ECE Validation Studies Completed in Washington State and the Province of Saskatchewan

Two large scale early care and education validation studies were completed in the state of Washington and in the Province of Saskatchewan demonstrating the effectiveness and efficiency of the differential monitoring approaches of risk assessment and key indicators.

Attached below are the two studies:

NARA Saskatchewan Validation Studies

NARA Washington Validation Final Report

These studies are extremely important because they demonstrate that differential monitoring as encouraged by CCDBG/CCDF via risk assessment and key indicator methodologies is an extremely valid approach to ECE licensing and program monitoring.