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Evaluation of State Quality Rating Systems (April 2008)
In April 2008 Child Trends convened a meeting on the Evaluation of State Quality Rating Systems. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, the meeting provided an opportunity for discussion of similarities and differences across state QRSs, a common framework for identifying evaluation goals, and an opportunity to identify and communicate key issues that have arisen in the implementation and evaluation of state QRSs. Participants included teams from nine states (Colorado, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee) represented by State Child Care Administrators and evaluators, several invited researchers, and federal partners.
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Measuring Quality in Early Childhood and School-Age Settings: At the Junction of Research, Policy and Practice (December 2006)
A December 2006 Research Roundtable meeting explored current quality measures used for identifying characteristics of child care that contribute to children's development and the increasing use of these measures for making policy and practice decisions. Hosted by the Child Care Bureau in collaboration with the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, the roundtable brought together state child care administrators, researchers, and representatives of federal agencies to address questions of quality including: what does the research say about the strength of our existing measures of quality; are there further measures of quality needed; and do states agree what measures of quality should be included in state quality rating systems.
The various materials from the roundtable are posted.
Developing the Next Wave of Quality Measures for Early Childhood and School-Age Programs (January 2008)
As a follow-up to a roundtable on Measuring Quality in Early Childhood and School-Age Settings: At the Junction of Research, Policy, and Practice, Child Trends convened a second roundtable in January 2008, Developing the Next Wave of Quality Measures for Early Childhood and School-Age Programs. Sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this meeting gathered experts specializing in a range of topics related to child care quality and child outcomes to guide the field on possible directions for developing, refining, and strengthening measurement strategies.
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