Description:
This annual report examines access to, quality standards in, and resources devoted to state-funded preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children during the 2012-2013 school year. It is based on a survey of administrators of state-funded preschool programs. The report includes profiles for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and United States territories. Key findings include an overall decline in enrollment from the previous year in states offering public prekindergarten. One program improved on quality benchmarks, while two declined. Five programs met all 10 quality benchmarks. State funding increased in 18 of 41 states offering programs and declined in 20
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Reports & Papers
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Country:
United States;
Palau;
Northern Mariana Islands;
Guam;
American Samoa
State(s):
Alabama;
Alaska;
Arizona;
Arkansas;
California;
Colorado;
Connecticut;
Delaware;
District of Columbia;
Florida;
Georgia;
Hawaii;
Idaho;
Illinois;
Indiana;
Iowa;
Kansas;
Kentucky;
Louisiana;
Maine;
Maryland;
Massachusetts;
Michigan;
Minnesota;
Mississippi;
Missouri;
Montana;
Nebraska;
Nevada;
New Hampshire;
New Jersey;
New Mexico;
New York;
North Carolina;
North Dakota;
Ohio;
Oklahoma;
Oregon;
Pennsylvania;
Puerto Rico;
Rhode Island;
South Carolina;
South Dakota;
Tennessee;
Texas;
Utah;
Vermont;
Virgin Islands;
Virginia;
Washington;
West Virginia;
Wisconsin;
Wyoming