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The More at Four Evaluation Team of the FPG Child Development Institute conducted the statewide evaluation of North Carolina's More at Four Pre-kindergarten Program during its operation from 2001-2011. More at Four was a state-funded pre-kindergarten program designed to prepare at-risk four-year-olds for success in school.

The More at Four Evaluation team at the FPG Child Development Institute served as the external evaluator for the North Carolina More at Four Program during its 10 years of operation. We gathered information each year to evaluate the program’s effectiveness and to provide data for program improvement.

Major research questions included:

Who was served by the More at Four Program?
What were the characteristics and quality of the services provided?
What were the outcomes of children attending these programs?
What factors were associated with better outcomes for children?
To what extent have there been changes over time?

The evaluation provided a "big-picture" look at the statewide program as a whole, and included varying data each year from a variety of sources. The types of evaluation information gathered included assessments of children's development, observations of classroom quality and curriculum implementation, and monthly reports of program services.

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~mafeval/pages/publications.cfm

The More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program is a high-quality pre-k program that serves children who are at
risk and prepares them for success in school. Pre-kindergarten is a research-proven strategy for school
readiness.
Children served by More at Four attend a full school day, full school year program that meets high-quality
state standards. The program is community based. It is integrated with other early childhood programs in the
community and administered at the county or regional level. Children participating in More at Four may be
served in classrooms in the public schools, licensed child care centers or Head Start programs.
The More at Four program is especially beneficial for those children most at risk of school failure. According to
independent evaluation findings by the FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, children served by More at Four exhibit substantial growth in key areas including language,
literacy, math and social skills.

Eligibility
The program serves children who are four years old by August 31, will be entering kindergarten the following
year, and are at risk for poor school outcomes. Factors that put children at risk for poor school outcomes
include low income, limited English proficiency, identified disability, chronic health condition and
developmental or educational need.

The program is
community-based, voluntary, and designed to prepare at-risk four-year-olds in North Carolina for
success in school.

If this mother is so fucking upset then take her child out of this voluntary program established to help her and her child out.