For early care and education programs to achieve high quality, caregivers and teachers need professional development supports that enhance their actual effectiveness in the settings in which they practice. In this article, the author discusses three areas relevant to increasing the competence of early care and education providers: (a) challenging…

With the rising number of Latino and dual language learner (DLL) children attending pre-k and the importance of assessing the quality of their experiences in those settings, this study examined the extent to which a commonly used assessment of teacher-child interactions, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), demonstrated similar…

In recent years, providsion of early learning experiences to children has found a place on political agendas nationwide. Increasingly, early childhood education is viewed as a point of leverage for addressing low levels of, and gaps in, K-12 achievement. This article discusses what people know about the quality of existing early-childhood…