03890nam 22006134a 450 991021997430332120200520144314.01-282-03312-30-8330-4523-7(CKB)3460000000003715(EBL)425923(OCoLC)476267619(SSID)ssj0000106718(PQKBManifestationID)11124838(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106718(PQKBWorkID)10110024(PQKB)11538035(MiAaPQ)EBC425923(MiAaPQ)EBC4970064(Au-PeEL)EBL4970064(CaONFJC)MIL203312(OCoLC)746470536(EXLCZ)99346000000000371520080522d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAssessing the validity of the Qualistar early learning quality rating and improvement system as a tool for improving child-care quality /Gail L. Zellman ... [et al.] : prepared for Qualistar Early LearningSanta Monica, CA RAND Education20081 online resource (129 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8330-4495-8 Includes bibliographical references (p.95-104).Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; The Effects of Quality; Efforts to Improve Quality Through Quality Rating Systems; Assessing and Validating QRISs; Qualistar's QRIS; Research Questions; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO- Methods; The Study Sample; Measures; Data-Collection Procedures: Providers, Parents, Staff, and Children; Analytic Approaches; CHAPTER THREE- Analyses of Q-QRIS Components; Classroom Environment; Ratios; Staff Education, Training, and Experience; Parent Involvement in Child-Care SettingsAccreditationConclusions; CHAPTER FOUR- Relationships Among Components and Component Changes over Time for Center Providers; Methods; Correlations Among the Q-QRIS Components; Improvement Over Time in Center Quality; Conclusions; CHAPTER FIVE- Relationships of Q-QRIS Components and Star Ratings to Process-Quality and Child Outcome Measures for Center Providers; Methods; Findings; Relationships of the Q-QRIS Components to the Process-Quality Measures; Relationship of the Star Ratings to the Measures of Process Quality; Relationships Between Q-QRIS Components and Child OutcomesRelationships Between Star Ratings and Child OutcomesRelationships Between Process-Quality Measures and Child Outcomes; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX- Family Child-Care Providers; Background; Research on Quality of Care in Family Child-Care Homes; The Family Child-Care Home Sample; Methods; Findings; Conclusions; CHAPTER SEVEN- Discussion; Key Research Questions; Contextualizing the Child Outcome Findings; Lessons Learned; BibliographyAssesses the validity of Qualistar Early Learning's child-care quality rating and improvement system, which was designed to make child-care quality transparent and improve the quality of care in participating providers.Child careUnited StatesEvaluationChild care servicesUnited StatesEvaluationEarly childhood educationUnited StatesEvaluationChild careEvaluation.Child care servicesEvaluation.Early childhood educationEvaluation.362.71/20684Zellman Gail1235324MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910219974303321Assessing the validity of the Qualistar early learning quality rating and improvement system as a tool for improving child-care quality2869325UNINA