Evaluation │ Center for Early Learning Systems
AIR evaluates early care and education programs and policies at the federal, state and local level. AIR evaluations help identify best practices and lead to recommendations for improving program quality and outcomes, with an eye toward system-wide implementation.
AIR can help organizations to do the following:
- Work with stakeholders to plan an evaluation approach
- Conduct a process evaluation to determine the factors that facilitate and hinder program improvement
- Assess the quality of early care and education settings, using tools such as the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R), the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), and the Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO)
- Estimate the cost of various quality improvement initiatives
- Conduct an outcomes evaluation to assess impacts on children, families, and communities
Key Work
Independent Evaluation of California’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Quality Rating and Improvement System: Cumulative Technical Report
Local Quality Improvement Efforts and Outcomes Descriptive Study: Final Report
Evaluation of the Stretch to Kindergarten Program: 2012 Findings, Final Report
Evaluation of the First 5 LA Family Literacy Initiative: Final Evaluation Report
Study of California's Transitional Kindergarten Program
Process Evaluation of Preschool for All (PFA), San Mateo and San Francisco Counties
First 5 Los Angeles Family Literacy Initiative Evaluation
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