Smart Start and Preschool Child Care Quality in NC: Change Over Time and Relation to Children's Readiness

Bryant, D., Maxwell, K., Taylor, K., Poe, M., Peisner-Feinberg, E., & Bernier, K.

March

2003

This report has three main findings: child care quality has increased in the study sample during the Smart Start years; Smart Start-funded activities were positively related to classroom quality; and quality was positively related to children's outcomes.

Citation

Bryant, D., Maxwell, K., Taylor, K., Poe, M., Peisner-Feinberg, E., & Bernier, K. (2003). Smart Start and Preschool Child Care Quality in NC: Change Over Time and Relation to Children’s Readiness. Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.