An indicatorbased monitoring of structural quality in the German early childhood education and care system (ERiK)

The ERiK-Project provides the empirical basis for monitoring the implementation of the Act on the Further Development of Quality and the Improvement of Participation in Day Care Facilities and in Child Day Care (KiQuTG). Data on the parents‘ needs, the staff situation as well as on the children’s health, language support and the topic of space in day care is interpreted with regards to the KiQuTG’s respective qualitative fields of action. In the ERiK Research Report II data from the ERiK-Surveys 2020 is analysed for the first time. The nationwide surveys are the source of multiple indicators and key figures which are central to the monitoring.

The ERiK Methodological Reports provide a broad overview of the survey data collected as part of the ERiK-Project.

Together the ERiK Research Reports and the "Fortschrittsberichte der Länder" form the empirical basis for the yearly monitoring reports of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs,  Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), such as the "Gute-Kita-Bericht 2022", and the federal government’s "Evaluationsberichte".

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