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As demand for child care in the United States has grown, so have calls for improving its quality. One approach to quality improvement that has been gaining momentum involves the development and implementation of quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs): multicomponent assessments designed to make child-care quality transparent to child-care pr | RAND EDUCATION THE ARTS This PDF document was made available from as a public CHILD POLICY service of the RAND Corporation. CIVIL JUSTICE EDUCATION ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Jump down to document 6 HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NATIONAL SECURITY The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research POPULATION AND AGING organization providing objective analysis and effective PUBLIC SAFETY solutions that address the challenges facing the public SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBSTANCE ABUSE and private sectors around the world. TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE AND WORKPLACE Support RAND Purchase this document Browse Books Publications Make a charitable contribution For More Information Visit RAND at Explore RAND Education View document details Limited Electronic Distribution Rights This document and trademark s contained herein are protected by law as indicated in a notice appearing later in this work. This electronic representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for non-commercial use only. Unauthorized posting of RAND PDFs to a non-RAND Web site is prohibited. RAND PDFs are protected under copyright law. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce or reuse in another form any of our research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions please see RAND Permissions. This product is part of the RAND Corporation monograph series. RAND monographs present major research findings that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND monographs undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity. Child-Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems in Five Pioneer States Implementation Issues and Lessons Learned Gail L. Zellman Michal Perlman Prepared for the Annie E. Casey Foundation the Spencer Foundation and United Way America RAND .