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NCEDL Spotlights 10

National Center for Early Development and Learning
May
1999
A Survey: Quality Practices

A national survey of 1,902 teachers of preschoolers reveals that teachers report that they are able, generally, to engage in the practices they endorse. Teachers were given a list of twenty-one practices and asked to rate to what extent a practice happened in their classroom and to what extent they would want the practice to occur "in a perfect world." Few discrepancies were found between reported practices and beliefs. Although different teachers endorsed different practices, on most items, teachers said that they are able to use the practices they endorse.