The QSAR is a tool that is intended to help school and district personnel, after school program professional, and community and business partners look at their local programs from multiple perspectives with an eye toward
continuous program quality improvement.
Now, BLOCS is focused on understanding
how program quality improvement yields positive impact on youth outcomes including academic, behavioral, and college and career readiness outcomes.
Indiana has a system that ensures ECE quality,
supports program quality improvement and provides families and communities with easy to understand information on the quality of available ECE programs — resulting in a progressively higher quality profile.
RIAEYC currently
offers program quality improvement bonuses and a participation incentive to programs participating in BrightStars, which help defray the costs associated with achieving higher levels of quality.
Webinar on Engaging in
a Program Quality Improvement Process for Expanded Learning Programs.
While the specific goals of each QRIS might vary, they are designed to serve three purposes: to assess program quality; to inform parents about program quality; and to provide a mechanism for
program quality improvement.6