(tn.gov/Peg Broadcasting News)
Tennessee now meets nine of 10 standards for high-quality pre-K programs, which demonstrates progress over the last several years, according to the 2020 edition of The State of Preschool Yearbook by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers Graduate School of Education.
Tennessee is one of only 12 states with pre-K programs to have met 9 of 10 the study’s quality standard benchmarks. Additionally, Tennessee is 1 of 14 state programs that met the staff professional development benchmark which remains the most difficult benchmark for pre-K programs to meet.