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Improving Systems, Practices, and Outcomes

Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

Topic Editors: Jani Kozlowski

jani.kozlowski@unc.edu

Increasingly, states are developing Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS), also referred to as Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS) or Quality Rating Systems (QRS), to assess and improve the quality of early care and education programs for young children, increase parents' understanding of and access to quality child care, and enhance the professional development of early care and education providers.

See also: eNotes on QRIS and Early Childhood Data Sources: Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)

Figure: Building High-Quality Systems: Governance, Finance, Personnel, Data System, Accountability and Quality Improvement, Quality Standards

ECTA System Framework: Quality Standards Component

The Quality Standards component guides Part C and Section 619 Coordinators, their staff and partners in an ongoing process of evaluating the quality of their programs and services within the context of the larger early care and education community, to ensure continuous program improvement and to develop more effective, efficient systems that support enhanced child and family outcomes.

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Quality Compendium

Quality Compendium: A Catalog and Comparison of Quality Improvement Systems (QIS) is jointly developed by the Build Initiative and Child Trends, which catalogs and compares quality initiatives such as the Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). The compendium includes state profiles, and an indicator category database including provisions for children with special needs.

Additionally, the Office of Child Care developed a series of Quality Rating and Improvement System Fact Sheets using data in the compendium.