Defining and Measuring Quality: An In-Depth Study of Five Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

Defining and Measuring Quality: An In-Depth Study of Five Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

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

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

Gretchen Kirby

Lizabeth Malone

Kimberly Boller

This in-depth study describes what is conceptualized as quality and how it is measured in five QRISs.

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