TY - BOOK AU - Taguma,Miho AU - Litjens,Ineke AU - Makowiecki,Kelly ED - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. ED - OECD iLibrary. TI - Quality matters in early childhood education and care T2 - Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care, SN - 9789264176690 AV - LB1139.3.N45 T34 2012 U1 - 371.21 TAG PY - 2012/// CY - Paris PB - OECD KW - Early childhood education KW - New Zealand KW - Government policy KW - Education, Preschool KW - Child care KW - fast N1 - Title from PDF cover (OECD iLibrary, viewed Aug. 8, 2012); Includes bibliographical references; Foreword -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- What does research say? -- Where does the New Zealand stand compared to other countries? -- What are the challenges and strategies? -- Annex. Definitions and methodology N2 - Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits - for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on "quality". Expanding access to services without attention to quality will not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term productivity benefits for society. This series of country reports focuses on quality issues. Each report tackles a specific theme that was selected by the country reviewed. These reports suggest strengths and point to areas for further reflection on current policy initiatives UR - https://www.oecd.org/education/school/NEW%20ZEALAND%20policy%20profile%20-%20published%203-8-2012.pdf ER -