Abstract

During the last half of the twentieth century, increasing numbers of young children have been placed in out‐of‐home care. The need to assure quality experiences for young children in such settings is a pressing social and parental need. One important method of insuring program quality lies in the program evaluation process. This article summarizes literature on early childhood program evaluation, presents an overview of the national standards addressing quality in early childhood programs and presents the results of a study of evaluation practices of model early childhood programs. A questionnaire was devised based on the program evaluation literature. The questionnaire asked programs to identify the methods and staff used to evaluate nine program components. Programs were identified in the literature which were cited for exemplary practices. The questionnaire was sent to these programs. The study and analyzes the results of the information returned by the model programs.

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