Measures of Child Care Quality

 

Measure/Test Abbreviation Associated Websites/References
Adult Involvement Scale AIS Howes, C., & Stewart, P. (1987). Child's play with adults, toys, and peers: An examination of family and child care influences. Developmental Psychology, 23, 423-430.
Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs

APECP

 Abbott-Shim, M., & Sibley, A. (1997). Assessment profile for early childhood programs. Atlanta, GA: Quality Assist.
Assessment Profile for Family Day Care APFDC Abbott-Shim, M. & Sibley, A. (1992). Assessment profile for early childhood programs: Research version. Atlanta, GA: Quality Assist, Inc.
Waters and Deane Attachment Q-Set AQS Waters, E., & Deane, K. E. (1985). Defining and assessing individual differences in attachment relationships: Q-methodology and the organization of behavior in infancy and early childhood. In I. Bretherton & E. Waters (Eds.), Growing points in attachment theory and research (pp. 41-65), Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 50(1-2, Serial No. 209).
The Belsky and Walker Spot Observation Checklist n/a Belsky, J., & Walker, A. (1980). Infant-toddler center spot observation system. Unpublished manuscript, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Individual and Family Studies, University Park.
Child Development Program Evaluation-Indicator Checklist CDPE-IC Fiene, R., & Nixon, M. (1985). Instrument-based monitoring and the indicator checklist for child care. Child Care Quarterly, 14, 28-46.
Teacher sensitivity and Caregiver behavior/interaction Scale CIS Arnett, J. (1989). Caregivers in day-care centers: Does training matter? Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 10, 541-552.
Child Observation Form COF Goelman, H. (1983). Manual for observing in day care centers and homes. Unpublished manuscript, Univerisity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Caregiver Observation Form and Scale COFAS Fiene, R. (1984). Child Development Program Evaluation Scale and COFAS. Washington, DC: Children's Services Monitoring Consortium.
Classroom Practices Inventory CPI Hyson, M. C., Hirsh-Pasek, K. & Rescorla, L. (1990). The classroom practices inventory: An observation instrument based on National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) guidelines for developmentally appropriate practices for 4- and 5-year-old children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 5, 475-494.
Bredekamp, S. (1987). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age eight. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Childrearing Practices Report CPR Rickel, A., & Biasatti, L. (1982). Modification of the Block Child Rearing Practices Report. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 129-134.
Day Care Environment Inventory DCEI Kritchevsky, S. (1987). Physical settings in day care centers: Teachers, program and space. In E. Prescott & E. Jones (Eds.), Group day care as a child-rearing environment: An observational study of day care programs (pp. 258-336). Washington, DC: Children's Bureau, Social Security Administration, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Prescott, E., Kritchevsky, S., & Jones, E. (1972). The day care environmental inventory. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Day Care Home Environment Rating Scale DCHERS Harms, T., Clifford, R., & Padan-Belkin, E. (1983). The Day Care Home Environment Rating Scale. Chapel Hill, NC: Homebased Day Care Training Project.
Educational Attitude Scale, Teacher Form EAS Rescorla, L., Hyson, M., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Cone, J. (1990). Academic expectations in mothers of preschool children: A psychometric study of the Educational Attitude Scale. Early Education and Development, 1, 167-184.
Early Childhood Classroom Observation Scale ECCOS Bredekamp, S. (Ed.). (1987). Accreditation criteria and procedures - position statement of the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs - a division of the National Assocation for the Education of Young Children. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale ECERS Harms, T., & Clifford, R. M. (1980). The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale. New York: Teachers College Press.
Child Centredness: UCLA Early Childhood Observation Form ECOF Stipek, D., Daniels, D., Galuzzo, D., & Milburn, S. (1992). Characterizing early childhood education programs for poor and middle-class children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 7, 1-19.
Family Day Care Rating Scale FDCRS Harms, T., & Clifford, R. M. (1989). The Family Day Care Rating Scale. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment HOME Bradley, R. H. & Caldwell, B. M. (1979). Home observation for measurement of the environment: A revision of the preschool scale. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 84, 235-244.

Caldwell, B. M. (1970). Instruction manual. HOME inventory for infants. Little Rock: University of Arkansas, Department of Early Childhood Education.

Caldwell, B. M. & Bradley, R. H. (1984). Home observation for the measurement of the environment (Rev. ed.). Little Rock: University of Arkansas, College of Education.
Instructional Environment Observation Scales IEOS Peisner-Feinberg, E. S., Burchinal, M. R., Clifford, R. M., Culkin, M. L., Howes, C., Kagan, S. L., & Yazejian, N., Byler, P., Ristici, J., Zelazo, J. (2000). The children of the cost, quality, and outcomes study go to school: Technical report. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Centre.
Infant-Toddler Environment Rating scale ITERS Harms, T., & Clifford, R. M. (1980). The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale. New York: Teachers College Press.
Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment ORCE National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1996). Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11, 269-306.
Student-Teacher Relationship Scale STRS Pianta, R. C., & Steinberg, M. (1992). Teacher-child relationships and the process of adjusting to school. In R. C. Pianta (Ed.), Beyond the parent: The role of other adults in children’s lives. New Directions for Child Development, 57, 61-80.

    2006 © Canadian Centre for Knowledge Mobilisation