The State of Preschool: 2005 State Preschool Yearbook 
      March 2006

       The 2005 Yearbook primarily focuses on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2004-2005 school year, and also presents data from 2003-2004.

The 2005 State Preschool Yearbook is the third in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. The 2005 Yearbook primarily focuses on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2004-2005 school year, and also presents data from 2003-2004. The first report in this series focused on programs for the 2001-2002 school year and established a baseline against which we may now measure progress over 4 years. Tracking these trends is essential, since changes in states' policies on preschool education will influence how successfully America's next generation will compete in the knowledge economy.

he 2005 Yearbook is organized into three major sections. The first section provides a summary of the data, and describes national trends for enrollment in, quality of, and state spending on preschool. This section also offers recommendations for improving state preschool in the future. The second section presents detailed profiles outlining each state's policies with respect to preschool access, quality standards, and resources for the 2004-2005 program year. In addition to basic program descriptions, these state profiles describe unique features of a state's program and recent changes that can be expected to alter the future Yearbook statistics on a program. Profile pages are again included for states without state-funded programs. A description of our methodology follows the state profiles. Finally, the last section of the report contains appendices, including tables that provide the complete 2003-2004 survey data obtained from every state, as well as Head Start, child care, and U.S. Census data.

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