How does the number and percent of CCEE workforce members that completed training on state Early Learning Guidelines or Standards vary by Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) participation?

State Early Learning Guidelines (or Standards) describe the skills and outcomes for young children. These can guide programs and CCEE workforce members in developing instruction tailored to meeting children’s developmental needs. Some states incorporate Early Learning Guidelines in their quality improvement initiatives such as QRIS, and some do not. Answering this question can help determine if differences in training on the Early Learning Guidelines vary by program sites’ participation in quality initiatives. To answer this question, link practitioner level information to site level information after identifying each program’s sites QRIS participation status.

Identify CCEE Program Sites Participating in QRIS

The data element QRIS Participation History can be used to isolate program sites (Site ID) participating in the state’s QRIS by selecting the option “Program site currently participates in the QRIS.” The quality level of a program is indicated in the QRIS Score data element.

If the state does not have a QRIS, but has another quality improvement system or initiative use the data element Quality Improvement Participation to isolate 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”.

Categorize QRIS Participation for all CCEE Program Sites

To answer this question, identify programs participating in the QRIS with a numerical value of “1” and those that do not participate in the QRIS with a numerical value of “0”.

Identify CCEE Workforce Members Employed at CCEE Program Sites in Each QRIS Participation Category

The QRIS participation status can be associated with CCEE workforce members by linking Practitioner ID to the Site ID of the program that employs each CCEE workforce member.  Count the Practitioner ID of CCEE workforce members in both QRIS participation categories.

Identify CCEE Workforce Members Employed at CCEE Program Sites who Received Training on Early Learning Guidelines

Calculate the number of CCEE workforce members who received training on State Early Learning Guidelines or standards by counting the Practitioner ID for workforce members that have a value of “State early learning guidelines” from the option set of the Practitioner Training data element.

Calculate the Percent of CCEE Workforce Members who Received Training on State Early Learning Guidelines in each QRIS Participation Category

To find the percent, divide the number of state guideline trained practitioners by the total number of practitioners employed by a QRIS participating program and multiply by 100. The divide the number of state guideline trained practitioners by the total number of practitioners employed by programs that do not participate in the QRIS and multiply by 100.