Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale--Revised (Spanish)

Harms, Thelma; Clifford, Richard M.; Cryer, Debby

doi:10.1037/t15191-000

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“…By covering a wide range of regulatory systems, a cross-country comparison of quality may provide more insight into possible determinants of high-quality care. The current meta-analysis focuses on the most widely used instruments to measure quality: the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS; Harms et al 1980), the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS; Harms et al 1990), and its revisions (ECERS-R; Harms et al 1998 and ITERS-R; Harms et al 2003). Whilst these measures have been used extensively to compare levels of center-based child care quality, or to assess change over time within countries, this study is the first systematic examination of quality assessments around the globe.…”

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Quality of Child Care Using the Environment Rating Scales: A Meta-Analysis of International Studies

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IJzendoorn

Cárcamo

et al. 2016

IJEC

113

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The current study provides a systematic examination of child care quality around the globe, using the Environment Rating Scales (ERS). Additional goals of this study are to examine associations between ERS process quality and structural features (group size, caregiver-child ratio) that underpin quality and between ERS and more proximal aspects of child care quality (caregiver sensitivity). Furthermore, we consider possible differences in ERS associations arising from scale characteristics (infant vs early childhood version, original version vs revised scale, full version vs shortened version). The reported meta-analysis combines results of ERS child care quality reported in 72 studies from 23 countries across five international geographic regions. Group center care appeared to be of average quality with higher quality levels in Australia/New Zealand and North America. Our results suggest that: (1) ERS characteristics are not associated with differences in ERS scores and (2) ERS scores are related to indicators of proximal quality of care (caregiver sensitivity) and, to a lesser degree, structural quality of care (caregiver-child ratio). The meta-analysis provided cross-cultural comparisons on child care quality on a common instrument as a means to advance discussion on child care quality internationally. (2) que les scores aux ERS sont liés aux indicateurs de qualité proximale (sensibilité de l'éducateur) et, à un degré moindre, à la qualité structurelle (ratio éducateur-enfant). La méta analyse donne des comparaisons interculturelles de la qualité des services de garde à un instrument commun comme moyen de faire avancer la discussion sur la qualité des services de garde au niveau international.Resumen El presente estudio provee una revisión sistemática de la calidad del cuidado infantil en guarderías alrededor del mundo, usando las Escalas de Calificación del Ambiente (ERS). Los objetivos adicionales de este estudio son examinar las asociaciones entre la calidad de procesos y características estructurales (tamaño del grupo, proporción cuidadores -niños) que sustentan la calidad, y entre ERS y aspectos más próximos de la calidad del cuidado infantil (sensibilidad del cuidador). Además consideramos posibles diferencias en la asociación en ERS surgidas desde las características de las escalas (infantes versus niñez temprana, versión original versus escala revisada, versión completa versus versión abreviada). El meta-análisis reportado combina resultados de la calidad del cuidado de guarderías ERS de 72 estudios reportados en 23 países de cinco regiones geográficas internacionales. El cuidado grupal en estos centros apareció estar en calidad promedio, con altos niveles de calidad en Australia/Nueva Zelandia y Norte América. Nuestros resultados sugieren que: (1) Las características de la escala ERS no están asociadas con diferencias en los puntajes ERS y (2) Los puntajes de ERS están asociados a indicadores proximales de la calidad del cuidado (sensibilidad del cuidador) y, en menor grado, a la calidad estr...

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quality of Child Care Using the Environment Rating Scales: A Meta-Analysis of International Studies

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IJzendoorn

Cárcamo

et al. 2016

IJEC

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“…ITERS-R was developed by Harms et al32 to assess day care centers and is a valid and reliable measurement tool of physical quality and human resources in these institutions. It consists of 39 items grouped into seven subscales to evaluate the school environment: space and furnishings, personal care routines, language and literacy, learning activities, interaction, program structure, and adult needs.…”

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Impact of extrinsic factors on fine motor performance of children attending day care

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Santos

Marques

et al. 2016

Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition)

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Objective:To assess the impact of extrinsic factors on fine motor performance of children aged 2-years old.Methods:73 children attending public and 21 private day care centers were assessed. Day care environment was evaluated using the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition (ITERS-R), fine motor performance was assessed through the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (BSITD-III), socioeconomic data, maternal education and time of start at the day care were collected through interviews. Spearman's correlation coefficient was calculated to assess the association between the studied variables.Results:The time at the day care was positively correlated with the children's performance in some fine motor tasks of the BSITD-III, showing that the activities developed in day care centers were important for the refinement of specific motor skills, while the overall fine motor performance by the scale was associated with maternal education and the ITERS-R scale sub-item “language and understanding”.Conclusions:Extrinsic factors such as higher maternal education and quality of day care centers are associated with fine motor performance in children attending day care.

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“…Evaluations of the preschool learning environment using internationally tested instruments such as the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition 71 , Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale 72 , and School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale 73 , were reported in only two studies, which explains why reliable information about the quality of day care centers is relatively scarce in Chile. The results of these studies showed that quality levels in the majority of day care centers (newborns to two-year-olds) and preschools (five to six-yearolds) were low or medium, with higher levels in private centers.…”

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