Quality Rating and Improvement System for Early Care and Education : Development, Implementation, Evaluation and Learning. This item is unavailable.Quality Rating and Improvement System for Early Care and Education : Development, Implementation, Evaluation and Learning

Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) has gained national momentum. The authors first present a national scene of QRIS and then use Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County as a case study to illustrate a number of things. First, they look at the logic model behind the QRIS. Next, they review the design and implementation of the QRIS in the context of partnership and systems thinking. Finally, they provide an evaluation design and findings. The book is useful for policy makers, administrators of early and education at various levels, researchers, and others who seek to improve early care and education.

Dr. Jianping Shen is the John E. Sandberg Professor of Education and currently the Gwen Frostic Endowed Chair for Research and Innovation at Western Michigan University.
Dr. Xin Ma is Professor of Education Statistics and Mathematics Education in the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology and the Department of STEM Education at the University of Kentucky.