Early Childhood Standards of Quality Birth to Kindergarten Public Comment

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Office of Great Start is requesting public comment on the proposed Michigan Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Birth to Kindergarten. This document will be used to support the growth and development of all children birth through kindergarten throughout the state. It also will support early childhood professionals in recognizing individual developmental trajectories and expressions of learning, and to guide programs toward improved quality in their operations.

The standards were updated to support Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan. This set of standards will replace Michigan’s current Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs and Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten, and will inform program development, program quality evaluation, and continuous improvement efforts at Michigan’s educator preparation institutions.

The draft version of the Early Childhood Standards of Quality Birth to Kindergarten are now available for review.

All feedback must be submitted by 5:00 p.m., September 21, 2022, online.

Submit Feedback on the Standards.

For additional information, please contact Tammy Salazar.

To submit feedback by U.S. Mail, address all mail to:

Attn: Richard Lower
MDE-Office of Great Start
Hannah Building 4th Floor
608 W. Allegan St.
Lansing, MI 48933

If mailed, must be postmarked by U.S. Mail by September 21, 2022. No hand deliveries, no carrier services.

MDE will review and consider all comments in the final recommendation to the Michigan State Board of Education.