Virginia Star Quality Initiative Evaluation Report
VTIPG faculty collaborated with the Virginia Tech Child Development Center for Learning & Research to conduct a process evaluation of the Virginia Star Quality Initiative (VSQI) pilot project. The pilot initiative established a child care quality rating, mentoring and improvement system for the Commonwealth’s home based child care providers.
Researchers at Virginia Tech were selected to conduct an evaluation of the draft home-based provider standards, a process evaluation of the pilot program, and to suggest future directions for ensuring the long-term feasibility, quality and sustainability of extending VSQI to family child care providers. Isabel Bradburn was the Principle Investigator (PI), with Mary Beth Dunkenberger as Co-PI.