[HTML][HTML] Quality of child care using the environment rating scales: A meta-analysis of international studies

HJ Vermeer, MH van IJzendoorn, RA Cárcamo… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
The current study provides a systematic examination of child care quality around the globe,
using the Environment Rating Scales (ERS). Additional goals of this study are to examine …

An analysis of the conceptualisation of 'quality'in early childhood education and care empirical research: Promoting 'blind spots' as foci for future research

M Fenech - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This article critically analyses how empirical research investigating quality early childhood
education and care (ECEC) in the period 1980–2008 has conceptualised 'quality'. Applying …

Work process and quality of care in early childhood education: The role of job crafting

C Leana, E Appelbaum, I Shevchuk - Academy of management …, 2009 - journals.aom.org
In this study we conducted performance assessments in 62 childcare centers and surveyed
232 teachers and aides, to examine the extent to which workers crafted their jobs and how …

Effects of an early literacy professional development intervention on head start teachers and children.

DR Powell, KE Diamond, MR Burchinal… - Journal of educational …, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Effects of a 1-semester professional development (PD) intervention that included
expert coaching with Head Start teachers were investigated in a randomized controlled trial …

Structural and process features in three types of child care for children from high and low income families

CJ Dowsett, AC Huston, AE Imes… - Early childhood research …, 2008 - Elsevier
We use observations from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and, Youth Development
(SECCYD) to compare structural and process characteristics of child care centers, family …

Activity settings and daily routines in preschool classrooms: Diverse experiences in early learning settings for low-income children

AS Fuligni, C Howes, Y Huang, SS Hong… - Early childhood …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper examines activity settings and daily classroom routines experienced by 3-and 4-
year-old low-income children in public center-based preschool programs, private center …

Assessing quality in toddler classrooms using the CLASS-Toddler and the ITERS-R

KM La Paro, AC Williamson… - Early Education and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Many very young children attend early care and education programs, but current information
about the quality of center-based care for toddlers is scarce. Using 2 observation …

Measuring quality in inclusive preschool classrooms: Development and validation of the Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP)

EP Soukakou - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an observation measure designed to
assess classroom quality in inclusive preschool programs, the Inclusive Classroom Profile …

An assessment of the validity of the ECERS-R with implications for measures of child care quality and relations to child development.

RA Gordon, K Fujimoto, R Kaestner… - Developmental …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale–Revised (ECERS–R) is widely
used to associate child care quality with child development, but its validity for this purpose is …

Quality thresholds, features, and dosage in early care and education: Secondary data analyses of child outcomes

M Burchinal, M Zaslow, L Tarullo… - Monographs of the …, 2016 - JSTOR
This monograph addresses the hypotheses that preschool children benefit most strongly
when early care and education (ECE) is at or above a threshold of quality, has specific …