Programs Provisionally Rated 3-5 Stars will receive an ERS observation conducted by QUALITYstarsNY's independent assessment team, which will be used to calculate their final Active Rating. Observations are completed for half of the program's classrooms for each age group they serve. The 50% of classrooms per age group are randomly selected. Family child care providers receive one ERS observation.
The ERS observation process relies on the program's classroom information in their Aspire Registry Organization Profile. Therefore, it is important that programs in the rating process keep their classroom information up-to-date.