What is the history of QRIS in New York?
Exploration of a Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) in New York State began in March 2005. The New York State Child Care Coordinating Council (NYSCCCC), with support from several private foundations, convened a group of about 50 diverse stakeholders representing child care, Head Start and prekindergarten providers, professional associations, academics, researchers, business, advocates, state and local government, public education, and child care resource and referral agencies. The Committee explored how other states had approached QRIS, discussed the opportunities and challenges in developing a QRIS in NYS and created work groups to delve deeper into four key areas: Quality Rating Scale and Assessment, Provider Support, Consumer Information and Financing the System. The full Committee met several more times in 2005 and 2006 to receive reports and plan next steps. The efforts of the Work Groups fed into the Design Group, which developed a proposal for the key elements of a rat
