Earlier this week, Oregon's efforts to improve the quality of child care and education for young children was a feature of both a news article and a radio interview by OPB News. The centerpiece of this effort is the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS), which is run by the Center on Early Learning at TRI. Staff members, Tom Udell, Robyn Melton Lopez, and Gary Glasenapp described the QRIS process and stressed that the system is intended to both rate and improve childcare.  OPB article - Oregon Daycare Providers Trying to Make the Grade