Accountability for Quality: One State's Experience in Improving Practice

Autor/inn/en	Hooks, Laura McDonald; Scott-Little, Catherine; Marshall, Betty Jo; Brown, Glyn
Titel	Accountability for Quality: One State's Experience in Improving Practice
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 33 (2006) 6, S.399-403 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-006-0065-3
Schlagwörter	Accountability; Program Implementation; Classroom Observation Techniques; Teacher Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Classroom Environment; Educational Quality; Preschool Education; Kindergarten; Quality Control; Program Effectiveness; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Lehrerverhalten; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Qualitätskontrolle
Abstract	South Carolina recently implemented a new initiative to improve the quality of pre- kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms in primary schools. This article describes the initiative and examines evidence that such an effort can have a positive effect on early childhood program quality. Data from both classroom observations using the ECERS-R scale, and from teacher surveys, are used to examine the effectiveness of the quality improvement effort. Results indicate that training and support coupled with accountability requirements can facilitate positive changes within classrooms. Examples of positive changes teachers report they made as the result of this process are included, along with changes in ECERS-R quality rating scores. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10