A flyer titled “Does An Early Childhood Program’s Star Rating Reflect What Children Actually Experience?” features a woman and child playing with toys, research statistics, and text about LENA’s studies on early childhood program ratings.

Does an Early Childhood Program’s Star Rating Reflect What Children Actually Experience? 

Do quality improvement ratings (QRIS) reflect how many conversational turns individual children experience?

Free Webinar: Interaction Data as Quality Systems Evolve

Every state’s quality system is designed to answer an important question: is a program providing high-quality care and learning experiences for children?

Yet quality is a moving target — in how it’s defined, how it’s measured, how it’s communicated, what it means for children in the classroom. As states evolve their approaches – some using rating systems and others emphasizing continuous quality improvement – understanding the indicators that matter most has never been more important.

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October 14 at 1:00 p.m. ET