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

Author(s): High/Scope Educational Research Foundation;
Date Issued: 2006
Publisher(s): 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
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Preparer(s): Browning, Kimberly G.; Daniel-Echols, Marijata; Xiang, Zongping
Funder(s): South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness (Program). Board of Trustees
Source: Columbia: South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness. Retrieved April 29, 2009, from http://www.scfirststeps.org/docs/2006HSEval.pdf
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness

Child Care & Early Education Quality

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs
Country: United States
States: SOUTH CAROLINA
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