Early Childhood Research and Evaluation for State Licensing Administrators [electronic resource] / Richard Fiene.
This book for state early childhood licensing administrators addresses the problem of obtaining systematic and reliable information about the operation of an early childhood or child care program. The book: (1) provides an introduction to early childhood program evaluation; (2) describes systematic...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1990.
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| Summary: | This book for state early childhood licensing administrators addresses the problem of obtaining systematic and reliable information about the operation of an early childhood or child care program. The book: (1) provides an introduction to early childhood program evaluation; (2) describes systematic observation techniques; (3) discusses summative and formative program evaluation techniques and general characteristics of evaluation; (4) considers the distinctions between program evaluation and program monitoring in terms of conceptual differences and design elements that help to build an assessment and measurement paradigm; (5) details the state of the art in formative evaluative and program analysis instruments and systems, with particular attention to Day's Early Childhood Education: An Ecological Approach, Prescott's Day Care Environment Inventory, Harms and Clifford's Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Fiene's Child Development Program Evaluation System, the Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs, the California Child Development Quality Review System, the California Infant Toddler Program Quality Review Indicator System, and the National Academy of Early Childhood Program's Accreditation System; and (6) covers impact, management, and cost evaluation studies. (RH) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED321909. |
| Physical Description: | 68 p. |
| Audience: | Practitioners. |