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Quiz: Early Childhood Education

January 20, 2020

What’s the annual salary of a preschool teacher? How do English language learners do in preschool? Take the quiz to find out.

A 2016 analysis found that the annual median salary of a kindergarten teacher in the U.S. was $51,640, while the median salary for a preschool teacher was _________.
- $28,570
- $37,846
- $45,619
- $50,901
The chances that parents with graduate degrees will be able to place their child in a high-quality preschool program are one in three. The odds for parents without a high school diploma are one in:
- Three
- Five
- Ten
- Twenty
The federal preschool program for low-income children is called:
- Early Advantage
- First Steps
- K-12 Prep
- Head Start
Studies suggest that children who are dual-language learners (i.e. who speak one language and are learning English as a second language) lag behind their peers in pre-k programs because they are mostly low-income and have underdeveloped pre-literacy and pre-math skills.
- True
- False
Research suggests that state lawmakers are more likely to fund and expand preschool programs if they benefit moderate-to middle-income families, and not just the poor.
- True
- False
On average, 88 percent of four-year-olds in OECD countries were enrolled in education programs in 2017. In the U.S., ___ percent were enrolled.
- 55
- 66
- 77
- 88
New 2019 data on the Perry Preschool Project found that the children of students in the 1960’s Perry Preschool Project were more likely to:
- Complete high school without a suspension
- Avoid addiction and arrest
- Maintain full-time employment
- All of the above
According to James Heckman, the lead Perry Preschool Project researcher, the rate of return on high-quality preschool is __ percent.
- 0
- 5
- 13
- 22
How many states require all preschool teachers to have bachelor’s degrees?
- 13
- 25
- 39
- 50
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) established ten quality benchmarks for preschool programs. In 2018, how many states met all of them?
- 3
- 15
- 26
- 40

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