全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Are Ratings from Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Valid Measures of Program Quality? A Synthesis of Validation Studies from Race to the Top

G2TT

来源类型	Publication
	Are Ratings from Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Valid Measures of Program Quality? A Synthesis of Validation Studies from Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge States
	Lindsay Fox; Moira McCullough; Pia Caronongan; and Mariesa Herrmann
发表日期	2019-04-29
出版者	Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
出版年	2019
语种	英语
概述	This report synthesizes findings from validation studies of tiered quality rating and improvement systems (TQRIS) conducted by nine states that received Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grants.",
摘要	Key Findings: All nine states used external measures of quality to examine the validity of their ratings; eight used an independently collected measure of program quality and eight used at least one measure of children’s outcomes. The ratings distinguished between programs with differing quality; higher-rated programs had higher scores on independent measures of quality. However, the overall level of quality for higher-rated programs could not be described as high based on these independent measures. The ratings were not related to differences in children’s outcomes; children who attended higher-rated programs did not have better developmental outcomes than those attending lower-rated ones. Researchers from all nine states reported that their non-experimental designs limited the interpretation of findings. In addition, most researchers perceived recruiting child care providers for the studies and attaining sufficient representation across the rating levels as the most challenging aspects of the studies. The usefulness of quality ratings for early learning and development programs depends on how accurately they measure programs’ quality, that is, their validity. To inform states’ continued development of tiered quality rating and improvement systems (TQRIS) and future validation studies, this report synthesizes findings from validation studies conducted by nine states that received Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grants. It also describes the challenges that researchers faced when conducting these studies.
URL	https://www.mathematica.org/our-publications-and-findings/publications/are-ratings-from-tiered-quality-rating-and-improvement-systems-valid-measures-of-program-quality
来源智库	Mathematica Policy Research (United States)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/489576
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lindsay Fox,Moira McCullough,Pia Caronongan,等. Are Ratings from Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Valid Measures of Program Quality? A Synthesis of Validation Studies from Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge States. 2019.

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文件名称/大小	资源类型	版本类型	开放类型	使用许可
NCEE Report Tiered Q（1869KB）	智库出版物		限制开放	CC BY-NC-SA	浏览