BrightStars - Rating system for Rhode Island child care centers and preschools

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BrightStars, Rhode Island’s Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement system, assists families in finding care and recognizes and supports quality in early care and education programs.

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BrightStars gives families the tools and information to select the best early learning and education program for your child.

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BrightStars evaluates the quality of early learning and education programs and helps programs expand on best practices and apply them to the care children receive.

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Important Announcements

Read the BrightStars Think Tank Report
The DHS Market Rate Survey Results are in!
Read the new RI Child Care Emergency Preparedness Plan or on the DHS website
Release Six of the Rhode Island Notes now available!!
Read the BrightStars Validation Study and Executive Summary
New resource: Interpreting BrightStars Environment Rating Scale Scores and Reports
View the Updated Guide to Early Childhood Education and Updated Current Required Coursework for ECE/Related Degrees in RI
ERS and CLASS Training Policy Update
View the Ratio & Group Size Posting Templates for Centers

From Our Blog

New Release of the RI Notes

posted: 01/07/2019 by Angela Ortiz, BrightStars Program Assessment Specialist / RI Notes Coordinator

It is time for a new release of the Rhode Island Notes! These are released twice a year. You may be asking, “What are the RI Notes?” The Rhode Island Notes are a running record of Environment Rating Scale (ERS) consensus decisions BrightStars’ reliable assessors have made following ERS-related questions or discussions. Why do we have them? BrightStars manages all of the reliable assessors for the Environmental Rating Scales in RI. These notes support Rhode Island in having a cohesive assessment system that provides a comparable program experience regardless of the assessor who visits the program.

2018: Reflecting Back on the Year

posted: 01/01/2019 by Alyson Panzarella, BrightStars Navigator

The end of the year is a time of reflection, and 2018 has given us so much to think about. With legislative successes, like doubling CCDBG and Tiered Reimbursement, and a productive BrightStars Think Tank, child care in Rhode Island has experienced a year of tremendous growth. We want to take the time to reflect on these successes, and encourage you to think about your engagement with BrightStars in the year ahead.

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