Missouri's Professional Achievement & Recognition System (PARS) is a database system that collects and verifies early childhood, school-age/after-school, and youth development professionals' education and training information. Additionally, PARS has information on providers' employment by the various settings they work in, including wage, title, employment dates, etc. Data from PARS are used to provide descriptive information about the field (e.g., percentage of lead center staff with a bachelor's degree or higher), set thresholds for quality initiatives, and support administrative tracking functions for the director and state quality initiatives. For more information about PARS, please visit http://www.OPENInitiative.org.