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Title

Quality measurement in early childhood settings / edited by Martha Zaslow ... [et al.].

Publication

Baltimore, Md. : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., c2011.

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Additional Authors

Zaslow, Martha J.

Description

xxiv, 431 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

• A comprehensive resource on measuring quality in both center- and home-based settings, this book brings together more than 50 early childhood experts to establish what's working in quality measurement and how it can be strengthened to support better programs and optimal child development. Readers will explore specific approaches to measuring the quality of factors that affect school readiness, including.
• Supports for early language and literacy development.
• Math and science curricula and instruction.
• Environmental supports for social and emotional competence.
• Health-related factors such as nutrition and safety.
• Family sensitive child care.
• Services for children with disabilities.
• To help them measure these factors accurately, readers will get critical analyses of dozens of assessment measures, plus an exclusive inside look at promising new tools.
• Martha Zaslow, Ph.D., is Director, Society for Research in Child Development Office for Policy and Communications, Washington, D.C., and Senior Scholar, Child Trends, Washington, D.C.
• Ivelisse Martinez-Beck, Ph.D., is Senior Social Science Research Analyst and Child Care Research Coordinator; Division of Child and Family Development; Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, Washington, D.C.
• Kathryn Tout, Ph.D., is Codirector of Early Childhood Research, Child Trends, Washington, D.C.
• Tamara Halle, Ph.D., are Codirectors of Early Childhood Research, Child Trends, Washington, D.C. --Book Jacket.

Subject

• Child care services > United States
• Early childhood education > United States
• Children > Services for > United States
• Child Care
• Early Intervention, Educational
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Why strengthening the measurement of quality in early childhood settings has taken on new importance / Ivelisse Martinez-Beck -- I. Reasons to take stock and strengthen our measures of quality. Setting the context for a discussion of quality measures: the demographic landscape of early care and education / Tamara Halle ... [et al.] -- How well do our measures of quality predict child outcomes? A meta-analysis and coordinated analysis of data from large-scale studies of early childhood settings / Margaret Burchinal, Kirsten Kainz, and Yaping Cai -- Empirical approaches to strengthening the measurement of quality: issues in the development and use of quality measures in research and applied settings / Donna M. Bryant, Margaret Burchinal, and Martha Zaslow --
• II. Potential to strengthen measures of quality in specific domains. Advancing the measurement of quality for early childhood programs that support early language and literacy development / Susan B. Neuman and Judith J. Carta -- Measuring the quality of early childhood math and science curricula and teaching / Kimberly Brenneman ... [et al.] -- Measuring the quality of environmental supports for young children's social and emotional competence / Marilou Hyson ... [et al.] -- Measuring health-related aspects of quality in early childhood settings / Susan M. Hegland ... [et al.] -- Family-sensitive caregiving: a key component of quality in early care and education arrangements / Juliet Bromer ... [et al.] -- Measuring culturally responsive early care and education / Eva Marie Shivers and Kay Sanders, with T'Pring R. Westbrook --
• III. Cross-cutting issues. Measuring quality of ECE programs for children with disabilities / Donna Spiker, Kathleen M. Hebbeler, and Lauren R. Barton -- Defining and measuring quality in early childhood practices that promote dual language learners' development and learning / Dina C. Castro, Linda M. Espinosa, and Mariela M. Páez -- The whole child, the whole setting: toward integrated measures of quality / Suzanne M. Bouffard and Stephanie M. Jones -- Aligning measures of quality with professional development goals and goals for children's development / Robert C. Pianta, Bridget K. Hamre, and Jason Downer -- Beyond classroom-based measures for preschoolers: addressing the gaps in measures for home-based care and care for infants and toddlers / Heather Sandstrom, Shannon Moodie, and Tamara Halle --
• IV. Applications in policy and practice. Measuring and rating quality: a state perspective on the demands for quality measurement in a policy context / Deborah Swenson-Klatt and Kathryn Tout -- Data-driven decision making in preparation for large-scale quality rating system implementation / Kathy R. Thornburg ... [et al.] -- Differing purposes for measuring quality in early childhood settings: aligning purpose with procedures / Martha Zaslow, Kathryn Tout, and Tamara Halle -- Ending with a beginning: key themes and next steps / Martha Zaslow, Tamara Halle, and Kathryn Tout.

ISBN

• 9781598571615 (pbk.)
• 1598571613 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010042538

OCLC

670248224

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library