Evaluating the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS): Assessing differences between the first and revised edition

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-445

  Sakai, Laura M ^a   Whitebook, Marcy ^b   Wishard, Alison ^c   Howes, Carollee ^b  

^a University of California at Berkeley ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing Center Quality; Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS); Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Revised (ECERS R)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344081896     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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