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ERIC Number: EJ314234
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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High Quality Child Care: Does Your Center Measure Up?
Kontos, Susan; Stevens, Robin
Young Children, v40 n2 p5-9 Jan 1985
Summarizes three recent studies which found relationships between the quality of day care centers and children's development. Also describes the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale and its effects when used by centers for self-evaluation. Discusses similar benefits of self-study resulting from the accreditation program of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. (CB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Inservice Teacher Education, Preschool Children, Self Evaluation (Groups), Social Development, Standards
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale; National Association Educ of Young Children