The Quality Initiatives Research and Evaluation Consortium (INQUIRE)

• Early Care and Education Quality Improvement: A Typology of Intervention Approaches
  OPRE Research Brief No. 2014-36
  Kimberley Boller, Kate Tarrant & Diana Schaack


• Implications of QRIS Design for the Distribution of Program Ratings and Linkages between Ratings and Observed Quality
  OPRE Research Brief No. 2014-33
  Kathryn Tout, Nina C. Chien, Laura Rothenberg & Weilin Li


• Validation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS): Examples from Four States
  Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2013-036
  Michel Lahti, Terri J. Sabol, Rebecca Starr, Carolyn Langill & Kathryn Tout


• Key Elements of a QRIS Validation Plan: Guidance and Planning Template
  OPRE 2013-11
  Kathryn Tout & Rebecca Starr


• On-site Approaches to Quality Improvement in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: Building on the Research on Coaching
  Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2012-40
  Martha Zaslow, Kathryn Tout & Tamara Halle


• Validation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education and School-Age Care
  Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2012-29
  Gail L. Zellman & Richard Fiene


• Effective Evaluation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education and School-Age Care
  Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2011-11a
  Gail L. Zellman, Richard N. Brandon, Kimberly Boller & J. Lee Kreader


• Best Practices for Conducting Program Observations as Part of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
  Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2011-11b
  Bridget K. Hamre & Kelly L. Maxwell


• Evaluation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Childhood Programs and School-Age Care: Measuring Children's Development
  Research-to-Policy, Research-to-Practice Brief OPRE 2011-11c
  James Elicker & Kathy R. Thornburg


• Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) and Family-Sensitive Caregiving in Early Care and Education Arrangements: Promising Directions and Challenges
  Issue Brief OPRE 2011-11d
  Toni Porter, Juliet Bromer & Shannon Moodie

The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment

• Compendium of Quality Rating Systems and Evaluations
  OPRE Report, 2010
  Kathryn Tout, Rebecca Starr, Margaret Soli, Shannon Moodie, Gretchen Kirby & Kimberly Boller


• The Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Evaluation Toolkit
  OPRE Report, 2011-31
  Julieta Lugo-Gil, Samina Sattar, Christine Ross, Kimberly Boller, Gretchen Kirby & Kathryn Tout


• Quality Dosage, Thresholds and Features in Early Childhood Settings (Q-DOT)


• Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature
  OPRE 2011-5.
  Martha Zaslow, Rachel Anderson, Zakia Redd, Julia Wessel, Louisa Tarullo & Margaret Burchinal