Evaluating the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS): Assessing differences between the first and revised edition

By Laura Sakai, M. Whitebook, Alison G. Wishard, C. Howes. 2003

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An Exploratory Look at the Relationships Among Math Skills, Motivational Factors and Activity Choice (2013, background): “…and 1980s of mediocre effectiveness in preschool environments, much attention has focused on ways to enhance practices to improve childcare quality (Sakai et al. 2003), and provided a means to not only improve preschool classrooms but also acquire a research base about mathematical learning in…”
The relationship between teacher qualification and the quality of the early childhood education and care environment (2017, background): “Further, the authors of the Environment Rating Scale (ERS) have intended to make ECERS, ITERS and their revised versions as comparable measures of quality (Sakai et al., 2003).”
Measurement of quality in preschool child care classrooms: An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the early childhood environment rating scale-revised (2005, unknown): “Sakai et al. (2003) reported a two-factor solution (“Teaching and Interactions” and “Provisions for Learning”) as the most appropriate for the ECERS-R.”