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Great Start Readiness Program: Enhancing Quality through PQA

Discover the Program Quality Assessment tool for the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) on our website. The PQA is a mandatory evaluation tool for GSRP grantees, assessing the Early Childhood Standards of Quality implementation. Developed by the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, the PQA aims to ensure high-quality prekindergarten education. Utilize Form A or Form B for self-assessment, observation, feedback, coaching, research, and dissemination. Follow a systematic approach to program quality evaluation. Record accurate data by selecting appropriate scoring levels based on implementation. Prioritize creating a responsive environment for the best outcomes for children.

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Great Start Readiness Program: Enhancing Quality through PQA

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  1. What is the PQA? Program Quality Assessment tool for the Great Start Readiness Program

  2. Great Start Readiness Program • Use our website! • www.michigan.gov/gsrp • Consultant contact information • Consultant assignment map • Join the GSRP Listserv

  3. Program Quality Assessment Overview • The PQA is the required program evaluation tool for GSRP grantees. • Assesses the quality level of implementation of the Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten. • Created through the program evaluation grant awarded to the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation.

  4. Horizontal Alignment

  5. PQA • Form A • Form B www.highscope.org

  6. Uses of the PQA • Self-Assessment of quality • Observation/Feedback/Coaching • Research and Evaluation • Information and Dissemination • Systematic Approach

  7. A Systematic Approach to Program Quality

  8. PQA Completion • For classrooms recording over more than one day, record the last day of observation and recording. • Each grantee will complete only one PQA Form B. • A program choosing not to implement any item must score that item Level 1.

  9. Stay focused! A responsive environment is the best environment for children.

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