Assessing the Validity of the Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating and Improvement System as a Tool for Improving Child-Care Quality - Softcover

Zellman, Gail L.; Perlman, Michal; Le, Vi-Nhuan

 
9780833044952: Assessing the Validity of the Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating and Improvement System as a Tool for Improving Child-Care Quality

Synopsis

As a result of the generally low quality of child care in the United States, quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are proliferating in the child-care arena. This study examines the QRIS developed by Qualistar Early Learning, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado, evaluating how reliable the system1s components are, whether the QRIS process helped providers to improve, and whether and how much children benefit from such improvement.

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About the Author

Gail L. Zellman (Ph.D., Social and Clinical Psychology) is a senior research psychologist, RAND, Santa Monica.

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As a result of the generally low quality of child care in the United States, quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are proliferating in the child-care arena. This study examines the QRIS developed by Qualistar Early Learning, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado, evaluating how reliable the systemâ s components are, whether the QRIS process helped providers to improve, and whether and how much children benefit from such improvement.

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