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Over the past decade, the use of web-based questionnaires in survey research has become increasingly common as an effective and efficient way to collect data. Despite this trend, surveys of preschool teachers are frequently administered through self-administered paper questionnaires or by trained interviewers (in person or by phone), with the assumption that early childhood teachers either do not have access to the internet or do not have sufficient experience with this technology. Using two large-scale surveys of preschool teachers, this paper will (1) describe the extent to which preschool teachers, when given a choice, complete a short 15-minute child report on the web versus a paper questionnaire, and (2) explore common predictors of and barriers to preschool teachers’ web-based survey completion patterns. About 500 preschool teachers were invited to complete reports on nearly 5000 children’s behavior using the web or paper. Teachers were part of either the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), a national study focusing on Head Start children and families, or the Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study (UPCOS), a study of preschool services in
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