Child care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems in five pioneer states
Subtitle: implementation issues and lessons learned
By: Gail L. Zellman, Michael Perlman.
Contributors: Perlman, Michael.
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9780833045515
Subjects: Child care -- United States -- Evaluation; Child care services -- United States -- Evaluation
Description: Child-care quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are designed to make child-care quality transparent to child-care parents, providers, and policymakers and to help providers improve their quality. This monograph discusses the development and implementation of QRISs in Oklahoma, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, highlighting lessons that the states learned and recommendations for QRIS development and refinement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introduction; title: Study questions; title: Methods; title: Findings; title: Recommendations; title: Precursors to a successful QRIS; title: System development process; title: What should QRSS include?; title: Quality improvement; title: Evaluate the effectiveness of the QRIS; title: Acknowledgments; title: Acronyms; title: Introduction; title: Background; title: Quality Rating and Improvement Systems; title: QRIS theory; title: QRIS in practice; title: Limitations in our understanding of QRISs; title: Lack of data; title: Limited understanding of QRISs as systems; title: Dearth of practical knowledge; title: QRIS stakeholder consortium; title: Study limitations; title: Organization of the report; title: Methods; title: Sampling of states; title: Interviewee selection; title: Interview guide; title: Data collection, management, and analysis; title: Other research informing this study; title: The pioneer QRISs and how they were developed; title: Elements of a rating system; title: Rating systems in the five targeted states; title: Oklahoma / Reaching for the Stars; title: Colorado / Qualistar Rating System; title: North carolina / Star-Rated License; title: Pennsylvania / Keystone STARS; title: Ohio / Step Up To Quality; title: Summary; title: QRIS design and implementation processes; title: Goal-setting and feasibility assessment; title: System design; title: System implementation; title: System outputs; title: Lessons learned; title: State self-assessments; title: States generally believe that their QRISs have had a positive impact on the child care sector and the children and families they serve; title: Factors that contribute to the success of a QRIS; title: Challenges to success; title: Impediments to success; title: Setting goals, expectations and standards; title: Establishing incentives and supports; title: Monitoring performance through ratings; title: Encouraging provider improvement through QI support; title: Dissemination of information about the QRIS and about provider ratings; title: QRIS system components and their relationships to each other; title: Recommendations; title: Precursors to a successful QRIS; title: System development process; title: What should QRISs include?; title: Quality improvement; title: Evaluate the effectiveness of the QRIS; title: References; title: Appendix A. Interview guide; title: Appendix B. Unpublished MANI paper on QRISs.