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The National School Readiness Indicators Initiative identified a number of factors to indicate whether children have the tools to succeed in school. Those indicators are divided into six categories:

Children

• Physical well-being and motor development
• Social and emotional development
• Approaches to learning
• Language development
• Cognition and general knowledge

Families

• Mother’s educational level
• Births to teenagers
• Child abuse and neglect
• Children in foster care

Communities

• Young children in poverty
• Supports for families with infants and toddlers
• Lead poisoning

Health Services

• Health insurance
• Low-birthweight infants
• Access to prenatal care
• Immunizations

Early Care and Education Services

• Enrollment in early-education programs
• Credentials of early-education teachers
• Accredited child-care centers
• Accredited family child-care homes
• Access to child-care subsidies

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SOURCE: National School Readiness Indicators Initiative