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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
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
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Karrby, Gunni; Giota, Joanna – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Reports on a statistical analysis of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS), a popular research instrument used to measure overall quality of the educational environment in day care centers and preschool settings. Results are based on ECERS' use in Swedish day care centers and are discussed in relation to Swedish child care policy.…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Measurement Techniques