Rachel A. Gordon|Ken Fujimoto|Robert Kaestner|Sanders Korenman|Kristin Abner
An assessment of the validity of the ECERS-R with implications for measures of child care quality and relations to child development.
University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago|Baruch College|University of Illinois at Chicago
early childhood environment rating scalerevised ecersr widely used associate child care quality child development validity purpose well established examined validity ecersr using multidimensional rasch partial credit model pcm factor analyses regression analyses data early childhood longitudinal study birth cohort pcm identified rating category disordering indicating previously unrecognized problems scales response process validity factor analyses identified neither single factor ecersr six subscales replicating prior research regarding scales structural validity criterion validity results mixed small effect sizes regressions predicting child outcomes moderate effect sizes regressions predicting teacherreported quality results lend empirical support recent critiques ecersr discuss implications future use development future measures