evaluation

An important long-term goal of QRIS is to improve child development and school readiness outcomes for children. This Brief examines key issues in measuring children’s development when evaluating QRIS.

Report.pdf

In 2010-2011, Washington State Department of Early Learning and Thrive by Five
conducted a second year of the Seeds to Success field test in five sites across Washington State.  A research team from the Childcare Quality and Early Learning (CQEL) Center at the University of Washington (UW), which included local coders from each community, was contracted to collect and analyze data from participating childcare businesses in the five field test sites. This report provides details on the results of the field test and recommendations for the Seeds to Success program.

WashingtonStateQRISPilotReport.pdf

Toward Better Policy for Early Care and Education in the United States: Resource Materials

This resource list was created as an accompaniment to the paper on "Towards Better Policy for Early Care and Education in the United States."

BetterPolicyWebinarHANDOUT.docx

A summary of an examination of a strategy to promote school-age caregiving quality by adapting states' tiered QRS, which were designed primarily for early care providers, for providers serving school age children.

Report.pdf