Assessing the Validity of the Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating and Improvement System as a Tool for Improving Child-Care Quality

• Main Author: Zellman, Gail L. (auth)
• Other Authors: Perlman, Michal (auth), Le, Vi-Nhuan (auth), Setodji, Claude Messan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Economics; Educational strategies & policy; Public administration; Age groups: children; Sociology; Political Science; Education
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

As a result of the generally low quality of child care in the United States, quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are proliferating in the child-care arena. This study examines the QRIS developed by Qualistar Early Learning, a nonprofit organization based in Colorado, evaluating how reliab...