Research and analysis

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.

From:
Department for Education
Published
29 October 2021

Applies to England

Documents

Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): Developing alternative quality scales for early childhood education and care (ECEC) using exploratory analysis

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-296-0, DFE-RR1167

PDF, 461 KB, 36 pages

Details

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
Published 29 October 2021

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