These statistics show the progress of services through each of the
Child Care Quality Assurance (CCQA)
systems and are updated monthly.
Abstract
The measurement tools for each of the Child Care Quality
Assurance (CCQA)
systems administered by the National Childcare Accreditation Council
(NCAC)
have benefited from analyses undertaken by the Australian Council
for Educational Research (ACER)
to enhance the reliability and validity of Accreditation Decisions.
The rigorous evaluation of the indicators, Principles and Quality
Areas of the CCQA
standards by ACER
continues to improve both validity and reliability of the CCQA
systems by minimising the measurement error of Accreditation Decisions
for child care services. In particular, the standards and measurement
processes have been affirmed by the minimisation of measurement error.
Research-based performance measurement instruments and techniques
maintain the consistency and comparability of NCAC
Accreditation Decisions.
The CCQA
systems have a sound measurement methodology that is presented briefly
in this paper, with reference to the reclassified QIAS
standards implemented by NCAC
in January 2006.
More information and statistics about Australian Government approved
and funded child care services can be found in the 2004 Census of
Australian Child Care Services available at the Department of Family
and Community Services (FaCSIA)
website (www.facsia.gov.au).
