The QRIS Resource Guide provides guidance for states as they explore key issues and consider decision points during the planning and implementation of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS).
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This tip sheet on data systems is a compilation of best practices and suggestions to improve the accuracy and usefulness of data collected, improve the reporting of data, and establish a data culture to increase the use of data in early childhood care and education. It is intended to assist...
Resource Type: Tip sheet
Finding existing openings on a real-time basis is difficult even in the best of...
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has hit child care programs hard. CCDF lead agencies have an opportunity to help stabilize the child care market and to make certain that all families have access to all ECE services they need. This breakout involved a high-level discussion of...
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, Data Systems
This panel, grounded in research and best practices, took a deep dive into three data-related issues: 1. Understanding provider data to make policy-informed decisions 2. Using a data trust to link data 3. Using innovative early care and education (ECE) business practices and data-sharing...
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
This fact sheet summarizes information from the Quality Compendium about the data systems for QRISs that are currently operating in the United States. Forty-three QRISs (98 percent) report that they have data systems. On average, QRISs report that their data systems are about 7.5 years old, with...
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, Data Systems
Lead Agencies may be asked the following with regard to compliance with state standards:
- What activities does your state fund with CCDF quality funds to facilitate child care providers’ compliance with state health and safety requirements? These requirements may be related to ...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, Financial Incentives for Quality Improvement, Tiered CCDF Payment Tied to Quality, Outreach and Consumer Education, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance and Monitoring, System Planning and Implementation, Provider and Quality Information
The effectiveness of quality interventions and the quality of child care programs can be measured in various ways. Documentation for meeting quality standards can be in the form of a checklist, a self-report or self-assessment, presentation of materials, or an observation or assessment. Most...
Resource Type: Page
The QRIS Resource Guide defines quality rating and improvement systems as “a systematic approach to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early and school-age care and education programs.”...
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States may recognize accreditation by a national accrediting body as a measure of quality. There are several national accrediting bodies that typically focus on specific child care settings and ages of children served.
States that incorporate national accreditation systems into their...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, System Evaluation, Validation, and Review, Financial Incentives for Quality Improvement, Program Quality Standards, Application of Standards, Content of Quality Standards, Quality Assurance and Monitoring, Program Quality Assessment Tools
