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Quality Rating Improvement Systems: The Basics of Standards
Topic: Standards & Standards Alignment   Year: 2012
Stair Steps to Quality: A Guide for States and Communities Developing Quality Rating Systems for Early Care and Education
Topic: Advocacy & Early Childhood Systems Building, Engagement & Outreach, Financing & Financial Incentives, Quality Improvement & Technical Assistance, Standards & Standards Alignment   Year: 2005
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...
State Approaches to Integrating Strengthening Families into Quality Rating and Improvement
Topic: Engagement & Outreach, Standards & Standards Alignment   Year: 2012
Early Care and Education State Approaches to Integrating Strengthening Families into Quality Rating and Improvement Strengthening Families identifies what early care and education programs can do to help parents support their children’s development and...
State Program Quality Standards about Child Assessment
Topic: Monitoring & Accountability, Standards & Standards Alignment   Year: 2012
This brief by the National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement provides an analysis of the extent that State program quality standards include requirements or criteria pertaining to assessing children’s development. Three sets of States’ program...
Summary of Obesity Prevention Standards in State Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) and Licensing Regulations
Topic: Standards & Standards Alignment   Year: 2016
Childhood obesity continues to be a national epidemic even among young children; thus, it is important to understand and share ways states are weaving prevention strategies into their early care and education (ECE) systems. The purpose of this summary is...
Supporting Babies Through QRIS: Implementation Status and Tools in US States and Jurisdictions
Topic: Standards & Standards Alignment   Year: November 2013
This document presents a national review of states’ and jurisdictions’ Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) that have been implemented statewide, focusing on how these systems can include standards that explicitly address the needs of infants...
Supporting Babies Through QRIS: Inclusion of Infant and Toddler Quality Standards
Topic: Standards & Standards Alignment   Year: November 2013
This document presents a national review of states’ and jurisdictions’ Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) that have been implemented statewide, focusing on how these systems can include standards that explicitly address the needs of infants...
Unlocking the Potential of QRIS: Trends and Opportunities in the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Applications
Topic: Advocacy & Early Childhood Systems Building, Financing & Financial Incentives, Quality Improvement & Technical Assistance, Standards & Standards Alignment   Year: 2012
Written by noted consultant Louise Stoney, this brief explores the ideas and trends related to QRIS that state leaders included in their Race to the Top/Early Learning Challenge applications.  It is designed to provide not only...