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Background. In modern conditions, attention to the quality of education at all levels, especially in preschool institutions, is becoming increasingly important. The quality of preschool education directly affects the development of children, their social and emotional skills and readiness for learning. The assessment of the quality of educational services in kindergartens not only helps to identify weak areas and improve processes, but also provides transparency for parents and managers.

Objective. To collect and analyze information on the quality of preschool education, followed by substantiation of recommendations for making management decisions to improve the quality of preschool education.

Sample. The study was carried out on the basis of preschool educational organizations of the Khabarovsk Territory: 87 municipal kindergartens implementing preschool education programs attended by more than 31 thousand children. The study involved 2.284 teachers of preschool educational organizations and 36.908 parents (legal representatives) of pupils.

Methods. During the experimental work, the following methods were used: analysis of the Concept of Monitoring the Quality of Preschool Education in the Russian Federation; personnel questionnaires; parent survey; survey based on questionnaires created by N.L. Karabanova; diagnosing children using the tasks of the program “OT ROZHDENIYA DO SHKOLY” (“FROM BIRTH TO SCHOOL”) edited by N.E. Veraksa, T.S. Komarova, M.A. Vasilyeva for diagnosing educational areas for children aged 6-7; observation; a methodology for examining children compiled using child development charts for the program “OT ROZHDENIYA DO SHKOLY”, preparatory for school group (6-7 years) by N.E. Veraksa, A.N. Veraksa.

Results. Diagnosis of children in preschool educational institutions by educational areas allowed us to rank the results as follows: more than 60% of children have above-average social and communicative development, more than half of the children have above-average cognitive, physical and speech development, artistic and aesthetic development of the majority is at an average level. According to the survey results, 90.8% of parents believe that preschool education is available. 81.1% of parents are completely satisfied with them of the child (children) staying in kindergarten, 16.8% are rather satisfied than not. 78.2% believe that children in kindergarten can receive the necessary development and preparation for school (15.1% believe that they will receive it rather than not).

Conclusions. The results of the monitoring should serve as a basis for the development and implementation of management decisions aimed at optimizing the educational process and creating favorable conditions for the learning and development of pupils. This implies taking into account the individual characteristics and needs of each child, as well as adjusting educational programs and methods in accordance with their level of development. In this way, we will be able to improve the quality of preschool education, providing equal opportunities and conditions for realizing the potential of all children.

The relevance of the subject of the article. The approval and implementation of the Federal Educational Program of Preschool Education is currently a particularly relevant and significant problem for the preschool education system, since it is aimed at creating in Russia a unified educational space for the upbringing and education of children from birth to admission to a general education organization, providing equal, high-quality conditions for preschool education, regardless of the child's place of residence.

The purpose of the article. To characterize the formation and development of the idea of programming in Russian preschool education and education, to reveal the features of the Federal Educational Program of Preschool Education as a regulatory document defining the vector of development of the modern system of domestic preschool education.

Description of the research progress. The purpose of the study was to identify the formation and development of education and training programs in kindergartens, to describe the specifics of the Federal Educational Program of Preschool Education. The study analyzed the program documents defining the content of preschool education and training at different historical stages. Its structural components were characterized, the content of the target, content, organizational sections was disclosed, the extensions and clarifications introduced into the Federal Program for the first time were highlighted.

Research results. A generalized retrospective analysis of the experience of developing and implementing preschool education programs from 1918 to our days is presented, and the ways of transforming the idea of programming in preschool education are outlined. An analytical review of preschool education programs revealed a sequence of expanding the content of preschool education, the emergence of new sections in their structure, justified by a change in educational paradigms, the introduction of new approaches, achievements of science and practice. The Federal Educational Program defines the basic volume and content of preschool education that are uniform for the Russian Federation and are mastered by students in organizations that carry out educational activities according to educational programs of preschool education, allows them to realize the fundamental functions of preschool education. It was developed in accordance with the Federal Educational Standard of Preschool Education, takes into account the traditions and scientific and theoretical foundations of domestic preschool education, the experience of creating and implementing educational programs of preschool education.

Conclusion. The Federal Program is the successor to the best traditions of domestic preschool education, includes educational and methodological documentation that defines the goals, objectives, content of educational and pedagogical work with children of infant, early and preschool age in modern conditions. The Federal Program ensures the unity of the content of education in all organizations engaged in educational activities for preschool education, creates conditions for the formation of traditional Russian values in children, and preserves the possibility of developing the variability of preschool education.