QUALITYstarsNY – Fact Sheet for Professionals

QUALITYstarsNY is a comprehensive initiative to ensure that our young children – the 1.5 million New Yorkers under age six – have the opportunity for high quality early learning experiences. Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) are designed to evaluate program quality based on universal standards for early childhood settings; communicate program quality to families by assigning them to “star ratings” similar to those used in other consumer ratings; and help programs...
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QUALITYstarsNY – Fact Sheet for Stakeholders

QUALITYstarsNY is a comprehensive initiative to ensure that our young children – the 1.5 million New Yorkers under age six – have the opportunity for high quality early learning experiences. Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) are designed to evaluate program quality based on universal standards for early childhood settings; communicate program quality to families by assigning them to “star ratings” similar to those used in other consumer ratings; and help programs...
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QUALITYstarsNY – Fact Sheet for Parents

QUALITYstarsNY is a comprehensive initiative to ensure that our young children – the 1.5 million New Yorkers under age six – have the opportunity for high quality early learning experiences. Quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) are designed to evaluate program quality based on universal standards for early childhood settings; communicate program quality to families by assigning them to “star ratings” similar to those used in other consumer ratings; and help programs...
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2008 Agenda for Change

QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL! QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL! END THE WAR IN IRAQ AND FUND HUMAN NEEDS CLEAN ELECTIONS – FULL PUBLIC FINANCING! Click here to download the...
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Our Children Can’t Wait for A Quality Education: Place a Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom!

(Released November 4, 2005) November Research confirms common sense: a qualified teacher improves student achievement. Instead of providing a qualified teacher in every classroom, schools in New York State are moving backward. Budget cuts are forcing districts to lay off qualified teachers, leaving students in the lurch. New York State’s ability to guarantee a qualified teacher, certified in his or her subject area, in every classroom will become even more difficult in the years just ahead....
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