The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies States:

• Studies have repeatedly shown that good quality care – care that provides a loving, safe, and age-appropriate environment – helps children enter school ready to succeed.
• Studies have shown that high-quality care has an even greater impact on children from families that earn low incomes.
• Poor-quality care - which is too often not stimulating, uncaring, and even unsafe - deprives children of the strong start they need.

High quality care improves child outcomes.

• A study released in 1999 found that children in high-quality child care demonstrated greater mathematical ability, stronger thinking and attention skills, and fewer behavioral problems than children in lower quality care. These differences held true for children from a range of family backgrounds with greater significance for children from families that earn low incomes.
• Children in high-quality early care and education score higher on reading and math tests and are more likely to complete high school and go on to college, while being less likely to repeat a grade or get charged in juvenile court, according to several long-term studies. In contrast, children in poor-quality child care have been found to be delayed in language and reading skills.

 

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