What types of family engagement activities are offered by programs participating in the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) at different quality rating tiers?

Family engagement activities offer opportunities for families to feel connected to the CCEE programs their children attend. There are a variety of family engagement activities that CCEE program sites could offer. Identifying the most common types of family engagement activities for each quality rating tier can help identify opportunities to support CCEE programs across the levels to engage families effectively. Site level information can be used to identify QRIS participating programs and the family engagement activities offered by each site at each quality rating tier.

Identify CCEE Program Sites that are Operational

Identity program sites currently in operation by selecting program sites with “Active” indicated in the option set for the data element Operational Status.

Identify QRIS Participation Status for Operational CCEE Program Sites

Using the element, QRIS Participation History, create two groups of program sites (Site ID); those that indicate “Program site currently participates in the QRIS” and those that indicate either “Program site has never participated in the QRIS” or “Program site previously participated in the QRIS.”

If the state does not have a QRIS, but has another quality improvement system or initiative, use the data element Quality Improvement Participation to identify the participation status of program sites (Site ID) participating in the state’s other quality improvement initiative by selecting the option “Program site currently participates in another QI initiative”.

Identify CCEE Program Sites at Each QRIS Rating Tier

Organize program sites (Site ID) by QRIS Score. For reference, the number of quality levels is detailed in the System Level data element QRIS Levels. The system level data element QRIS Levels does not need to be connected to program sites for this analysis. The range of values from the QRIS Score data element for each participating site is sufficient to answer this question. Alternatively, using the value of the QRIS Score data element, code the data into groups of any desired quality grouping (e.g., high-quality and low-quality categories).

Disaggregate Family Engagement Participation Information for QRIS Participating Program Sites

Once the data is grouped by quality rating score or category, examine the prevalence of different types of family engagement opportunities using the fields for the data element Program Provides Parent Involvement Opportunity. The field names for this data element include “Parent Workshop”, “Parent Conference”, and “Parent Feedback”, among others. The option set for this data element is “Yes” or “No.” The fields can be assigned a numeric value of “1” where the option set category selected is “Yes” or “0” where the option set category selected is “No.” The total value for each type of family engagement activity can be summed to determine which involvement opportunities are the most prevalent for each quality rating score or category.