David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality

The David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality is a fast-paced non-profit whose core mission is to improve the quality of youth-serving education and human services settings through development, validation and scaled implementation of assessment-driven performance improvement and low-stakes accountability policies. The Center's culture values critical inquiry, social entrepreneurialism, and responsive and responsible client service. For more information visit www.cypq.org. The Weikart Center is a division of the Forum for Youth Investment, a Washington D.C.-based "action tank" currently advancing the national Ready by 21® Initiative. For more information visit www.forumforyouthinvestment/readyby21.