LENA Grow supports each area of the Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards by improving the early talk environment for children, focusing specifically on the quantity and quality of adult-child interaction.
LENA Grow supports each area of the Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards by improving the early talk environment for children, focusing specifically on the quantity and quality of adult-child interaction.
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.