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Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems in Five Pioneer States
Gail ZellmanMichal Perlman
其他書名
Implementation Issues and Lessons Learned
出版RAND Corporation, 2008
主題Education / Educational Policy & Reform / GeneralFamily & Relationships / Babysitting, Day Care & Child CareSocial Science / Children's Studies
ISBN08330455129780833045515
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tCLaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Introduction -- Study questions -- Methods -- Findings -- Recommendations -- Precursors to a successful QRIS -- System development process -- What should QRSS include? -- Quality improvement -- Evaluate the effectiveness of the QRIS -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Background -- Quality Rating and Improvement Systems -- QRIS theory -- QRIS in practice -- Limitations in our understanding of QRISs -- Lack of data -- Limited understanding of QRISs as systems -- Dearth of practical knowledge -- QRIS stakeholder consortium -- Study limitations -- Organization of the report -- Methods -- Sampling of states -- Interviewee selection -- Interview guide -- Data collection, management, and analysis -- Other research informing this study -- The pioneer QRISs and how they were developed -- Elements of a rating system -- Rating systems in the five targeted states -- Oklahoma / Reaching for the Stars -- Colorado / Qualistar Rating System -- North carolina / Star-Rated License -- Pennsylvania / Keystone STARS -- Ohio / Step Up To Quality -- Summary -- QRIS design and implementation processes -- Goal-setting and feasibility assessment -- System design -- System implementation -- System outputs -- Lessons learned -- State self-assessments -- States generally believe that their QRISs have had a positive impact on the child care sector and the children and families they serve -- Factors that contribute to the success of a QRIS -- Challenges to success -- Impediments to success -- Setting goals, expectations and standards -- Establishing incentives and supports -- Monitoring performance through ratings -- Encouraging provider improvement through QI support -- Dissemination of information about the QRIS and about provider ratings -- QRIS system components and their relationships to each other -- Recommendations -- Precursors to a successful QRIS -- System development process -- What should QRISs include? -- Quality improvement -- Evaluate the effectiveness of the QRIS -- References -- Appendix A. Interview guide -- Appendix B. Unpublished MANI paper on QRISs.