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Massachusetts’Quality Rating and
Improvement System (QRIS)
Overview and Update
Overview
What and Why of QRIS
Massachusetts’ Process for Developing a QRIS
Preliminary Recommendations
Moving Forward
“A Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) is a method to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in
early care & educationand after-school settings.”
(Stair Steps to Quality, United Way Success by Six, p. 4)
QRIS:Quality Rating and Improvement System
Why QRIS?
QRIS are an early education and care market intervention that
help address the tension between increasing standards to produce better outcomes for children
and maintaining affordable prices for families.
From Anne Mitchell
QRIS Creates a Structure to Organize Key Functions of an Early Education and Care System in MA
Positive Outcomes for Children, Families and
Communities
Systems Planning, Monitoring, Accountability
and Enforcement
Family Education, Engagement and Support
Standards for Programs, Practioners, and Children
Support to Programs and Educators to Meet and Maintain Standards
Financial Supports for Families
Slide from Anne Mitchell
Components of Massachusetts’ QRIS
1. Standards2. Monitoring and Accountability3. Program and Practitioner Supports4. Fiscal Incentives5. Family Information and Education and the overarching structure
Each element will go through 3 phases – Design, Public Input, & Implementation
MA QRIS Timeline
StandardsDesign PhasePublic InputImplementation
Monitoring & AccountabilityDesign PhasePublic InputImplementation
Program and Practitioner SupportsDesign PhasePublic InputImplementation
Fiscal IncentivesDesign PhasePublic InputImplementation
Consumer EngagementDesign PhasePublic InputImplementation
PILOT QRIS (Fall 2009)FULL IMPLEMENTATION (when funding)
Feb 08| Jul 08| Dec 08| Jul 09| Dec 09| Jul 10
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Design Process for the QRIS Structure and Standards
EEC InternalQRIS Team
EEC BoardParent AdvisoryEEC Advisory
QRIS External Working Group
(Subgroup of Advisory
Committee)
Drafts of the Standards now go to Public Input Phase
Standards Design Teams
External Stakeholders Standards Design Team Mary Ann Anthony – Catholic Charities
(representative of MADCA) Chad d’Entremont – Early Education for All Marcia Farris – MassAEYC Jodi Figuerido – Institute for Education and
Professional Development Barbara Finlayson – Hampshire Educational
Collaborative Sarah Fujiwara – Horizons for Homeless Children Gwynn Hughes – Massachusetts After-school
Partnership Kelty Kelley – Massachusetts Community
Partnerships Councils Pam Kuechla – PACE Child Care Works /
Massachusetts Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Kay Lisseck – Schott Fellows Kathy Modigliani – Family Child Care Project Kathy Reticker – Acre Family Day Care
(representative of MADCA) Grace Richardson – American Family Child Care
Association, Ind. Family Child Care Provider Jim Robertson – Plowshares Jason Sachs/Karen Silver – Boston Public Schools Ronna Schaffer – MA Head Start Association Peg Sprague – United Way of Mass Bay and the
Merrimack Valley Nancy Topping-Tailby – MA Head Start Association Donna Traynham – MA Dept. of Elementary and
Secondary Education Libby Zimmerman – Connected Beginnings
Internal EEC Standards Design Team Phil Baimas, Prof. Dev. and Regulation Pat Cameron, Special Education Amy Checkoway, UPK and Quality Joan Clark, IT Gail DeRiggi, Family Support Nancy Doyle, Quality Joyce Holen, Regional Licensing Annette Lamana, Quality Jennifer Louis, Research Dave McGrath, Licensing Larisa Mendez-Penate, Comp Services Anita Moeller, Programs Deena Papanikolaou, Legal Kelli Piligian, Regional Licensing Alda Rego, Finance Pam Roux, Prof. Dev. Rod Southwick, Research Matt Veno, Communications Tom Weierman, Legal Corey Zimmerman, QRIS and Research
MA QRIS Overarching Structure: Preliminary Recommendations
Include licensed and license-exempt programs and providers serving children birth – 14 years of age.
Voluntary participation initially, eventually may be mandatory to receive certain funding.
Design of standards should consider different setting types.
Recognize and incorporate existing quality standards, such as Head Start, NAEYC and NAFCC
Hybrid of mandatory criteria plus points to move to next level.
Provide financial and other quality supports during implementation.
MA QRIS Standards:Preliminary Recommendations Five levels of quality defined in draft standards with combination of
required criteria and more flexible points.
Nine categories within draft standards*: Relationships Physical Environment Leadership and Management Health and Safety Curriculum and Assessment Community Involvement Family Involvement Program Evaluation Workforce Quality and Support
*Special Education & Cultural Competence embedded across categories of draft standards.
Three versions of draft standards by program type: Center/school-based Family child care School-age
Center/School-Based StandardsDRAFT
Level 1:Full licensing with no action to revoke, orPrograms operated and overseen by a local education agency (i.e. license-exempt programs)1
Level 2:Programs must earn at least 36 points and at least 4 points must be earned in each standard area
Level 3:Programs must earn at least 72 points and at least 8 points must be earned in each standard area
Level 4:Current accreditation from NAEYC, or If a Head Start designee, receipt of a Blue or Gold letter from the Office of Head Start as a result of the triennial review process
Level 5:Current accreditation from NAEYC, andEvery classroom has a teacher with a Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field, andPrograms which are operated and overseen by a local education agency (i.e. license-exempt) must demonstrate that they meet all EEC licensing requirements for group programs
1 Need to insert appropriate language for other types of license-exempt programs, i.e. Catholic, Montessori
Moving Forward with QRIS
Next 6 months Standards out for public review Complete design of Monitoring & Accountability
component Design and begin implementation of the Program
and Practitioner Supports component Continue communication with the field to gather
input
Next 1-2 years Design Fiscal Incentives component Pilot QRIS rating system and quality supports
Align with other EEC initiatives Income Eligible Re-procurement UPK Workforce Taskforce recommendations FY10 Budget
For more information…
Corey ZimmermanDept. of Early Education and [email protected]
617-988-6635
www.eec.state.ma.us
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