National-level monitoring of quality of early childhood education (ECE) is key to achieving inclusive and equitable education. Most countries report structural quality while process characteristics are rarely observed at the national level. This study examined the associations between ECE and children's development in a middle-income country using data from a nationally representative sample of public centers serving Colombian children (N = 3163; M = 4.3 years, 50% girls; 42% Mestizo, 16% White, 15% Afro-Colombian, 4% Indigenous, 23% not reported). Descriptive findings evidenced low to moderate quality. Multilevel models showed several positive associations between structural and process quality and child outcomes. Results have implications for the existing literature and highlight the feasibility of quality monitoring in low- and middle-income countries.

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衡量幼儿教育质量：哥伦比亚使用 IMCEIC 工具进行的一项全国性研究与儿童发展的关联

对幼儿教育质量（ECE）的国家级监测是实现包容和公平教育的关键。大多数国家报告结构质量，而在国家层面很少观察到过程特征。本研究使用来自为哥伦比亚儿童服务的具有全国代表性的公共中心样本的数据，检验了 ECE 与中等收入国家儿童发展之间的关联（N  = 3163；M = 4.3 岁，50% 的女孩；42% 混血儿，16% 白人，15% 非洲裔哥伦比亚人，4% 土著，23% 未报告）。描述性调查结果证明质量低到中等。多层次模型显示了结构和过程质量与儿童成果之间的几种积极关联。结果对现有文献有影响，并强调了在低收入和中等收入国家进行质量监测的可行性。