Title: Common Characteristics and Unique Qualities in Preschool Programs
            
                Educating the Young Child
Description: In 1999, a group of educators representing 36 countries developed guidelines for establishing minimum standards for preschool programs. A purpose for developing the guidelines was to provide guidance for countries that wished to evaluate and improve their own programs. A second purpose was to help developing countries initiating preschools to have relevant information about quality programs.
Subjects: Preschool Education, Comparative education, Early childhood education