Assessing 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 Learning |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Education, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (129 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.71/20684 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ZellmanGail |
Soggetto topico |
Child care - United States - Evaluation
Child care services - United States - Evaluation Early childhood education - United States - Evaluation |
ISBN |
1-282-03312-3
0-8330-4523-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Settings
AccreditationConclusions; 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 Outcomes Relationships 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; Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219974303321 |
Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Education, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The At-Risk Child Care program |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ii, 8 pages) : illustration |
Soggetto topico |
Poor children - Services for - United States
Child care services - United States - Evaluation Federal aid to child welfare - United States - Evaluation |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707139503321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, , 1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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States' child care certificate systems : an early assessment of vulnerabilities and barriers |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (35 unnumbered pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Child care workers - Certification - United States - States
Federal aid to day care centers - United States - Evaluation Child care services - United States - Evaluation |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | States' child care certificate systems |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707146803321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, , 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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