Assessing the validity of the Qualistar early learning quality rating and improvement system as a tool for improving child-care quality /

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"As a result of the generally low quality of child care in the United States and the increased emphasis on accountability in education policy, quality rating systems (QRSs) are proliferating in the child-care arena. QRSs assess child-care providers on multiple dimensions of quality and integrat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Zellman, Gail
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Education, 2008.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:
Child care > United States > Evaluation.
Child care services > United States > Evaluation.
Early childhood education > United States > Evaluation.
Garde des enfants > États-Unis > Évaluation.
Éducation de la première enfance > États-Unis > Évaluation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
Child care > Evaluation
Child care services > Evaluation
Early childhood education > Evaluation
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Analyses of Q-QRIS components
  • Relationships among components and component changes over time for center providers
  • Relationships of Q-QRIS components and star ratings to process-quality and child outcome measures for center providers
  • Family child-care providers
  • Discussion.

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