Quality Rating System
With a grant from the Department of Health & Social Services, Best Beginnings developed a QRIS for Alaska, which includes recommendations for the standards of the system, budget, and phased-in implementation.
The QRIS provides the framework for a standards-based early care and learning system for out-of-home programs. It is a method to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early care and education programs. Highly ranked programs would be good candidates for any state-supported pre-kindergarten effort.
The recommended next step is a field test of the system. Washington state is field testing their system, Seeds to Success, in five communities. Early evaluation results are very positive.
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