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30 Sep 2015
Brief

Moving Up the Ladder: How Do States Deliver Quality Improvement Supports Within Their Quality Rating and Improvement Systems?

Aleksandra Holod, Ann-Marie Faria, Emily Weinberg, and Eboni Howard

As national attention has increasingly focused on the potential for high-quality early childhood education (ECE) to improve children’s school readiness, states have developed quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) to document the quality of ECE programs, support systematic quality improvement, and provide clear information to families about their child care choices. Nearly all states in the nation currently operate—or are planning to implement—some form of QRIS. This brief discusses quality improvement supports, including their prevalence in state and regional QRISs, and key considerations for their implementation.

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Examining Ratings and Dimensions of Quality in an Early Childhood Education Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS)

Documenting and improving early childhood program quality is a national priority, leading to a rapid expansion of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRISs). QRISs document and improve the quality of early childhood education programs and provide clear information to families about their childcare choices. Findings from this study suggest that incremental changes to how QRIS ratings are calculated can alter inferences about program quality.

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Further Reading

  • Examining Ratings and Dimensions of Quality in an Early Childhood Education Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS)
  • Long Story Short: How Can Early Childhood Education Quality Ratings (QRIS) Ensure the Best Return on Our Investment in Six Million Children?
  • Development and Implementation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems in Midwest Region States
  • Quality Improvement Efforts Among Early Childhood Education Programs Participating in Iowa’s Quality Rating System
  • The “I” in QRIS Survey: Collecting Data on Quality Improvement Activities for Early Childhood Education Programs
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