ELGs replaced DLOs, the DCE replaced the NNEB, the FS gave way to the EYFS and ushered in EYPS. Now another set of acronyms - ECERS, ITERS and FCCERS - is becoming familiar to early years settings around the country and helping them to assess and improve the quality of their provision.
The acronyms all refer to environment rating scales designed to evaluate different types of early childhood provision. All have their origins in the United States but have since been used worldwide, revised and extended to become more effective measures of quality (see box).
The revised and extended scales have been used to assess quality in a range of studies, most notably in The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) project, more recently in the National Evaluation of the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative and currently in the evaluations of the Graduate Leader Fund and the Two-Year-Old Pilot.
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