ED388408 PS023683

 

Title: The Florida Child Care Quality Improvement Study. Interim Report.
Author(s): Howes, Carollee; And Others
Author Affiliation: Families and Work Inst., New York, NY.(BBB29132)
Pages: 46
Publication Date: 1995
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Families and Work Institute, 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 ($9, plus $2.50 shipping and handling. Discount on orders of 5 or more copies).
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Evaluative (142)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1996

An ongoing child care improvement study is being conducted of approximately 150 licensed child care providers in 4 Florida counties. The study is assessing the impact of state legislation, which mandated lower caregiver-to-child ratios and increased credentialing. Thus far, the study has found the following effects: (1) children's emotional and intellectual development is improving; (2) teachers are more responsive and receptive since the increase in ratios; (3) negative management styles have become less frequently used; (4) global quality improved significantly from 1992-1994; (5) the number of children in child care has remained constant, but the number of staff has increased slightly; (6) teachers' salaries and parent fees have increased slightly; and (7) teacher turnover increased slightly. (Includes 15 tables, some of which are appended; and contains 46 references.) (JW)

Descriptors: Caregiver Role; *Child Care Occupations; *Child Caregivers; Community Coordination; Day Care; Day Care Centers; Early Childhood Education; Educational Change; *Educational Improvement; Human Services; Partnerships in Education; Policy Formation; Preschool Education; *Public Policy; Social Planning; Social Problems; Standards; *State Legislation; *Statewide Planning; Teacher Salaries; Young Children
Identifiers: *Florida