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Stipek, Deborah – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
The use of the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) to improve early childhood education program quality is based in part on assumptions that the quality of programs can be measured and that quality ratings are associated with meaningful differences in learning outcomes for children. This report reviews all of the state QRIS validation…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Educational Improvement, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
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Hestenes, Linda L.; Rucker, Lia; Wang, Yudan Chen; Mims, Sharon U.; Hestenes, Stephen E.; Cassidy, Deborah J. – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: The present study provides an initial descriptive comparison of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Third Edition (ECERS-3) in a relatively large sample in 1 state that uses the Environment Rating Scales within its Quality Rating and Improvement System…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education
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Howe, Nina; Jacobs, Ellen; Vukelich, Goranka; Recchia, Holly – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The purpose of this study was to assess three methods of delivering in-service professional development regarding constructivist curriculum for early childhood educators. Educators in 44 not-for-profit child care centres in three Canadian cities were studied; 94 educators with formal preservice training participated. The three methods were (a) a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Rating Scales, Child Care
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Gol-Guven, Mine – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of two types of Turkish early childhood education programs: private and public preschools. Three public and three private preschools in a district of Istanbul were randomly selected. The quality of preschools was assessed using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale developed by Harms et…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Harms, Thelma; Clifford, Richard M.; Cryer, Debby – 1998
The ECERS-R is a thorough revision of the widely used program quality assessment instrument, the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS). Designed for use in preschool, kindergarten, and child care classrooms serving children 2-and-a-half through 5 years of age, the ECERS-R can be used by program directors for supervision and program…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods