Parent Aware Quality Rating and Improvement System Pilot - Minnesota Early Learning Foundation

The final evaluation report covers the fourth year of the pilot, from July 2010 through June 2011. The report provides a final assessment of Parent Aware and its outcomes at the end of the pilot and makes recommendations for the next phase of Parent Aware implementation. Information from the evaluation is presented in a final summary, a full technical report and a two-page overview. The documents (pdf) are available for download here:

Final Evaluation Report - Parent Aware - Two-Page Overview December 2011

Final Evaluation Report - Parent Aware December 2011

Final Evaluation Report - Parent Aware - Full Technical Report December 2011

Parent Priorities in Selecting Early Learning Programs
The February 2010 study, authored by Dr. Aisha Ray, draws on information gathered from four focus groups and interviews with parents and child care providers from six of Minnesota's cultural communities -- African American, American Indian, Hmong, Karen, Latino, and Somali -- and was designed to explore questions surrounding how culture and language factor in in the early care and education choices of parents and how that information could be reflected in Parent Aware, Minnesota's Quality Rating and Improvement System. A two-page fact sheet and the full report are available for download.

Year 3 Parent Aware QRIS Reports

These reports present findings from the Year 3 evaluation of Parent Aware which examines data gathered from the second and third years of the pilot: July 2008 - August 2010. A two page summary and a full report is available.

Year 2 Parent Aware QRIS Reports
The Year 2 evaluation of Parent Aware examines 18 months of implementation from July 2008 through December 2009. A two page summary and a full report is available.

Year 1 Parent Aware QRIS Reports
These reports are in the process of being posted.

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