CEDS elements are shown in bold/italicized font.
This metric is part of the Education-to-Workforce (E-W) Indicator Framework, specifically “E-W system conditions” which pertain to institutional or systemic environments, policies, and practices within E-W systems that support positive E-W outcomes.
This metric is a measurement for a key indicator, “Access to Quality Public Pre-K,” and measures whether children have access to high-quality public pre-K programs.
Metric: Access to quality public pre-k: Percentage of public pre-K programs that meet Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) state benchmarks of quality, or other state quality benchmarks in states without QRIS.
Use the following CEDS elements to determine the year for which the data will be measured:
1. Early Learning Program Year = most recent early learning program year, representing July 1 through June 30.
Use the following CEDS elements to determine the universe of organizations:
1. Pull all unique organizations, where the organization
a. is associated with a State Education Agency through the State Agency Identifier where State Agency Identification System = State
b. is associated with a Local Education Agency through the Local Education Agency Identifier where Local Education Agency Identification System = SEA
c. is associated with a K12 school through the School Identifier where School Identification System = SEA (or) Organization Identifier where Organization Identification System = Other. (If your state's early learning systems are not associated with public schools, use Organization Identifier.
From the universe of organizations, narrow the list to public pre-K programs that meet QRIS state benchmarks of quality using the following CEDS elements: (NOTE: if your state does not use QRIS, other state quality benchmarks can be used.)
1. Early Childhood Program Enrollment Type = Public Pre-kindergarten
2. Quality Rating and Improvement System Participation = Yes
3. Quality Rating and Improvement System Score ≥ Quality Initiative Minimum Score ≥ Quality Initiative Minimum Score
4. Where Quality Rating and Improvement System Expiration Date ≥ Early Learning Program Year or is null
Divide the total number of public pre-K programs that meet QRIS state benchmarks of quality by the total number of organizations and multiply by 100.