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Goelman, Hillel; Forer, Barry; Kershaw, Paul; Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna; LaGrange, Annette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
This paper reports on the design, methodology, and results of a study of quality in 326 classrooms in 239 Canadian child care centers. This study, the largest and most extensive ever undertaken in Canada, used the Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS) to rate the adult-child interactions in the classrooms and the Infant-Toddler Environment Rating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Wages, Questionnaires, Public Policy
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Kershaw, Paul; Forer, Barry; Goelman, Hillel – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2005
Research shows that stability is one component of quality child care. We investigate the understudied phenomenon of the stability of child-care facilities over time, focusing on the province of British Columbia, Canada. Although net figures show growth in the number of providers between 1997 and 2001, they obfuscate a dramatic level of closure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Caregivers, Child Care