OPRE Study: Variations in
Implementation of Quality Interventions (VIQI) [Pilot, Impact,
Process Studies]
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
04/29/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2021
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24,821
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The Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) has
launched the Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions
(VIQI): Examining the Quality-Child Outcomes Relationship in Child
Care and Early Education Project. VIQI is a large-scale,
experimental study that aims to inform policymakers, practitioners,
and stakeholders about effective ways to support the quality and
effectiveness of early care and education (ECE) centers for
promoting young children’s learning and development by building
rigorous evidence that aims to: 1) identify dimensions of quality
within ECE settings that are key levers for promoting children’s
outcomes; 2) inform what levels of quality are necessary to
successfully support children’s developmental gains; 3) identify
drivers that facilitate and inhibit successful implementation of
interventions aimed at strengthening quality; and, 4) understand
how these relations vary across different ECE settings, staff and
children – all noted gaps in the knowledge base guiding policy,
investments, and practice in the ECE field. The project conducted a
year-long pilot study in 2018-2019. Lessons learned from the pilot
have informed the study design and updates to data collection
instruments and installation activities focused on teacher
professional development. In September 2019, the study team began
landscaping and recruitment activities for the Impact Evaluation
and Process Study. However, in March2020 the COVID-19 pandemic
resulted in the closure of many businesses and organizations,
including Head Start and community-based child care centers, which
are the target of these landscaping and recruitment activities. In
light of this, the study team decided to postpone the Impact
Evaluation and Process Study to the 2021-2022 school year. In
addition to a request for an extension to complete data collection,
the following changes are being requested: o Updated burden
estimates to accommodate a different sample size of centers,
administrators, teachers, and coaches in order to achieve
sufficient sample while centers are operating at reduced capacity
due to COVID-19; o Revised data collection instruments and
activities for the impact evaluation and process study in line with
lessons learned during the pilot study; o Addition of a second
timepoint of data collection for the teacher reports to questions
about children, if COVID-19 precludes in-person data collection; o
Addition of one new instrument to collect parent report of
children’s skills and behaviors, if COVID-19 precludes in-person
data collection; and o Addition of one new instrument in
anticipation of COVID-19 necessitating further information
gathering to contextualize findings from the impact evaluation and
process study.
US Code:
42 USC 9858(a)(5) Name of Law: Section 658O(a)(5) of the Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act
The following are key reasons
for program changes in burden. These adjustments are being made
based upon insights from the pilot study, as well as due to
COVID-19 circumstances: • A different sample size of centers,
administrators, teachers, and coaches in the impact evaluation and
process study in order to achieve sufficient sample sizes of
children; • Addition of a second timepoint of data collection for
the teacher reports to questions about children, if COVID-19
precludes in-person data collection; • Addition of one new
instrument to collect parent report of children’s skills and
behaviors, if COVID-19 precludes in-person data collection; and •
Addition of one new instrument in anticipation of COVID-19
necessitating further information gathering to contextualize
findings from the impact evaluation and process study.
$5,900,000
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Molly Buck 202 205-4724
mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov
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the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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Appendix B_Certificate of Confidentiality Approval Letter.pdf
Appendix A_Conceptual Framework.docx
Instrument 12: Follow-up Parent/guardian reports to questions about children