From implementation to impact: An evaluation of the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness program

Description:

A multi-component evaluation of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness, a comprehensive state initiative aimed at improving early childhood development, that examined: the features and quality of First Steps-funded four-year-old kindergarten (4K) classrooms, and the characteristics and outcomes of 4K participants; families receiving child care vouchers through First Steps and the features and quality improvements of child care programs receiving First Steps funding for quality enhancement activities; outcomes of children whose parents participated in First Steps parenting and family strengthening activities; and the value added by channeling funding through First Steps offices rather than directly through agencies implementing First Steps programming

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

High/Scope Educational Research Foundation

Publisher(s):

South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness (Program)

Funder(s):

South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness (Program). Board of Trustees

Preparer(s):

Xiang Zongping; Browning Kimberly G.; Daniel-Echols Marijata

Country:

United States

State(s):

South Carolina

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