Table 3.
Child level and teacher level characteristics across each treatment condition and total sample
| Basic (N = 210) | Enhanced (N = 203) | Test statistic (t or X2) | Study total (N = 413) | Program servedb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child | Female, % | 62.7 | 52.9 | 3.78* | 58.1 | |
| Age, years M (SD) | 4.1 (0.6) | 4.1 (0.6) | 0.24 | 4.1 (0.6) | ||
| Latino/a, % | 40.8 | 20.8 | 16.16*** | 29.5 | 22.4% | |
| White, % | 11.3 | 15.6 | 0.85 | 12.4 | 5.4% | |
| Black, % | 60.6 | 75.0 | 8.21** | 69.2 | 73.1% | |
| Parent no high school degree, % | 28.7 | 13.3 | 12.92*** | 19.9 | 31.4% | |
| Fall 2018 RRS, M (SD) | 25403.9 (9032.6) | 24732.6 (9041.3) | 0.73 | 25540.6 (9281.98) | ||
| Spring 2019 RRS, M (SD) | 29209.1 (10141.55) | 28045.5 (9044.17) | 1.27 | 29303.1 (9388.11) | ||
| Teacher | N = 36 | N = 39 | N = 75 | |||
| Female,a % | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Race | 2.47 | |||||
| White, % | 22.2 | 10.5 | 15.8 | |||
| Black, % | 69.4 | 84.2 | 77.6 | |||
| Other, % | 8.4 | 5.2 | 6.5 | |||
| Ethnicity | .007 | |||||
| Latina, % | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | |||
| Age, % | 5.12 | |||||
| 19–24 years | 2.8 | 17.9 | 10.3 | |||
| 25–34 years | 25 | 15.4 | 19.5 | |||
| 35–40 years | 13.9 | 10.3 | 11.7 | |||
| 41+ years | 58.3 | 56.4 | 58.4 | |||
| Education | 4.05 | |||||
| HS/ HS+ some college | 27.8 | 41.0 | 35.1 | |||
| Associate’s | 33.3 | 35.9 | 35.1 | |||
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 38.9 | 23.1 | 29.9 | |||
| Teaching experience, % | 5.17 | |||||
| < 1 year | 0 | 12.8 | 6.5 | |||
| 1–10 years | 33.3 | 33.3 | 32.5 | |||
| 11–20 years | 30.6 | 23.1 | 26.0 | |||
| 21+ years | 36.1 | 30.8 | 35.1 |
aAll teachers were female
bBased on publicly available data from: https://arheadstart.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=125https://arheadstart.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=125
*p ≤ .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001