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ERS Project & Community Resources

The Environment Rating Scales (ERS) project at Clayton started in 2004 as part of the Research and Evaluation Department and is now part of the Quality Assessment Services Department. The Quality Advancement Team are State Anchors for the Environment Rating Scales - they are your local ERS experts.

The Quality Advancement Team (QAT) is trained annually to become anchors by The Environment Rating Scale Institute (ERSI) in North Carolina (authors of the scales). Click here to learn more about the authors of the scales and view additional resources on their website. ERSI provides national-scale resources, while the Quality Advancement Team provides state-specific information. In addition to providing products and services to our ECE communties, a large part of a Quality Advancement Specialist's role is to maintain Colorado Shines assessor's reliability in the Environment Rating Scales.

Contact the Quality Advancement Team
This email will connect you with the Quality Advancement Team where you can ask ERS questions.
 

Environment Rating Scale Resources

Click on the links below to access Environment Rating Scale resources. 

QAT Team

Environment Rating Scale (ERS-3) Notes for Clarification

Every year new notes for clarification for all scales will be released July 1st. These notes are clarifications we receive from the Environment Rating Scales Institute (ERSI) throughout the year and are modified to be in printable, sticker form. We also have included some notes to align with regulatory agencies in Colorado. 

Click on the links below to access the notes for clarification. 

NEW: 2023 Notes for Clarification

  • The 2023 Notes for Clarification are all in one document and includes all of the scales (ECERS-3, ITERS-3, and FCCERS-3), you can select what pages you would like to print to get the notes for a specific scale, or print the entire document to have the updates for all three scales.

Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale - Third Edition (ECERS-3)

  • This front cover (updated in 2019) is the most recent version to include in your scale.

  • This back cover (updated in 2018) is the most recent version to include in your scale.

  • These notes include only notes released in 2022.

  • These notes include only notes released in 2020.

  • If you have a new scale and need all of the notes for clarification that have been added since the publication of the scale, including the most recent notes, download this file, ECERS-3 2022 Updates, and the New 2023 Notes for Clarification (ALL SCALES).

Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale - Third Edition (ITERS-3)

  • This front cover (updated in 2019) is the most recent version to include in your scale.

  • This back cover (updated in 2018) is the most recent version to include in your scale.

  • These notes include only notes released in 2022.

  • These notes include only notes released in 2020.

  • If you have a new scale and need all of the notes for clarification that have been added since the publication of the scale, including the most recent notes, download this file, ITERS-3 2022 Updates, and the New 2023 Notes for Clarification (ALL SCALES).

Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale - Third Edition (FCCERS-3)

  • This front cover (updated in 2019) is the most recent version to include in your scale.

  • This back cover (updated in 2018) is the most recent version to include in your scale.

  • These notes include only notes released in 2022.

  • If you have a new scale and need all of the notes for clarification that have been added since the publication of the scale, including the most recent notes, download this file, FCCERS-3 2022 Updates, and the New 2023 Notes for Clarification (ALL SCALES).

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