Nursery World - Learning & Development: Accountability

It is only right that early years educators are accountable, but
how do you measure performance and learning? Jan Dubiel explains how one
project is helping practitioners to assess progress.

As early years educators, we are often faced with issues of 'accountability'. This is rightly so, as we know that the provision that children experience in their earliest years can have a profound impact on their outcomes, attainment and life chances.

Successive governments have begun to realise that investment in high-quality early years provision has a long-term influence on the kind of citizens that these children become. The time we spend with children, our actions and decisions all contribute to this, and we need to ensure we are acutely aware of - and accountable for - the difference we make to lives and possibilities.

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