RFP 2025000171 - Colorado Shines Quality Rating

Colorado Shines is a five-level system that assesses the quality of licensed child care programs serving children prior to kindergarten entry. Colorado Shines utilizes the Environmental Rating Scales (ERS) to conduct reliable and data driven ratings which factor into the Colorado Shines rating. The Inter-Rater reliability (IRR) Team will conduct initial and re-reliability assessments with the expectation that they remain reliable ERS Anchors.

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit proposals for a vendor to provide reliability training and supports for the Environment Rating Scales-revised editions (ITERS-3 (Infant Toddler Environmental Rating Scale), ECERS-3 (Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale) and FCCERS-3 (Family Childcare Home Environmental Rating Scale)). For more information, please visit https://www.ersi.info/about-us.