Impacts of a child care quality rating and improvement system on child care quality
| Autor: | Kimberly Boller, Abbie Raikes, Diane Paulsell, Randall Blair, Danielle Z. Kassow, Patricia Del Grosso, Rachel Kim, Eric Lundquist |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Quality management Family child care Sociology and Political Science business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Professional development Coaching Education Test (assessment) Treatment and control groups Nursing Family medicine Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Quality (business) business Curriculum media_common |
| Zdroj: | Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 30:306-315 |
| ISSN: | 0885-2006 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.10.001 |
| Popis: | This evaluation rigorously assessed the implementation and impact of a child care Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) field test on child care quality as measured through child care quality observations and through ratings of a set of quality, education, and experience standards defined by policymakers and stakeholders. The 6-month QRIS intervention (implemented in 2009) consisted of four components: (1) quality standards in two areas, curriculum and learning environment and professional development and training; (2) a process for assigning ratings based on the quality standards; (3) a package of quality improvement supports for providers; and (4) financial incentives. A total of 52 family child care providers and 14 child care centers with demonstrated baseline equivalence participated in this experiment. Half of the family child care providers and half of the centers were randomly assigned to the QRIS treatment group or to a no-treatment control group. At the 6-month follow-up, the QRIS treatment group had significantly higher observed quality scores, but there was no impact on the overall QRIS rating. Implications for states developing or modifying QRIS and limitations of the evaluation are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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