Social Policy Report - Quality of Early Childhood Development Programs in Global Contexts

Early childhood development (ECD) programs often involve health, education, child welfare, and other sectors. A new Social Policy Report from the Society for Research in Child Development provides a conceptualization of quality across ECD settings and systems and identifies future directions for improving the quality of ECD programs globally. The authors suggest that the solution to achieving equity in child outcomes within and across nations lies not just in increasing access, but in improving quality. Quality of Early Childhood Development Programs in Global Contexts (2011), by Pia Rebello Britto, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Kimberly Boller can be accessed online at http://www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1229