Program Resources
Our Mission
BrightStars helps families in Rhode Island access QUALITY child care, early learning, and school-age programs. We help child care providers learn about best practices in early learning and apply them to the care children receive. We recognize program quality and give parents information to make choices about their children’s care and education.
Our Impact
We Help Early Care, Education & School-Age Programs Improve
BrightStars is Rhode Island’s Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (TQRIS). Through our star rating system and quality improvement services, we help early care, education and school-age programs learn about best practices and apply them to the care children receive. BrightStars assesses the quality of early care, education and school-age programs and rates them from 1 to 5 stars.
We recognize program quality and give families information to make choices about their children’s care and education.
We all know that quality matters for a child’s healthy development and learning. Rhode Island is committed to high-quality early learning opportunities for children.
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How We Can Help
High Quality Learning Opportunities for Children
The BrightStars Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System measures and supports quality in early care, education and school-age programs, including:
- Child care centers
- Approved Preschool Programs in public schools
- Family child care homes
- Stand-alone licensed school-age child care programs for children from kindergarten to grade 5
BrightStars helps early care, education and school-age programs:
- Expand on best practices and apply them to the care children receive
- Advance along Rhode Island’s Quality Continuum
- Develop goals and strategies for improvement
- Connect to information and resources
- Complete the BrightStars application process