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Early education and development: alternative quality scales

This examines whether current quality scales used to assess childcare settings are the best predictors of children’s cognitive and self-regulation development.

Applies to England

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This research is an exploratory piece of research that is part of the longitudinal study of early education and development (SEED).

The brief explores:

  • whether the ECERS-R, ECERS-E and SSTEW quality scales provide the best predictors of children’s cognitive and self-regulation development
  • if effective predictors of the effects of early childhood education and care (ECEC) quality on children’s development could be derived from a smaller collection of individual quality items

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Published 29 October 2021

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