Early Childhood Associates, Inc

Our work brings us to the forefront of policy and quality improvement initiatives on the local, state and federal level. The results of our work makes a significant impact on QRIS systems, core competencies and alignment. Evaluating the QRIS model is a two pronged approach. Building an implementation evaluation into the QRIS to assess the infrastructure, best practices and cost effectiveness can lead to improvements in assessing quality components of QRIS, technical assistance offered and in reaching parents and communicating the level of quality in early care and education settings. However, the ultimate goal of the QRIS system is to ensure that children experience quality care and emerge with the highest possible levels of school readiness outcomes. To accomplish this requires a carefully planned validation study. Based on our extensive work with QRIS systems, outcome research and evaluation and participation on QRIS Validation Study Advisory Boards we have created a validation ...