title: Child care in The Netherlands: trends in quality over the years 1995-2005.
abstract: The authors assessed the quality of child care in a representative national sample of 42 child-care centers in the Netherlands and compared it with the quality of care that researchers have found using similar samples in 1995 (M. H. van IJzendoorn, L. W. C. Tavecchio, G. J. J. M. Stams, M. J. E. Verhoeven, & E. J. Reiling, 1998) and 2001 (M. J. J. M. Gevers Deynoot-Schaub & J. M. A. Riksen-Walraven, 2005). In the present study, results showed a low level of overall process quality for the 2005 sample, measured by the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised (T. Harms, D. Cryer, & R. M. Clifford, 2003) and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (T. Harms, R. M. Clifford, & D. Cryer, 1998). The present authors found a significant decline in process quality in comparison with the 1995 and 2001 findings. They concluded that, from an international perspective, the Netherlands has lost its leading position in child-care quality compared with that from 10 years ago.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Child and Family Studies and Data Theory, Leiden University, The Netherlands. vermeer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
authors.forename: Harriet J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Vermeer
authors.forename: Marinus H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Van Ijzendoorn
authors.forename: Renée E L
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: De Kruif
authors.forename: Ruben G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Fukkink
authors.forename: Louis W C
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Tavecchio
authors.forename: J Marianne
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Riksen-Walraven
authors.forename: Jantien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Zeijl
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000592:standards*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands