in the identified high quality CCEE programs and calculate the percentage of children enrolled in high quality programs. Differences in the percentage of children enrolled in high quality CCEE programs by varying characteristics may be of interest for further analysis and can be identified by linking child, family, and site level information.

Identify Program Sites Participating in QRIS

The data element QRIS Participation History can be used to isolate program sites (Site ID) participating in the state’s QRIS by selecting the option “Program site currently participates in the QRIS.” Then use QRIS Score to capture only those program sites that are at the highest levels of quality however that is defined by the state (typically, the top one or two levels).  For reference, the number of quality levels is detailed in the System Level data element QRIS Levels.

If the state does not have a QRIS, but has another quality improvement systems or initiative use the data element Quality Improvement Participation to isolate program sites (Site ID) participating in the state’s other quality improvement initiative by selecting the option “Program site currently participates in another QI initiative.”

Identify Children Enrolled in QRIS Participating Program Sites

Once high quality CCEE programs in the state/territory/locality have been identified, Site ID and Child ID can be used to link a program’s quality level to the children who attend high quality rated programs. This allows for the analysis of child characteristics across the previously identified high quality level of programs. If family characteristics are of interest for analysis, Family ID and Child ID can be linked in order to associate family level data elements of interest for children enrolled in quality rated programs.  Child Gender, Child Race and Primary Type of Disability are examples of Child Level data elements that may be of interest in answering this question. Family Income and Guardian’s Highest Level of Education are examples of Family Level data elements that may be of interest as well.  A full list of Child Level and Family Level data elements can be found in the data dictionary of this document.

Calculate the Percent of Children Enrolled in QRIS Participating Program Sites by Characteristic of Interest

The Child IDs of children with a characteristic of interest (i.e., Child Gender) that are enrolled in high quality CCEE can be counted to obtain the total number of children with a characteristic of interest that are enrolled in high quality CCEE. This number can be divided by the total number of children with the characteristic of interest enrolled in a CCEE program to obtain the percent of children with a characteristic of interest that are enrolled in a high quality CCEE program.