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Identifying High-Quality Preschool Programs: New Evidence on the Validity of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) in Relation to School Readiness Goals
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Gordon, Rachel A.; Hofer, Kerry G.; Fujimoto, Ken A.; Risk, Nicole; Kaestner, Robert; Korenman, Sanders – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) is widely used, often to evaluate whether preschool programs are of sufficient quality to improve children's school readiness. We examined the validity of the measure for this purpose. Item response theory (IRT) analyses revealed that many items did not fit together…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Item Response Theory, School Readiness
Identifying High Quality Preschool Programs: New Evidence on the Validity of the ECERS-R in Relation to School Readiness Goals
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Gordon, Rachel A.; Hofer, Kerry G.; Fujimoto, Ken A.; Risk, Nicole; Kaestner, Robert; Korenman, Sanders – Grantee Submission, 2015
Research Findings: The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Revised (ECERS-R) is widely used, often to evaluate whether preschool programs are of sufficient quality to improve children's school readiness. We examined the validity of the measure for this purpose. Item response theory (IRT) analyses revealed that many items did not fit together…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Item Response Theory, School Readiness
Expert Practitioner's Views about the Chinese Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale
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Hu, Bi Ying; Vong, Keang-ieng; Chen, Yuewen; Li, Kejian – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
This study aims to examine the views of 176 expert practitioners on the relevance and feasibility of applying the Chinese Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (CECERS), which is developed based on the Chinese version of Harms, Clifford, and Cryer's (2005) world renowned Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-revised (ECERS-R). The CECERS…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Rating Scales, Cultural Context, Likert Scales
Identifying High-Quality Centre-Based Childcare Using Quantitative Data-Sets: What the Numbers Do and Don't Tell Us
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Fenech, Marianne; Sweller, Naomi; Harrison, Linda – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2010
Quantitative approaches to defining and measuring quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) have provided a key platform for policy development. Yet their strengths and limitations as informants of high-quality ECEC have not been tested. In this study we examine two sources of quantitative data collected over a five-year period for 74…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Child Care
Triangulation in the Evaluation of School System Interventions.
Bower, JoAnn C.; And Others – 1986
The purpose of this report was to explore one way in which quantitative and qualitative paradigms in program evaluation can be employed to reinforce each other. An evaluation was conducted of a large number of special education programs for preschoolers with handicaps in Louisiana. Since 1978, Louisiana has funded programs in 65 public school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Disabilities