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 …

The purpose of this study was to explore the quality of toddler childcare in Norway using the
Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition (ITERS-R;[Harms, Thelma, Debby …

This study aims to enhance our knowledge of the associations between the quality of the
language-learning environment in toddler childcare groups and children's vocabulary …

The core aspect within process quality is quality of interactions between caregivers and
children. This article investigates six interaction skills of caregivers in ECEC groups for …

The purpose of this study was to describe the quality of toddler child care classrooms in the
district of Porto, in the north of Portugal. One hundred and sixty classrooms for children …

This study examines the quality of infant center care in Portugal through a multi-measure
approach and investigates the associations among process quality dimensions and …

Research Findings: The growing body of literature demonstrating the importance of quality
interactions with caregivers to infant development coupled with the increasing number of …

Building on extensive feedback from the field as well as vigorous new research on how best
to support infant and toddler development and learning, the authors have revised and …

Abstract The Chinese Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (trial)(CECERS) is a new
instrument for measuring early childhood program quality in the Chinese socio-cultural …

Studies show that processes like teacher–child interactions are a key dimension of childcare
quality and that global and domain-specific interactions seem to have different effects on …