Research Report Studying DC's Early Childhood Educator Compensation Program
Technical Documentation for Year 2 Data Collection and Analysis
Justin B. Doromal, Elli Nikolopoulos, Eve Mefferd, Erica Greenberg, Heather Sandstrom, Rachel Lamb, Alicia González, Timothy Triplett
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This technical report documents the steps we took to study the implementation of DC’s early childhood educator (ECE) compensation program in fiscal year 2024. We designed and administered surveys to two groups of respondents in 2024: directors of licensed child care centers eligible to receive funding through the ECE compensation program, and early educators and home providers employed in DC’s licensed child development facilities. We also conducted analysis of administrative data generated from the ECE compensation program’s implementation. As part of the larger study, data collection and analysis supported our understanding of which child care providers choose to request funding from the ECE compensation model and how increased pay impacts facilities and their staff. This report describes survey development, recruitment, administration, and analysis procedures, as well as administrative data cleaning and analysis decisions.

Research fact sheets and reports may be found on the project web page.
Research and Evidence Family and Financial Well-Being Work, Education, and Labor
Expertise Early Childhood Labor Markets
Tags Child care Child care and early education Early childhood education Child care workers and early childhood teachers Job markets and labor force Job quality and workplace standards Data analysis Data collection Quantitative data analysis Greater DC
States District of Columbia
Cities Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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