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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Do Standard Measures of Preschool Quality Used in Statewide Policy Predict School Readiness?
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Sabol, Terri J.; Pianta, Robert C. – Education Finance and Policy, 2014
In the majority of states using Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) to improve children's school readiness, the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) is a core assessment of preschool program quality and is central to QRIS metrics and incentive structures. The present study utilizes nationally representative…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Education, Rating Scales, Measures (Individuals)
The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce from 1990 through 2010: Changing Dynamics and Persistent Concerns
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Bassok, Daphna; Fitzpatrick, Maria; Loeb, Susanna; Paglayan, Agustina S. – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
Historically, the early childhood care and education (ECCE) workforce has been characterized as a low-education, low-compensation, low-stability workforce. In recent years, considerable investments have been made to correct this, but we lack evidence about the extent to which these investments were accompanied by changes in the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Educational Attainment