ResourcesPosted on April 11, 2025
The California Department of Social Services is pleased to announce the fifth convening of the Equity-Centered QRIS Advisory Panel. The fifth Panel meeting will be April 29, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. All meetings are open to the public so that community members can participate […]
Posted on April 11, 2025
BlackECE’s inaugural event welcomed nearly 150 ECE professionals, policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders committed to ensuring California’s early care and education system is culturally affirming while policies, practices, and resource allocation are not only equitable but are pro-Black and anti-racist. We are building off …
Posted on October 10, 2024
The California Department of Social Services is pleased to announce the third convening of the Equity-Centered QRIS Advisory Panel, December 9, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m
Posted on May 26, 2021
First 5 California is happy to share resources on using the CLASS tools in diverse early learning and care settings. Teachstone, in partnership with First 5 California and WestEd, facilitated a series of focus groups with educators to gain more information about the use of CLASS in diverse communities and settings. The resulting job aids are …
Posted on December 27, 2019
QRIS assessors and anchors on the Environment Rating Scales (ERS) may access the training and support documents including: ● Guidance Inappropriate and Damaged Books 2019 ● ERS Assessor Toolkit 2019 ● Diapering-handwashing 2019 ● Observer Guidelines 2019 ● California ERS Anchor Certification Process ● How to Prepare For Certification ● Scoring …
Posted on October 22, 2019
Ages & Stages Questionnaires® (ASQ®) provide reliable, accurate developmental and social-emotional screening for children between birth and age 6. Screening young children is an effective, efficient way for professionals to check a child’s development, help parents celebrate their child’s milestones and know what to look for next, and …
Posted on May 23, 2019
All About Young Children: Information for Families on Children’s Early Development is a website that provides resources for families based on the California Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Foundations and the California Preschool Learning Foundations. This website includes video clips of children’s activities followed by …
Posted on February 15, 2019
Supplementary Materials for the FCCERS instrument, including the Expanded Scoresheet and Interrater Reliability Sheet.
Posted on February 15, 2019
Supplementary Materials for the ITERS-R, including the Expanded Scoresheet and Interrater Reliability Sheet.
Posted on February 15, 2019
supplementary materials for the ECERS-R, including the Expanded Scoresheet and Interrater Reliability Sheet.
Posted on February 15, 2019
This information sheet clarifies the roles of state, regional, and local Environment Rating Scales Anchors and assessors within Quality Counts California (QCC) as well as processes for ensuring high standards of reliability on the tools.
Posted on January 31, 2019
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Public Playground Safety Handbook offers design and maintenance recommendations intended to reduce playground-related injuries. The recommendations include guidelines for choosing safe equipment and play surfaces.
Posted on January 31, 2019
The CLASS® instrument provides a framework for assessing teachers’ interactions with children as part of a data-driven continuous improvement process.
Posted on January 30, 2019
The Environment Rating Scales are a series of tools designed to assess process quality in a variety of care early childhood and school-age care environments
