Measures of Child Care Quality

• In Event: Poster Session 4
  In Poster Session: Division D Section 1 Poster Session

Abstract

The Infant-Toddler Environmental Rating Scales (ITERS; Harms, Cryer, & Clifford, 1990) and the Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS; Arnett, 1989) measured child care quality in the 2-year cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (Nord, Edwards, Andreassen, Green, & Wallner-Allen, 2006). Recent research recommends statistical validation of instruments that measure child care quality and that guide policy decisions (Gordon et al., 2012). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) supported a 6 factor structure for the ITERS and a four factor structure for the CIS. Correlational studies indicated that ITERS and CIS overall scores supported convergent validity, as did subscale scores within each instrument. ITERS scores for Interaction and Listening and the CIS Sensitivity scores demonstrated convergent validity.

Authors

• Caroline Gooden, University of Kentucky

• Zijia Li, University of Kentucky