Progress and Challenges in Developing Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS) in the Round 1 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) States

Title:	Progress and Challenges in Developing Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS) in the Round 1 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) States
Description:	The Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant program promoted the development of rating systems to document the quality of early childhood education programs. This evaluation report describes progress made by states that received the Round 1 grants in developing and implementing Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS). The report is based on interviews with TQRIS administrators in the nine Round 1 states in 2015. It found substantial differences in the ways that states structured and implemented, promoted participation in, and rated and monitored programs in their systems.
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Cover Date:	November 2017
Web Release:	November 28, 2017
Print Release:	November 28, 2017
Publication #:	NCEE 20184003 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCEE
Authors:	Gretchen Kirby, Pia Caronongan, Andrea Mraz Esposito, Lauren Murphy, Megan Shoji, Patricia Del Grosso, Wamaitha Kiambuthi, Melissa Clark, and Lisa Dragoset: Mathematica Policy Research
Type of Product:	Intervention Report
Keywords:	Progress in Education States
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Intervention Report, please contact: Tracy Rimdzius.