Journal article
Structures and systems influencing quality improvement in Australian early childhood education and care centres
Australian educational researcher, Vol.51(1), pp.297-319
03/2024
PMID: 36620473
Appears in Recent Faculty of Education Publications
Metrics
1 Record Views
Abstract
This study assessed the impact of structural characteristics on quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) outcomes in an Australian national study. Data from the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) repository of National Quality Standard (NQS) ratings were used to identify long day care services that had improved from Working Towards NQS to Meeting or Exceeding NQS or had no change over two assessments. QRIS outcomes were examined for state/territory jurisdiction, urban-rural location, community socio-economic status, type and size of provider organisation, centre size and stability of centre owner/provider using multinomial logistic regression analyses. Controlling for jurisdiction, results showed that improvement to Meeting NQS was more likely for not-for-profit versus for-profit providers and for large multi-site provider organisations versus small, stand-alone providers. Improvement to Exceeding NQS was also associated with not-for-profit and larger provider organisations, as well as larger versus smaller centres, and centres that had stable ownership.
Details
- Title
- Structures and systems influencing quality improvement in Australian early childhood education and care centres
- Creators
- Linda J. Harrison - Macquarie UniversityManjula Waniganayake - Macquarie UniversityJude Brown - Macquarie UniversityRebecca Andrews - Macquarie UniversityHui Li - Shanghai Normal UniversityFay Hadley - Macquarie UniversitySusan Irvine - Queensland University of TechnologyLennie Barblett - Edith Cowan UniversityBelinda Davis - Macquarie UniversityMaria Hatzigianni - University of West Attica
- Publication Details
- Australian educational researcher, Vol.51(1), pp.297-319
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 23
- Grant note
- This research was funded by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) who initiated an open tender process seeking the services of an external organisation to design and conduct a national research study to identify the characteristics and drivers of quality improvement in long day care services (Quality Improvement Research Project—Request for Tender, October 2018).
- Identifiers
- 991013370632902368
- Copyright
- © The Australian Association for Research in Education, Inc. 2023.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article