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.
About Dr Fiene
Dr. Rick Fiene has spent his professional career in improving the quality of child care in various states, nationally, and internationally. He has done extensive research and publishing on the key components in improving child care quality through an early childhood program quality indicator model of training, technical assistance, quality rating & improvement systems, professional development, mentoring, licensing, risk assessment, differential program monitoring, and accreditation. Dr. Fiene is a retired professor of human development & psychology (Penn State University) where he was department head and director of the Capital Area Early Childhood Research and Training Institute.
