ECQUIP - Early Childhood Quality Improvement Practices
ECQUIP Overview
The Early Childhood Quality Improvement Practices (ECQUIP) process was developed by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) Early Childhood Education (ECE) unit as a means to assure quality and accountability among schools receiving state and federal funding through the ECE division of ADE. ECQUIP is intended to be used to guide program planning for ongoing quality improvement and provides programs with a framework for implementing quality practices.
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