Measuring Quality Across Three Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: Findings from Secondary Analyses

Measuring Quality Across Three Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: Findings from Secondary Analyses

The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment
Published: Aug 30, 2011
Publisher: Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research and Child Trends
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Associated Project

Evaluating Child Care Quality Rating Systems (QRS)

Time frame: 2008-2011

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation

Authors

Pia Caronongan

Kimberly Boller

Kathryn Tout

This report presents findings from an exploratory analysis of administrative data from three QRISs. The analyses examine the prevalence of quality components across centers and how they combine to result in an overall rating level and to predict observed quality.

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