ED394734 PS024209
Title: NAEYC Accreditation: A Decade of Learning and the Years Ahead.
Author(s): Bredekamp, Sue, Ed.; Willer, Barbara A., Ed.
Author Affiliation: National Association for the Education of Young
Children, Washington, DC.(FGK56164)
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0-935989-74-9
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Availability: NAEYC, 1509 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-1426
(Order No. 905).
Language: English
Document Type: Collected works--General (020)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIESEP1996
The year 1995-96
marks the 10th anniversary of NAEYC accreditation. This collection
brings together essays that examine what educators have learned
from the past decade along with future directions for accreditation.
The chapters focus on three broad themes: (1) effects of NAEYC accreditation
on program quality and outcomes for children; (2) lessons learned
from accreditation; and (3) relationships between NAEYC accreditation
and public policy. The chapters are (1) "The First Decade of
NAEYC Accreditations: Growth and Impact on the Field" (Sue
Bredekamp and Stephanie Glowacki), describing the sociopolitical
and historical context behind NAEYC's accreditation system; (2)
"The Quality of Work Life in Early Childhood Programs: Does
Accreditation Make a Difference?" (Paula Jorde Bloom); (3)
"The Effects of Accreditation on Care in Military Child Development
Centers" (Gail L. Zellman and Anne S. Johansen); (4) "NAEYC
Accreditation as an Indicator of Program Quality: What Research
Tells Us" (Marcy Whitebook); (5) "Accreditation of Johnson
and Johnson's Child Development Center" (Carollee Howes and
Ellen Galinsky); (6) "Using a Statistical-Indicator of Methodology
for Accreditation" (Richard Fiene); (7) "Accreditation:
Process or Product?" (Annette Sibley and Martha Abbott-Shim);
(8) "The Challenge of Responding to Individual and Cultural
Differences and Meeting the Needs of All Communities" (Gayle
Cunningham); (9) "Facilitated Accreditation Project" (Lori
Harris and others); (10) "The Accreditation Facilitation Project:
A Community Climate Ripe for Collaboration on Quality" (Judith
G. Goldfarb and Deborah Flis); (11) "The Role of Accreditation
in Public Policy" (Louise Stoney); (12) "Licensing and
Accreditation: How Much Quality is Quality?" (Gwen Morgan);
(13) "What Do Parents Want? Can We Create Consumer Demand for
Accredited Child Care Programs?" (Barbara Reisman); and (14)
"Creating a Market for Quality through NAEYC Accreditation"
(W. Steven Barnett). (BGC)
Descriptors: *Accreditation (Institutions); Child Development; *Child
Development Centers; Child Rearing; Cooperation; Curriculum Evaluation;
*Day Care; *Early Childhood Education; Educational Assessment; Politics;
Preschool Education; Program Content; Public Policy; Sociology;
Standards; Young Children
Identifiers: *Day Care Quality; Family Needs; Historical Background;
*National Association Educ of Young Children; Quality Indicators
