DIEEC Researchers: Alison Hooper, University of Alabama and Rena Hallam, University of Delaware

Funder: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation at the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The project is supported through a Community of Practice led by the Urban Institute.

Summary: EQuIPS is a new measure of early childhood program quality designed to combine program observation, document review, and provider interviews to measure quality in early childhood programs. Our research team supports the development of this tool by collecting observation data, conducting provider interviews, and other support as needed.