Revising and Implementing ECERS3, ITERS3 and FCCERS3 State Perspectives

Slide Deck July 17, 2018

This presentation, from the 2018 QRIS National Meeting, covers state perspectives on revisions and implementation issues for the latest versions of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-3), the Infant-Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-3) and the Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-3).

It’s Time: The Steady Growth Of QRIS And The ECE System

Blog July 16, 2018

A pre-retirement tribute to her legacy, this blog post features an interview with Anne Mitchell, an early childhood leader for more than three decades who played a key role in the birth and life of QRIS. She offers her thoughts on the beginnings of QRIS, the impact of QRIS on the early childhood systems building movement, and what she sees for the future.

QRIS 101: Everything You Want to Know About QRIS but Are Afraid to Ask

Archived Meeting Resources July 16, 2018

This slide deck is from the session titled Everything You Want to Know About QRIS but Are Afraid to Ask at the 2018 QRIS National Meeting. It focuses on increasing the understanding of QRIS at the national and state levels, exploring common QRIS elements and state approaches, and discussing QRIS trends and innovations.

Help Me Grow and QRIS: A CrossSystems Approach to Strengthening Early Learning through Early Detection, Referral, and Linkage to Services

Archived Meeting Resources July 16, 2018

This PowerPoint Presentation from the 2018 QRIS conference covers QRIS as a framework for system building, Help Me Grow as an initiative in QRIS, and implementation experiences from Orange County California and Vermont.

Using the Data You Have to Inform QRIS and Quality Improvement Initiatives

Archived Meeting Resources July 16, 2018

This PowerPoint Presentation from the 2018 QRIS conference covers the Child Trends Quality Rated Validation Project and case studies from Georgia and Delaware.

Attention To State Child Care Subsidy Systems Essential To Building The Supply Of HighQuality Child Care And Supporting Families With Infants And Toddlers

Blog July 5, 2018

States now have a tremendous opportunity to improve their child care assistance policies and make them work better for infants and toddlers and their families, thanks to the historic increase in funding for the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) starting in FY 2018. This blog post outlines strategies for improving state child care subsidy systems.

Mixedmethods evaluation of Quality Start LA: Provider ratings of QRIS processes, analyses of program wide data and measures of stakeholder collaboration.

Archived Meeting Resources July 1, 2018

Mixed Methods Evaluation of Quality Start LA

Slide Deck July 1, 2018

This presentation covers provider ratings of QRIS processes, analyses of program-wide data, and measures of stakeholder collaboration for Quality Start LA.

What You Need to Know About the New “Preschool Development Grant B5”

Policy Agenda July 1, 2018

The resource below provides additional information about the grants and compares them to the similar, yet unrelated federal “Preschool Development Grant” (Legacy PDG) created during the Obama administration as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Early Childhood Interrupted: The Effect of Disasters, Natural or Otherwise on Vulnerable Children and Families

Archived Meeting Resources July 1, 2018

Today’s discussion is a 'call to action' with diverse humanitarian response teams and federal/state/local child advocates who support preparation, recovery and equitable outcomes for young children and families when disaster strikes.