Rush to assessment: The role private early childhood service providers play in assessing child and program outcomes [Executive summary]

Description:

A summary of a study of large, private non-profit and for-profit early childhood service providers' child and program quality assessment efforts, as well as of programs' use of assessment data for management purposes and their experiences of state and national accountability initiatives, based on interviews with senior program executives

Resource Type:

Executive Summary

Author(s):

Macmillan Larry; Neugebauer Roger

Publisher(s):

National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force

Funder(s):

Pew Charitable Trusts; Foundation for Child Development; Joyce Foundation

Date Issued:

12 January, 2006

Source:

Philadelphia: National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force. Retrieved December 5, 2007, from http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Pre-k_education/neugebauerpaperfinal%204.pdf

Topics:

11. Child Care & Early Education Quality

10. Research & Evaluation Methods > 10.1. Evaluation Methods

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness > 1.2.1. Assessment & Measurement

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