The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment: Defining and measuring quality: An in-depth study of five child care quality rating and improvement systems [Executive summary]

Author(s): United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation;
Date Issued: August, 2011
Publisher(s): United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Description: A summary of an examination of aspects of child care quality rating and improvement systems related to definitions and measures of quality, including variation in definitions and measures, processes to measure each component and determine the overall level of quality, and availability of data on quality ratings, based on in-depth case studies in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee
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Preparer(s): Caronongan, Pia; Kirby, Gretchen; Malone, Lizabeth M.; Boller, Kimberley
Funder(s): United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Source: (OPRE Report 2011-29). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Retrieved September 28, 2011, from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/cc/childcare_quality/five_childcare/five_childcare.pdf
Note: The project officers are Ivelisse Martinez-Beck and Kathleen Dwyer. The contractor is Mathematica Policy Research. The project director is Gretchen Kirby
Topics: Policies > Child Care & Early Education Policies > Quality Of Services
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