Assessing Quality in the Early Years : Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale; Extension (ECERS-E) Four Curricular Subscales

This revised edition of the ECERS-E transforms the research edition published in 2003 into an immensely practical handbook for providers of early education.

The ECERS-E, developed by Kathy Sylva, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, and Brenda Taggart, is an instrument to measure quality in literacy, numeracy, science, and diversity as observable in pre-school settings. The sub-scales are an internationally recognized measure of quality in early education and care.

This practical new edition has drawn on collaboration around the world. The authors have clarified and improved it, so transforming the instrument into a valuable manual for institutional self-assessment and for improving pedagogy and curriculum in pre-school settings so that young children’s learning and development can flourish.

Iram Siraj-Blatchford is Professor in Child Development at the Institute of Education University of London, and the author of A Curriculum Development Handbook for Early Childhood Educators and The Early Years: Laying the Foundations for Racial Equality.

Kathy Sylva is Professor of Educational Psychology at University of Oxford. She has researched extensively in the education and care of young children. Iram Siraj-Blatchford is Professor of Early Childhood at the Institute of Education, University of London. Her research interests include early childhood curriculum and pedagogy. She has published widely on issues of Early Childhood quality and equality.

Brenda Taggart is the Research Co-ordinator of the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project at the Institute of Education, University of London. Her background is in primary education and research.