What we know and don't know about measuring quality in early childhood and school-age care and education settings

Author(s): Child Trends;
Date Issued: May 2009
Publisher(s): Child Trends; United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Description: An overview of research related to the measurement of quality in child care and early education settings, including important aspects of quality to measure, aspects of quality that existing measures cover well, and effective strategies for measuring quality in state quality rating and improvement systems
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Funder(s): United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation ; United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Source: (Publication No. 2009-12, OPRE Issue Brief No. 1). Washington, DC: Child Trends. Retrieved May 20, 2009, from http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2009_5_20_RB_WhatWeKnow.pdf
Note: The project officer is Ivelisse Martinez-Beck
Topics: Research & Evaluation Methods

Child Care & Early Education Quality
Country: United States
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