Anne Mitchell

This brief focuses on the potential of QRIS to be a framework to reform and unify the early care and education sections into a coherent early care and education system.

The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the

These charts present a comparison of financial incentives in states' QRIS. Information includes financing for structure; participation rate; Web site; quality grants, bonuses, and awards; tiered subsidy reimbursements; loans linked to quality rating systems; scholarships; wage supplements; and tax credits. A second table presents questions for grantees to assess their preschool programs capabilities to promote school readiness, physical development, social-emotional development, assessment/individualizing, and classroom organization.

An identification of issues regarding the State of Florida

This paper explores financing strategies for early childhood programs and propose recommendations about how tax credit might best be used.

A cost estimate for a statewide QRIS for child care centers in Florida, organized into the following categories: quality monitoring, professional development, technical assistance, facility improvements, financial incentives, communication, and evaluation.

A presentation that describes QRIS components, including supply and demand side interventions and standards alignment, and demonstrates how together these components serve to unify an early childhood system

A paper that describes the ECE market, calls for a range of public investments and describes QRIS as an important system reform tool.

A guide for implementing a QRIS, including guidance for the early planning stage, the development and assessment of standards, the use of incentives to encourage quality improvement, the financing of the system, and the outreach to promote parental awareness of the system.