The Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Evaluation Toolkit

The Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Evaluation Toolkit

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

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

Julieta Lugo-Gil

Christine Ross

Kimberly Boller

Gretchen Kirby

Kathryn Tout

This toolkit is an informational resource for state administrators, child care and early education practitioners, and other stakeholders on how QRISs work, how to plan and design QRIS evaluations, and why such evaluations are important.

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