Texas Even Start
Guide to Indicators of Program Quality
Second Revision

May 2010, revised July 2010

Table of Contents

Joanie Rethlake, State Director
Elizabeth B. Thompson, CFLE, Assistant Director and State Even Start and Family Literacy Coordinator


Texas LEARNS
6005 Westview Drive
Houston, Texas 77055

Project Facilitator: Elizabeth B. Thompson, CFLE IPQ Revision Task Force Members

Janell Baker
Anita Balderas
Pete Bas
Paula Bauer
Maricela Benton
Jerre Bergeron
Shellie Blake
Marisol Casares
Maritsa Castro
Anthony Chan
Sally Conroy
Rene Coronado
Nancy Bentley Dunlap
Brenda Faz-Villarreal
Clem Gallerson
Ida Garcia
Alice Gayle
Jodie Gideon		 Osvaldo Grijalva
Rickey Henderson, D. Min.
Tracy Hendrix
Arminta Jacobson, Ph.D.
Sheryl Jefferson
Corrie Jenkins
Mary Ann Juarez
Gerardo Leal
Pat Lyons
Jennifer Martinez
Ernesto Mata
Emily Moore, Ph.D.
Charlotte Morris
Diana Muniz
Martha Ortiz
Rob Patton
Claudia Pena		 Mary Plail
Ysabel Ramirez
Elizabeth Raymond
Belinda Rojas
Beth Rolingson
Don Seaman, Ph.D.
Ellen Snow, Ph.D.
Anne Spanyers
Deborah Stedman, Ph.D.
John Stevenson
Pilar Trevino
Ginger Williford
Toni Williamson
Chris Wineland
Katie Wolf
Ticen Wooten
Mary Ziolkowski

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