Quality 101: Identifying the Core Components of a High-Quality Early Childhood Program

Quality 101: Identifying the Core Components of a High-Quality Early Childhood Program Try an experiment. Ask families this question: what are three indicators of a high quality early childhood program? Then ask teachers and administrators the same question and compile your answers. See if, or the extent to which, they match the three core indicators mentioned in this February 2017 article from the Center for American Progress. Read on to learn about six structural supports that are necessary to achieve and maintain high quality. What you learn in the experiment may determine with whom you share this brief or how you act on the information it contains.