Child-care quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are designed to make child-care quality transparent to child-care parents, providers, and policymakers

In this seminal volume, leading authorities strategize about how to create early childhood systems that transcend politics and economics to serve the needs of a

As a result of the generally low quality of child care in the United States, quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are proliferating in the child-care

This publication focuses on quality issues in early childhood education and care: it aims to define quality and outlines five policy levers that can enhance it.

The first years of life lay the foundations for a child’s future development and learning. Reflecting on the important role of early childhood education and c