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Statewide expansion of Parent Aware ratings: Year 4 report: Reporting period: January - December 2015

Description:

Parent Aware is Minnesota's Quality Rating and Improvement System for early care and education programs. After a gradual expansion that began in 2012, Parent Aware recently completed its first full year as a statewide initiative to support quality improvement and ultimately, young children's school readiness. The purpose of the Year 4 Parent Aware Evaluation report is to describe and analyze the current status of programs and their experiences over time in Parent Aware. Specifically, the report provides updated information about how program ratings change upon re-rating and how program characteristics, motivations and experiences differ by Star rating. The report is structured in five sections: - Section 1 provides information about the context of Parent Aware implementation in the fourth year of statewide rollout. - Section 2 contains an analysis of program re-ratings and how program ratings change over time. - Section 3a contains an examination of fully-rated providers' perceptions of Parent Aware by program type and by Star-rating. - Section 3b provides information about Accelerated Pathway to Rating (APR) programs' perceptions of Parent Aware and difference by APR program type. - Section 4 contains information about program characteristics and their associations with program quality. - Section 5 includes a summary and implications of the findings for ongoing statewide implementation of Parent Aware. (author abstract)

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Reports & Papers
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Country:
United States
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Minnesota

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