Using Rating Scales to Evaluate Quality Early Childhood Education and Care: Reliability Issues

Autor/in	Rentzou, Konstantina
Titel	Using Rating Scales to Evaluate Quality Early Childhood Education and Care: Reliability Issues
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 25 (2017) 5, S.667-681 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rentzou, Konstantina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2017.1356599
Schlagwörter	Rating Scales; Child Care Centers; Infants; Preschool Education; Toddlers; Program Evaluation; Educational Quality; Reliability; Foreign Countries; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Greece; Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale; Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rating-Skala; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Infants; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Reliabilität; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Griechenland
Abstract	Four rating scales for accessing aspects of early childhood education and care programs' quality were employed for the present study. The aim of the study was to examine scales' reliability by using them in one preschool and one infant/toddler classroom during the course of a week. Research results suggest that early childhood education and care programs include both static and dynamic variables. Activities and types of interaction were found to fluctuate over days whereas the other aspects of the global quality of the classrooms remained consistent over days. Implications of these findings are discussed. The paper emphasizes the importance of using multiple rating scales in order to assess quality dimensions in early childhood education and care programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01