What is the number/percentage of CCEE program sites participating in the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS)?

Answering this question can identify patterns in the types of programs that choose to participate in QRIS (when participation is voluntary). These patterns can be useful for targeting outreach and recruitment or for identifying barriers to participating in QRIS. To answer this question, use site level information to identify the total number of CCEE programs in operation and the total number of CCEE programs participating in QRIS.

Identify CCEE Program Sites that are Operational

To calculate the percent of CCEE program sites participating in the QRIS, first identity program sites currently in operation by selecting program sites with “Active” indicated in the option set for the data element Operational Status.

Identify CCEE Program Sites that Participate in QRIS

Then select and total the number of operational programs sites (Site ID) participating in the QRIS with “Program site currently participates in the QRIS” indicated in the option set for the QRIS Participation History data element.

Calculate the Percent of CCEE Program Sites that Participate in QRIS

Divide by the total number of program sites currently participating in the QRIS by the total number of operational program sites.

To calculate the number of CCEE program sites participating in a quality improvement initiative other than QRIS: use the data element, Quality Improvement Participation, select the program sites that indicate “Program site currently participates in another QI initiative” and divide by the total number of operational program sites.

4.2.1 What types of providers participated in the QRIS or other system of quality improvement during the fiscal year?

The QPR requires that this information be stratified by program type (Licensed child care centers, License-exempt child care centers, Licensed family child care homes, License-exempt family child care homes, In-home). Use the Site level data element Program Site Licensing Type to assign a license type to each provider (Unlicensed, Licensed, Exempt). Use the Early Childhood Setting (Home based, Community based, Center based, Center based for children with special needs, Family Child Care, Multi-setting and Locally designed) and Early Childhood Program Type Offered (Head Start, Early Head Start, Migrant Head Start, Tribal Head Start, Public Preschool, Private Preschool, etc.) and Type of Funding (CCDF) data elements to assign a setting type to each program Assign a code to each of the QPR specified categories using the license type and setting for each program site. (i.e., “1” for Licensed child care centers, “2” for License-exempt child care centers, “3” for Licensed family child care homes, “4” for License-exempt family child care homes, and “5” for home based).

To calculate the number of ECE program sites participating in the QRIS: use the element, QRIS Participation History, select the program sites (Site ID) that indicate “Program site currently participates in the QRIS” and divide by the total number of program sites with data for that element. Repeat this process for each QPR specified category.

To calculate the number of ECE program sites participating in a quality improvement initiative other than QRIS: use the element, Quality Improvement Participation, select the program sites that indicate “Program site currently participates in another QI initiative” and divide by the total number of program sites with data for that element. Repeat this process for each QPR specified category.