Accreditation as an alternative pathway to quality in QRIS
A comparison of the Illinois child care quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) ratings that child care centers would receive through either their accreditation status or their observed quality, based on data for 55 accredited child care centers applying to the Illinois QRIS
Reports & Papers
Barriers and supports to child care accreditation in Alberta
An interview-based study of child care directors in Alberta Canada to examine their perceptions of barriers and facilitators to state child care accreditation
Reports & Papers
Covering the map: Child care resource & referral agencies providing vital services to parents throughout the United States [Executive summary]
A summary of a survey of services that local child care resource and referral agencies (CCRRAs) provide to parents, including child care referrals, consumer education, helping parents pay for child care, and parent training and workshops, based on a nationally representative sample of local CCRRAs
Executive Summary
Covering the map: Child care resource & referral agencies providing vital services to parents throughout the United States [Summary and recommendations]
A summary of and recommendations based on a survey of services that local child care resource and referral agencies (CCRRAs) provide to parents, including child care referrals, consumer education, helping parents pay for child care, and parent training and workshops, based on a nationally representative sample of local CCRRAs
Executive Summary
Directors and the nonpursuit of NAEYC accreditation: Varying definitions of quality
An interview-based study of child care center directors, examining their perceptions of developmentally appropriate practices, knowledge and beliefs regarding accreditation, and their specific experiences with accreditation and the effects of these experiences on their perceptions of child care quality
Reports & Papers
Directors and the nonpursuit of NAEYC accreditation: Varying definitions of quality
An overview of a study of 8 early childhood program directors who chose not to pursue accreditation through the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs and the bases for their decisions
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Early childhood program quality: The relationship between state regulation and voluntary accreditation
A study of the association between quality indicators of early childhood education and care (ECEC) and the number of programs accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), using quality indicators from the National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
Reports & Papers
Elevating the field: Using NAEYC early childhood program accreditation to support and reach higher quality in early childhood programs
An overview of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) early childhood education program accreditation process and the ways in which the accreditation process can support improvements in child care and early education quality
Other
Iowa early care and education directors' survey: Executive summary
A summary of a study of the characteristics of center-based child care workers in Iowa, including education, qualifications, wages, benefits, and turnover, based on a survey of child care center program directors
Executive Summary
Iowa early care and education directors' survey: Final report
A study of the characteristics of center-based child care workers in Iowa, including education, qualifications, wages, benefits, and turnover, based on a survey of child care center program directors
Reports & Papers
Looking for progress in raising the education levels of early childhood teachers
An examination of the process by which early childhood programs in Boston with National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation are attempting to conform to the NAEYC timeline to increase teacher education levels from interviews with 18 personnel at 16 programs
Reports & Papers
Money, accreditation, and child care center quality
An examination of the association between financial incentives and reimbursement, accreditation, and child care quality, based on accreditation data from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) for Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah and Wisconsin from 1995 through 1999
Reports & Papers
NAEYC standards for early childhood professional preparation: Initial licensure programs
NAEYC's standards for the preparation of early childhood professionals, intended for higher education programs that prepare practitioners at the initial licensure or certification level (usually a baccalaureate or master’s degree)
Other
Professionalism in the early years
an explanation and discussion of the United Kingdom government's efforts to professionalize the early years sector workforce
Other
Quality in child care: Qualitative approach to key dimensions and implications for practice
A pilot evaluation of care quality in preparation for national accreditation of a center's of 3 classrooms with 55 children
Reports & Papers
Regulating the early childhood field
Reports & Papers
[Review of the book Professionalism in the early years]
A review of an explanation and discussion of the United Kingdom government's efforts to professionalize the early years sector workforce
Book Reviews
