ABSTRACT The Investigating Quality (IQ) Project was conceptualized as a multiple systems
approach to transforming early childhood education, care, and development (ECE/ECD) in …

This chapter explores the activities and conceptual underpinnings of a large Canadian
project entitled 'Investigating Quality in Early Childhood'(IQ) that is currently attempting to …

In 2012, a new assessment and rating process for Australian early childhood education and
care (ECEC) services was introduced, using a new National Quality Standard (NQS). The …

In this dissertation, I highlight local perspectives about quality in early care and education
(ECE). The United Way of Miami-Dade (UWMD) Center for Excellence in Early Education …

Issue 51 of the Bank Street Occasional Papers Series" Reconceptualizing Quality Early Care
and Education with Equity at the Center" is a response to Gunilla Dahlberg, Peter Moss, and …

This article critically analyses how empirical research investigating quality early childhood
education and care (ECEC) in the period 1980–2008 has conceptualised 'quality'. Applying …

Swinging from a predominantly developmental approach in the 1990s to a sociocultural
approach in the new millennium, assessment in early childhood eduation (ECE) has …

As Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) continue to launch and mature across
states, questions emerge from stakeholders about how to design and implement effective …

Abstract Issue 51 of the Bank Street Occasional Papers Series is a response to Gunilla
Dahlberg, Peter Moss, and Alan Pence's 25-year interrogation of the concept of quality in …

National consultation with stakeholders in ECCE regarding the development of the NFQ,
drawing on the wealth of experience and expertise related to the promotion of quality in …