
O'Brien further listed these stories "in a special 'Roll of Honor.'" In this special list, O'Brien further attached an additional asterisk to those stories that O'Brien personally enjoyed.

Each of these stories may claim to possess either distinction of technique alone, or more frequently, I am glad to say, a persuasive sense of life in them to which a reader responds with some part of his own experience." O'Brien awarded two stars to stories "of still greater distinction" that warranted a second reading "because each of them has survived both tests, the test of substance and the test of form." O'Brien awarded three stars – the highest rating – to "a small group of stories" which had "an even finer distinction-the distinction of uniting genuine substance and artistic form in a closely woven pattern with a spiritual sincerity so earnest, and a creative belief so strong, that each of these stories may fairly claim, in my opinion, a position of some permanence in our literature as a criticism of life. O'Brien awarded one star to "those stories which may fairly claim to survive either the test of substance or the test of form. O'Brien awarded no stars to those stories which failed "to survive either the test of substance or the test of form." O'Brien listed these stories without comment or a qualifying asterisk. O'Brien was known to work indefatigably: he claimed to read as many as 8,000 stories a year, and his editions contained lengthy tabulations of stories and magazines, ranked on a scale of zero to three stars (representing O'Brien's notion of their "literary permanence.") At the end of each book, O'Brien listed all the stories published during the preceding year. This annual compiled O'Brien's personal selection of the previous year's best short stories. In 1915, Edward O'Brien began editing The Best American Short Stories. The Michelin restaurant guide introduced a star as a restaurant rating in 1926, which was expanded to a system of one to three stars in 1931. Murray's Handbooks for Travellers and then the Baedeker Guides (starting in 1844) borrowed this system, using stars instead of exclamation points, first for points of interest and later for hotels. at the same time marking, with one or more exclamation points (according to their merit), those works which are deemed peculiarly excellent. to furnish Travellers with correct lists of the objects best worth notice. For Family Child Care Homes, there was not any way to indicate being recognized for providing higher quality care.Repeated symbols used for a ranking date to Mariana Starke's 1820 guidebook, which used exclamation points to indicate works of art of special value: In the previous system, the program's individual strengths were not highlighted. It allows child care programs to be recognized for the higher quality care that it was already providing. North Carolina moved to this system in 2000 for many reasons. Monitoring Requirements for Family Child Care Homesįamily Child Care Home Item Number Listing Monitoring Requirements for Child Care Centers Sample Compliance History Assessment 18 Months The compliance history of a facility is calculated by averaging each visit compliance score over 18 months. The Division calculates the visit compliance score by taking the total possible points for items monitored at a visit and calculating the percentage of compliance based upon the actual points awarded. For licenses or Notice of Compliance issued to a child care facility, the facility must maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past 18 months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. A facility's compliance history score is determined to show the program meets a certain percentage of the minimum standards for licensed facilities.
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Note: Religious-sponsored child care programs continue to operate with a Notice of Compliance and do not receive a star rating unless they choose to apply.īefore evaluating a program to determine star rating, license programs are monitored to ensure they meet minimum standards.



In addition, programs having a two-component license can earn a “quality point” for meeting enhanced standards for staff education and program standards. Currently, facilities are evaluated on two components: In 2005, the Division changed the way facilities earned stars in order to more accurately reflect indicators of a program's quality. Under the original star rated license, facilities were evaluated on three components: In September 2000, the Division issued star rated licenses to child care centers and family child care homes meeting all minimum child care requirements as well as those choosing to meet higher standards.
