Compendium of Quality Rating Systems and Evaluations: The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Tout, Kathryn; Starr, Rebecca; Soli, Margaret; Moodie, Shannon; Kirby, Gretchen; Boller, Kimberly
Institution	Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Child Trends; Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation
Titel	Compendium of Quality Rating Systems and Evaluations: The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment
Quelle	(2010), (251 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Child Care; Early Childhood Education; Rating Scales; Educational Quality; Profiles; Program Descriptions; Standards; Measurement Techniques; Improvement Programs; Incentives; Outreach Programs; Marketing; Program Evaluation; Observation; California; Colorado; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; New Hampshire; New Mexico; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Vermont; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Rating-Skala; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Standard; Messtechnik; Effizienzsteigerung; Anreiz; Jobcoaching; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Beobachtung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Quality Rating Systems (QRS) are currently operating, under development, or being piloted in over 25 states or local areas. As the QRS model becomes integrated into the landscape of child care and education service delivery, policy, and the decisions parents make about child care across the United States, there is an increasing need for descriptive and comparative information about QRS implementation and evaluation. Acknowledging this need, the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is supporting a project called the Child Care Quality Rating System Assessment (QRS Assessment). The goal of the QRS Assessment is to provide information, analysis and resources about QRS for states and other key stakeholders. The Compendium of Quality Rating Systems and Evaluations is the first product of the QRS Assessment and is intended to serve as a rich resource for the other tasks in the QRS Assessment which include a multi case in depth study, secondary analysis of existing QRS data, an analytic paper, and a toolkit for designing research and evaluation of QRS. The Compendium is intended to be a source of detailed information about QRS that can be compared, analyzed and used to generate hypotheses or research questions that can be addressed in the other QRS Assessment tasks. The Compendium contains two different types of information about QRS. The first section presents descriptive information obtained by examining 26 QRS nationwide. Cross-QRS matrices are included to simplify the information and to facilitate a review across states. The second section contains individual profiles of the 26 QRS in which data were collected for the QRS Assessment. Data were collected from July to October, 2009 and were finalized in early 2010. The purpose of the Compendium is to provide definitions, description, and an analytic framework for assessing the critical elements of QRS and QRS evaluations. Appended are: (1) Expert Panel Members; (2) Template used for Quality Rating System Profiles (with explanation of data elements); and (3) Quality Rating System Profiles (appear individually under separate cover). (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01