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North Carolina Partnership for Children <br /> u, Response to Statements in News and Observer May 19, 2002 Article regarding Smart Start <br /> What the article said What the article didn't say <br /> Since 1993, the percentage of North Carolina It is difficult to understand how Mr. Campbell intends to determine whether Smart Start <br /> child-care centers with a high-quality rating has is achieving results in a performance audit that,through his own admission,will not <br /> increased from 20 percent to 66percent. Because look at any programmatic or educational outcomes. <br /> 0 of Smart.Start, thousands of children receive The performance audit team,consisting of four frill-time auditors,has been at work for <br /> m health screenings, thousands of their parents almost eight months looking at non-programmatic areas and as of this date NCPC has <br /> m benefit from parenting classes. been made aware of no findings. <br /> m <br /> --What Campbell said he would like to know is Mr. Campbell questions whether there has been improvement in the children entering <br /> /whether that record could be better. His public school. The answer to that is a resounding YES,as evidenced by multiple studies <br /> .. performance audit, due in a few months, will try performed by the Frank Porter Graham Institute,a nationally-recognized expert in the <br /> to answer that Because of budget cuts, however, field of early care and education evaluation. <br /> SL it won't assess Smart Starts educational <br /> t components. <br /> L -2"1 can show you we ended up having this many <br /> C day-care slots or we did this many dental exams," <br /> 43 <br /> L he said. "But 1 think the bigger picture is... Have <br /> a. we seen any improvement in the children that are <br /> coming into our public education programs?" <br /> c <br /> 0 <br /> U <br /> C <br /> N <br /> L <br /> O <br /> IL <br /> N <br /> N <br /> O <br /> N <br /> O <br /> O <br /> N <br /> �o <br /> 5/20/2002 3 <br />