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Toddlers’ Developmental Trajectories as a Function of QRIS Rated Child Care Quality
Child & Youth Care forum ( IF 2.203 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-20 , DOI: 10.1007/s10566-021-09643-z
James Elicker 1 , Zachary S. Gold 1 , Aura A. Mishra 1 , Sara F. Lane 1
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Background

State-level child care quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) have been implemented in a majority of states in the U.S.A. One goal is to improve developmental outcomes for young children, especially from families with fewer resources. Research is needed to determine if QRIS can produce quality improvements that will support the development of children from birth to three years.

Objective

Explore the association of toddlers’ growth trajectories over two years with their participation in varying quality-rated levels of child care.

Methods

In this two-year longitudinal study of 75 toddlers (M age = 15.5 months; SD = 2.36) children’s cognitive and social-emotional growth trajectories were estimated in three assessments, 12 months apart. All toddlers were low-income Child Care and Development Fund voucher recipients, cared for by child care providers within a Midwestern state’s voluntary QRIS. QRIS-rated child care quality, caregiver education level, and child–adult ratio were observed in parallel with individual cognitive and social-emotional child assessments. Growth analyses controlled for parent education, child race, ethnicity, disability status, and gender.

Results

Toddlers who received care in settings rated highest by the QRIS and those with caregivers who had higher education levels progressed at significantly higher rates of development in early learning skills, compared with toddlers placed in QRIS-rated lower quality settings or with caregivers with less education.

Conclusions

State-level QRIS have the potential to inform parents’ and policymakers’ decisions about child care quality associated developmental outcomes for children under three years of age. Especially important is the role of QRIS in incentivizing the educational preparation of toddler caregivers.



中文翻译:

幼儿的发展轨迹作为 QRIS 分级儿童保育质量的函数

背景

州级儿童保育质量评级和改进系统 (QRIS) 已在美国的大多数州实施。一个目标是改善幼儿的发展成果,尤其是来自资源较少家庭的幼儿。需要进行研究以确定 QRIS 是否可以产生质量改进,以支持从出生到 3 岁的儿童的发展。

目标

探索幼儿两年多来的成长轨迹与他们参与不同质量等级的托儿服务之间的关联。

方法

在这项对 75 名幼儿(M年龄 = 15.5 个月;SD  = 2.36)进行的为期两年的纵向研究中,在相隔 12 个月的三项评估中估计了儿童的认知和社交情绪成长轨迹。所有蹒跚学步的孩子都是低收入儿童保育和发展基金代金券接受者,由中西部州自愿 QRIS 内的儿童保育提供者照顾。与个体认知和社会情感儿童评估同时观察 QRIS 评级的儿童保育质量、照料者教育水平和儿童-成人比率。控制父母教育、儿童种族、民族、残疾状况和性别的成长分析。

结果

与在 QRIS 评级较低的环境中或有受教育程度较低的看护人的幼儿相比,在 QRIS 评分最高的环境中接受护理的幼儿和那些有较高教育水平的看护人的幼儿在早期学习技能的发展速度上显着提高。

结论

州级 QRIS 有可能为父母和政策制定者就三岁以下儿童的儿童保育质量相关发展结果的决定提供信息。特别重要的是 QRIS 在激励幼儿看护人的教育准备方面的作用。

更新日期:2021-08-20
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